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(Adjourned Session of t he 1 983 Annual Town Meeting - April 6, 1983.) Article 14. (Motion of the Accessory Apartment Committee dated March 30, 1983 (Cont.) as filed with the Town Clerk on April 4, 1983: (Cont.) C. Off- street Parking (Cont.) space for the accessory apartment. In order to maintain the appearance of a single family neighborhood all parking spaces on the lot shall be subject further to the following conditions and requirements: 1. Each parking space and the driveway leading thereto shall be paved or shall have an all - weather gravel surface. No motor vehicles shall be regularly parked on the premises other than in such a parking space. 2. Not more than two outdoor parking spaces shall be located in the required front yard. All other parking spaces shall be either: 1) outdoor parking spaces located in a. side or rear yard or 2) in a garage or carport. 3. There shall be no more than four outdoor parking spaces on the lot. 4. No parking space shall be located within the boundary of a street right -of -way 5. Parking spaces shall be located so that both the principal dwelling unit and the accessory apartment shall have at least one parking space with direct, and unimpeded access to the street without passing through a parking space designated to serve the other dwelling unit. 6. Where there are more than two outdoor parking spaces, there shall be provided suitable screening with evergreen or dense deciduous plantings, walls, fence, or a combination thereof in the area between the parking spaces and the nearest side lot line and, if the parking space is in the front yard and parallel to the street, in the area between the parking space and the front lot line. Screening shall be sufficient to minimize the visual impact on abutters and to maintain the single family appearance of the neighborhood. 5.2.3 PROCEDURES a. No accessory apartment shall be constructed without issuance of a building permit by the building commissioner. b. The application for a building permit shall be accompanied by a filing fee and by such plans and other documentation related to the conditions and requirements of paragraph 5.2.2 as the building commissioner may require. C. Not less than 14 days before issuing a building permit, the building commissioner shall notify owners of ,property immediately abutting the applicant's property, including owners of property separated from the applicant's property by a public or private way, an application for a building permit for an accessory apartment has been filed. d. The building commissioner shall act on the application within 30 days of receipt. e. No use as an accessory apartment shall be permitted prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the building commissioner. A Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued after the building commissioner determines that the accessory apartment as con- structed is in conformity with the approved plans and with the provisions of this by -law. f. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a period not greater than three years. Continued occupancy will require issuance of a new certificate of occupancy. Proof of owner occupancy shall be submitted with the application for a new certificate of occupancy. g. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued to the owner only, and is not transferable. A new owner shall apply to the building commissioner for a new certificate of occupancy. 5.2.4 TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF OWNER An owner of a dwelling containing an accessory apartment who is to be absent for a. period of less than two years may rent the owner's unit as well as the second unit during the temporary absence provided: