5/2/1983 TOWN MEETING Town Meeting (4)

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• w- Section 9.*337: Add the following sentence 'Garden apartments are exempts f roma this requirement and are subject to the floor area requirements of Section 9.333." Section 9.6: Add entire new Section 9.6 as followst "DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE - A Design Review Committee shall be dstablished to advise the planning Board and Board of Zoning Appeals on matters of architectural and design concern in the review of applications for-special permits for developments in the R-4, -1, -L-SV Incentive, and -1-0 Incentive Zoning ' Districts. Architectural and design concern shall include but not bd limited to: site planning, bu ldineg placement building size, design compatibility, exterior appearance, construction materials and finishes, parking and roadways, Landscaping and sire grading, building entrance and exit placement and signs. The Design Review Committee will sit with the Planning Board and Board of Zoning Appeals in any public meetings dealing with development proposals in the R-4, C-1, C-1-SV Incentive and C-1-0 Incentive Zoning Districts. The Design Review Committee may call special meetings of its own to review app L i at ions. Findings of the Design Review -Committee sha L 1 be advisory to the planning Board and Board of Zoning Appeals. Ful,L poorer for granting or denial of applications for special permits shall remain wit.h these Boards. Membership of the Design Review Committee shall consist of three perscns. ..one eacfi from the planning Board and Hoard of Zoning Appeals and a' third member to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The third member shall be an architect, Landscape architect or professional civil engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. .In the event that no such person is available the planning Board shall retain for compensation the services of- a registered architect, landscape architect or professional civil engineer. Compensation for such a person shall be set by the Planning Board and shall be covered by fees the Planning Board establishes for filing applications for special permits in the R-4, _1, C-1-SV Incentive and C-1-0 Incentive ' Zoning Districts." {` Section 10.33: Delete the period at the end of the sentence and add the following Plexcepting that ' ire- Zoning Districts C-1, C-1-SV and C-1 and C-2 such signs shall not be higher than the highest point of the exterior wall to which it is affixed.1' Section 10.34 -Add the following: "Further provided that in the -1, C-1-SV, C-1-0 and C-2 Commercial Districts the size of such signs shall not exceed 40 square feet-" Section L • Add. the of lowing: "Further provided that in the C-ol, C-1-SV, C-1-0 and C-2-Commercial Districts one free standing sign per i road access point is permitted. Such signs may not exceed 12 s . ft. in size, not a vertical dimension-of 3 -feet above average ground level,, measur d between posts where the sign i ' located. Such signs may not be Moser than 12 feet toany lot, line.11