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267 Special Town Meeting -4- -a=3 ( contd ) Vernon Thomas Election and Registration Suburban Gas Company Fire Dept. TOTAL January 16, 1974 8.oc 611.2.1 $1,066.86 ACTION: Motion duly made and seconded to accept Article 23 as read. Unanimously voted. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to take from available funds the sum of 8200.00 for an expense account for the Mashpee Municipal Government Study Committee, or take any other action thereon. Submitted by the Mashpee Municipal Government Study Committee. Recommended by the Finance Committee. ACTION: ARTICLE 25: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law by adding the following thereto, said amendment to take effect only upon the effective date of Massachusetts House Bill No. 7506, entitled "An Act Relative to Certain Self -Contained Retirement Communities": 9.5 Planned Retirement Community It having been determined that there is a need within the Town of Mashpee for Planned Retirement Communities which would be designed to meet the special needs and habits of older people, with sufficient safe -guards to guarantee the proper maintenance of the Planned Retirement Community upon its completion, therefore: A Planned Retirement Community (hereinafter sometimes called a "PRC) is hereby defined as a self-contained retirement community constructed expressly for use by the elderly and which has a minimum age requirement for residency of at least fifty- five (55) years. Any provisions of Section 7 of this By -Law to the contrary notwith- standing, a Planned Retirement Community shall be allowed in R-1 and R-2 zoning districts in accordance with the following procedures and standards. 9.51 Site Eligibility A PRC may only be developed on one or more lots of land having a contiguous minimum total area of 150 acres. For this purpose a lot shall be deemed to be contiguous to another lot if separated only by a public or private street of right of way, or by open space to be used in common by residents of the PRC. Any lot which is contiguous to a PRC for which approval hereunder has been obtained may be developed as a part of the PRC, and shall be subject toihe restrictions of this Section 9.5 as if said lot were originally part of the lot comprising the PRC as to which approval was granted. 9.52 Density 9.522 In determining the total area to be used in making the above computation, not more than ten(10) percent of any land comprising the parcel subject to seasonal and periodic flooding shall be included nor shall any area covered by tidal water, pond lake, strearp or river be included. 9.52.3 In addition to the aforesaid residential building density, the aggregate lot coverage devoted to the used permitted under Section 9.536 shall not 9.521 The total number of dwelling units permitted in a PRG shall not exceed the total number of acres PRC, as shown on the Master Site contained within Development Plan, the perimeter boundary lines of the multiplied by six. Eaeh dwelling unit shall contain not more than two (2� bedrooms and shall be for the accommodation of only one family. 9.522 In determining the total area to be used in making the above computation, not more than ten(10) percent of any land comprising the parcel subject to seasonal and periodic flooding shall be included nor shall any area covered by tidal water, pond lake, strearp or river be included. 9.52.3 In addition to the aforesaid residential building density, the aggregate lot coverage devoted to the used permitted under Section 9.536 shall not