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Article 45 To see if the Town will amend the zoning bylaw by adding the following new subsection 174- 24.C.(9): "(9) Special Permits which have not lapsed under the provisions of Subsection (8) above may be modified by the original special permit granting authority, with any vote requiring LL approval of four of five Planning Board Members or a unanimous vote of the Zoning Board of Appeals as follows: (a) Minor changes to the site plan of the permitted project, such as landscaping, signage, shape and location of buildings, architectural details, lot lines or roadway facilities, may be approved by the special permit granting authority under the terms of the zoning bylaw as it applied to the grant of the original special permit, provided that said authority determines by vote at a public meeting that said changes do not violate the terms of said zoning bylaw, the terms or conditions of the original special permit decision or the provisions of subsection (2) above and that they do not require approval under the process described in (b) or(c) below. (b) Any proposed change to the site plan of a project which, in combination with previous modifications, if any, increases the square footage of residential or non- residential structures by more than five percent (5%), increases the land area occupied by any use by more than five percent (5%), or which the special permit granting authority believes may potentially impact abutting land owners, may be approved by vote of the special permit granting authority only after a public hearing following the requirements of Subsections (2) through (7) above, provided that it otherwise conforms with the provisions of this subsection. (c) Any proposed change to the text of a special permit decision, except references to a dated site plan amended under the provisions of(a) above, may be approved by vote of the special permit granting authority only after a public hearing following the requirements of Subsections (2) through (7) above, provided that it otherwise conforms with the provisions of this subsection. (d) Any modification under (b) above which involves only modifications to the site plan of the permitted project, such as landscaping, signage, shape and location of buildings, architectural details, lot lines or roadway facilities but which, in combination with previous modifications, if any, does not increase the square footage of residential or non-residential structures by more than ten percent (10%) or increase by more than ten percent (10%), the land area occupied by any use other than open space (including open space used for outdoor recreational activities such as playing fields, tennis courts and golf courses), may be approved only if it continues to conform with the zoning bylaw applicable to the land at the time of the original special permit approval. (e) Any other modification under (b) or (c) above may only be approved if the proposed modification is in conformance with the applicable provisions of the zoning bylaw as it applies to the land involved at the time of approval of said modification. For the purposes of this subsection, the portion or portions of the