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,R Refers to: Amending Section 174-25.D.(3) of the Zoning By-Law.This article is intended to update the currently allowed use "laboratory or research facility"by specifically including software development and assembly of hand-held meters etc. typical of many of the high tech businesses located on the Cape. Shipping and receiving is limited to postal or package delivery services such as UPS or FedEx to prevent traditional industrial-scale operations and impacts. Voted 5-0 to recommend approval. 5.. Article 26, submitted by the Planning Board Refers to: Amending Section 174-25.E.(7) of the Zoning By-Law. This article would allow veterinary establishments, kennels and similar establishments in Industrial zoning districts (they are currently permitted only in Commercial zoning districts), add animal day care facilities as a specific allowed use, and amend the current requirement that animals be "kept wholly indoors"to provide the permitting authority the ability to authorize outdoor exercise runs or yards. 6. Article 27, submitted by the Planning Board Refers to: Amending Section 174-27 Subsection B.(1) of the Zoning By-law. This article updates the requirements and specifications of the Water Quality Report by- law, which was adopted in the late.1980s, to reflect watershed mapping, target nitrogen loads, standards and specifications developed as part of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project and other recent studies. 7. Article 28, submitted by the Planning Board Refers to: Amending footnote 14 of the Section 174-31 Land Space Requirements Table of the Zoning By-law by adding the following new sentence: "Said buffer may be waived, as part of a special permit decision, where the special permit granting,authority determines that such buffer would be inappropriate for the area and where there is written agreement to said waiver by the abutting property owner." This article is intended to allow flexibility in the requirement of 10 foot natural/landscaped buffers to accommodate situations such as village-style development where such buffer strips may run counter to the intended design character of the area. 8. Article 29, submitted by the Planning Refers to: Amending Section 174-47. This article is intended to make cluster subdivision mandatory in most cases, increase the minimum open space required from 35%to 50%, allow agricultural uses within the required open space, increase flexibility in terms of sizes an dimensional requirements for cluster building lots, require provision for affordable housing, allow density bonuses for additional open space and affordable housing and otherwise update or clarify portions of the cluster subdivision by-law. 9. Article 30, submitted by the Planning Board Refers to: Amending footnote 4 of the Section 174-31 Land Space Requirement Table of the Zoning By-law. Amend Subsection 174-45.3.E.(1) of the Zoning By-