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Limited, appropriate tree surgery or similar limited maintenance required to protect the health. of vegetation in this area may be allowed with the approval. of a majority of the Planning Board. Additional area, plantings, fencing or other items may also be required by the Planning Board to protect adjacent property owners from adverse impacts of the project or to protect the character of the neighborhood." 11) add the following new subsection 174451: "I. Except within the C-1 zoning district, a minimum of fifty percent (5o% of any site, which. may include the buffer areas required by Subsection D., shall be left as undisturbed open space in its natural state,"; or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Planning Board Explanation: This article would allow age-restricted congregate care or assisted living residential facilities in any residential or commercial zoning district by special permit from the Planning Board under the same process that currently applies to hotels, motels, hospitals, infirmaries, nursing homes, convalescent homes and similar uses. It also adds definitions of those uses, specifies parking requirements, specifies minimum natural buffer areas, specifies minimum site area for such facilities if they are not serviced by a public sewer system or a private wastewater treatment plant approved by the Planning Board and Board of Health and requires that a minimum of 50% of the site be left as undisturbed open space except in the commercial zone around the Mashpee rotary. Motion made by Wayne Taylor. Motion: I move Article 28 be voted as printed in the Warrant, except to amend paragraph 2) to delete the words "residential and" and the letters "R-Y and "R-5" and with the exception of the phrase, "or take any other action relating thereto". Motion made by F. Thomas Fudala to amend. Motion to amend passes at 9:22 p.m. Amended motion made by F. Thomas Fudala: I move that Article 28 be further amended by deleting the words "C-2 and C-3 in paragraph 2) and replacing them with the words "and C-2", by changing the number of the new subsection described in item 8) from "subsection 174- 45.B.(3)" to "subsection 174-45.B.(4)" and by correcting the printed text of item 4) so that the words "Congregate care or I per dwelling unit plus one per assisted living facility employee" read as follows: Congregate Care or I per dwelling unit plus I per assisted living facility employee Planning Board voted at a Public Hearing held September 6, 2000 4-0 for approval. Amended motion passes unanimously at 9:30 p.m.