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(A4joutn6d 86ssion of the 1986 Annual Town Meeting - April 16, 1986) Article 45. (Motion as attached to the Planning Board Report and as amended (Cont.) and as adopted: (Cont.) 7.5.4 STRUCTURES BELOW GROUND: Where the upper elevation of a structure or building is below the elevation of the natural grade, and such structure is covered by earth to a depth sufficient to support vegetation, such structure may be located within a required front, side or rear yard, but no closer than five feet to a lot line. Open grates or small ventilation shafts servicing the part of the structure below ground may be located in the required yard. 7.5.5 PARKING WITHIN BUILDING: Where a building contains parking spaces, a parking level shall be counted as a story unless more than one -half of such level vertically is below the lower eleva- _........... (As Lion as described in subsection 7.5.1A. adopted) A2) In Section 2, DEFINITIONS, a) by deleting the definition "BUILDING HEIGHT" in its entirety; b) in the definition "STORY ", by striking out the existing definition and inserting in place thereof the following: "STORY: That portion of a building contained between any floor and the floor or roof next above it, but not including either a cellar or the uppermost portion so contained if under a sloping roof and not accessible, by an approved stairway, or not designed or intended to be used for human occupancy. ", and c) in the definition "STORY, HALF": by adding a new second sentence, as follows: "Dormers may be constructed on those exterior walls provided they are structurally supported on the roof rafters and the length of the dormer(s) as measured between the lowest bearing points of the dormer(s) on the rafters of the sloping roof does not exceed 50 per cent of the length of the sloping roof to which it is attached. so that the definition as amended will read: 3 "STORY, HALF: A story directly under a sloping roof in which the points of intersection of the bottom of the rafters and the interior faces of the walls are less than three feet above the floor level on at least two exterior walls. Dormers may be constructed on those exterior walls provided they are structurally supported on the roof rafters and the length of the dormer(s) as measured between the lowest bearing points of the dormer(s) on the rafters of the sloping roof does not exceed 50 per cent of the length of the sloping roof to which it is attached. d) in the definition "STRUCTURE" by deleting the second sentence which reads: ... "However, this definition does not include a boundary wall or fence less than six feet above the mean finished grade of the adjoining ground."...; so that the definition as amended will read: "STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a fixed location on the ground, or attachment to something located on the ground, including buildings, mobile homes, billboards, tanks, or the like, or the parts thereof, and swimming pools." A3) In Section 7, DIMENSIONAL CONTROLS, by deleting sections: "7.4.6 Height Limitation Exceptions", and "7.8 Civil Defense Shelters ", in their entirety, and by inserting in place thereof "7.4.6 (Reserved)" and "7.8 (Reserved) A4) In Table 2, SCHEDULE OF DIMENSIONAL CONTROLS, in the line Maxi- mum height, Other buildings, Stories by deleting the number where it appears in the columns headed CN AND CG so that in those districts a 2 story building would be allowed but a 2 story building would not be allowed. In Favor: 136 Opposed: 22 More than the required two- thirds having voted in favor, the main motion, as amended, was declared adopted. 9:40 P.M.)