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.246 Article 29 13 Section 9. Residential Developments 9.5.6 SPECIAL PERMITS, DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS,WAIVERS,TYPES OF HOUSING The Planning Board, acting as SPGA, may,as part of the grant of a special permit with site plan review,also grant a special permit to: a. modify the standards: 1) in Table 2, Schedule of Dimensional Controls, for minimum lot area, minimum lot frontage, minimum front yard, minimum side yard, minimum rear yard, maximum percentage of site coverage, and maximum height in stories; 2) the provisions of 7.1.4 relative to the number of dwellings on a lot; 3) the minimum lot width in subsection 7.2.2; 4) the provisions in subsection 7.2.3 relative to contiguous developable site area; 5) in subparagraph 11.4.1 relative to the location of off-street parking spaces; 6) in subsection 11.6 relative to setbacks required for parking spaces and driveways; and 7) in subparagraph 6.2.5 relative to the subdivision of land in relation to lots or buildings that are nonconforming or would not comply with this By-Law as a result of the proposed development; all as they may apply to individual dwellings or lots within a cluster subdivision or a special residential development: b. permit the types of buildings identified in 9.2.2 as allowed by special permit; c. allow an existing structure, that was constructed at least 10 years prior to the date of application for approval of the special permit, to be converted to a three-, or four-family dwelling, a multi-family dwelling, a rooming house, a group quarters, an independent living residence, an assisted living residence,or a congregate living facility,provided the Planning Board determines that: 1) the structure can be modified for a fesidential use that does not have adverse impacts on the adjacent single family neighborhood; 2) the exterior,character of the structure is maintained and is compatible with the adjacent neighborhood of single-family dwellings; 3) modification of the existing structure maintains more of the site open than the alternative of removal of the structure and further subdivision of the lot into house lots; d. allow a driveway on one lot to lead to a parking space on another lot, or to allow a driveway to straddle a lot line, as provided in paragraph 11.8.c. 9.5.7 COMMON OPEN SPACE In granting a special permit with site plan review for a special residential development, the Planning Board may require a greater amount of common space than the minimum 10 per cent required by line 9.2.6. In making that determination,the Planning Board shall consider the need to protect the natural features of the site, the type of housing to be constructed and its relationship to common open space, and potential public access to and use of the open space. 9.5.8 ACCESSORY APARTMENT IN CLUSTER SUBDIVISION, SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT If an accessory apartment is included in a dwelling,as provided in paragraph 9.3.7,in a cluster subdivision or special residential development, it shall be considered to be one of the other types of dwelling units and included in the calculation of the maximum development permitted based on the various impact measures. (See subsection 9.5.4.3.)