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April 27, 2009 Adjourned Session of the 2009 Annual Town Meeting, cont...
<br /> Districts RO RS & RM & RD CN CRS CS CB CLO CRO CM
<br /> RT (a)
<br /> Uses permitted in RS & RT Districts shall conform to provisions of § 135-
<br /> 35B
<br /> Minimum lot area in square feet 30,000 15,500 125,000 15,500 15,500 15,500 NR 30,000 5 3 acres
<br /> acres
<br /> Minimum lot frontage in feet 150 125 100 125 125 125 20 175 300 200
<br /> Minimum front yard in feet (b), (c), (j), 30 30 50 30 30 30 NR 50 100 7-5
<br /> (k) (d)
<br /> Minimum side yard in feet (k) 15 (e) 15 (e) 40 20 20 15 NR 30 50 3025
<br /> kw
<br /> Minimum rear yard in feet (k) 15 (e) 15 (e) 40 20 20 20 10 30 50 50-25
<br /> kw
<br /> Minimum side and rear yard adjacent 15 15 40 30 30 30 30 50 100 100
<br /> to, or front yard facing a residential
<br /> district in feet (f)
<br /> Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) NR (i) NR (i) NR (i) 0.20 0.20 0.20 2.0 0.25 0.15 0-45
<br /> 0.35 (h)
<br /> Maximum percentage site coverage 15% 15% 25% 20% 25% 25% NR 20% 25%
<br /> (g) (g) NR
<br /> Public and institutional buildings, 2.5 2.5 2.5 3 3 3 2 3 3 0 NR
<br /> maximum height: In stories:
<br /> Public and institutional buildings, 40 40 40 45 45 45 30 45 45 4-565
<br /> maximum height: In feet: kw
<br /> Other buildings, maximum height: In 2.5 2.5 NR 1 2 2 2 2 3 0 NR
<br /> stories
<br /> Other buildings, maximum height: In 40 40 40 15 25 25 25 30 45 4565
<br /> feet: kw
<br /> As used in the Schedule of Dimensional Controls, symbol "NR means no requirements, "s.f." means square feet, and "ft."
<br /> means linear feet.
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<br /> a. Development of new multifamily dwellings is not permitted in the RM District; these standards apply to RM Districts in
<br /> existence in January 1985. Minimum lot areas in RM Districts shall be 3,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit containing one room
<br /> used for sleeping; 3,500 sq. ft. per unit with two such rooms; and 4,000 sq. ft. per unit with three or more such rooms. For RD
<br /> Districts see §135 -42C.
<br /> b. Where lawfully adopted building lines require yards in excess of these requirements, the building line shall govern.
<br /> c. The minimum front yard for any other street, which is not the frontage street (see definition), shall be 2/3 of that required for
<br /> the frontage street, except that in the case of a street laid out after January 1, 1987, or in the case of nonresidential uses
<br /> (see Table 1 li nes 1rthro 4 located in the RO, RS or RT Districts (see Table 1, lines 2.1 1 through 4.14 or for
<br /> uses located in the CM district the minimum front yard facing all streets shall be the same as that for the frontage street.
<br /> d. Except ten -foot yard on Muzzey Street, Raymond Street, Vine Brook Road and Wallis Court for lots abutting these streets.
<br /> e. For institutional uses (see Table 1, lines 2.11 through 2.19) the minimum setback for a building shall be the greater of 25 feet
<br /> or a distance equal to the height of the building as defined in §135 -39. For other nonresidential uses (see Table 1, lines 3.11
<br /> through 3.15 and 4.11 through 4.14), increase the required side yard to 20 ft. plus one ft. for every 1 /2 acre (or fraction
<br /> thereof) over 1 /2 acre lot area.
<br /> f. See Article X, Landscaping, Transition and Screening.
<br /> g. Applicable only to uses permitted by special permit.
<br /> h. Qesepted —This limit may be waived by special permit.
<br /> i. For institutional uses (see Table 1, lines 2.1 1 through 2.19), the maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.25.
<br /> j. Along the southwesterly side of Bedford Street between the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) and Hartwell
<br /> Avenue there shall be a front yard of 233 feet measured from the base line of Bedford Street as shown on the
<br /> Commonwealth of Massachusetts layout 4689, date June 3, 1958, and shown as auxiliary base line "F' on the State Highway
<br /> Alteration layout 5016, dated August 30, 1960.
<br /> k. A structure in an RD Planned Residential Development must comply with minimum yard setback on perimeter of tract as
<br /> required by §135- 42C(1). In a special permit conventional subdivision, dwellings which have a gross floor area of 2,500
<br /> square feet or more are required to have a greater minimum side and rear yard; see §135 -46A.
<br /> 16. Amend the first paragraph of §135 -43 by inserting "specifically
<br /> ARTICLE 45 provided otherwise in this Bylaw" at the end of the first sentence and
<br /> deleting the second sentence so that it reads as follows:
<br /> Allows specific "An overlay district is a special purpose zoning district which is
<br /> requirements of an superimposed over another zoning district so that the land contained within
<br /> overlay district to the overlay district is subject to the requirements of both the overlay district
<br /> replace those of the and the zoning district in which it is located, unless specifically provided
<br /> underlying district otherwise in the Bylaw."
<br /> Allows the creation of a 17. Add the following to the end of § 135 -43:
<br /> TMO District C. Transportation Management Overlay District
<br /> (1) Purpose. The Town may create Transportation Management Overlay
<br /> (TMO) Districts that allow greater opportunity for facilitating effective
<br /> Purpose and guiding
<br /> principles of the TMOD multi -modal transportation networks that increase the quality of life in
<br /> Lexington through improved traffic management and mitigation to that
<br /> outlined in Article XT_ (off- street Parking and T,oa.ding_ and Article XTT_
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