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ADJOURNED SESSION - 1995 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING APRIL 3, 1995 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Margery M. Battin, at 8 p.m. , in Cary Memorial Hall. A quorum was present. 8:06 p.m. Paul LaPointe, Appropriations Committee, stated that the committee report had been left with the precinct clerks. 8:07 p.m. Selectman Fenn related the discussion of the previous Saturday meeting regarding the budget agreement. ARTICLE 25 ZONING BY-LAW, FRONTAGE REDUCTION 8:14 p.m. Frederick Merrill, Jr. , Planning Board, moved that the report of the board be accepted and placed on file. Following a voice vote at 8:14 p.m. , the Moderator declared the report to have been unanimously accepted and placed on file. 8:14 p.m. Mr. Merrill made the following motion: MOTION: That the Zoning By-Laws of the Town be amended as set forth in the motion attached to the report of the Planning Board on this article. That the Zoning By-Law be amended, by adding a new subparagraph: 7.4.5, as follows: "7.4.5 FRONTAGE REDUCTION, LOTS IN A SMALL SUBDIVISION The Planning Board may grant a special permit reducing Adopted the minimum lot frontage to not less than sixty percent of that otherwise required by Table 2 for lots in the RS and RO, One Family Dwelling, and RT, Two Family Dwelling, zoning districts, that: a) have frontage on a public street (see Definition of Street, subparagraph a. ) , and b) are in a proposed subdivision with not more than two lots, provided the Planning Board: 1. finds, on the basis of either: a. its approval of a preliminary site development plan, as defined in the Development Regulations, that a conventional subdivision could be laid out on the tract, that complies with all applicable requirements of this By-Law and the Development Regulations; or, b. its approval and endorsement of a definitive subdivision plan; and 2. determines that granting such special permit: a. will facilitate a development that minimizes the disruption of the existing natural features of the site, and b. will be in the public interest, benefitting either the adjacent neighborhood or the town generally. In determining whether granting the special permit would be in the public interest, the Planning Board will rely on the objecLives for residenLiai uevelopmL , set forth in subsection 9.1.1 of this By-Law and in subparagraph 3.1.2.2, Objectives and Criteria: Site Design of the Development Regulations. In determining whether a proposal by the applicant may benefit either the adjacent neighborhood or the town generally, the Planning Board may consider: