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Section 9.337: Add the following sentence "Garden apartments are exempted from this requirement and are subject to the floor area requirements of Section 9.333." Section 9.6: Add entire new Section 9.6 as follows: "DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE - A Design Review Committee shall be established 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, C-1, C-1-SV Incentive, and C-1-0 Incentive Zoning Districts. Architectural and design concern shall include but not be Limited to: site planning, building placement building size, design compatibility, exterior appearance, construction materials and finishes, parking and roadways, landscaping and size 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 applications. Findings of the Design Review Committee shall be advisory to the Planning Board and Board of Zoning Appeals. Full power for granting or denial of applications for special permits shall remain with these Boards. Membership of the Design Review Committee shall consist of three persons...one each from the Planning Board and Board 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, C-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 "excepting that ' in Zoning Districts C-1, C-1-SV and C-1-0 and C-2 such signs shall not be higher than the highest point of the exterior wall to which it is affixed." Section 10.34 Add the following: Further provided that in the C-1, C-1-SV, C-1-0 and C-2 Commercial Districts the size of such signs shall not exceed 40 square feet." Section 10.35: Add, the following: "Further provided that in the C-1, C-1-SV, C-1-0 and C-2.Commercial Districts one free standing sign per o road access pint is permitted. Such signs may not exceed 12 sq. ft. in size, nor a vertical dimension of 3 feet above average ground level, measured between posts where the sign is' located. Such signs may not be closer than 12 feet to any lot line."