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TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
120 MAIN STREET
NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS 01845
Joyce A.Bradshaw,CMMC Telephone(978)688-9501
Town Clerk Fax (978)688-9557
E-mail Bradshaw(dtownofnorthandover.com
This is to certify that the following vote (voted June 6, 2006) was taken on
Article 41 at the Dissolved Annual Town Meeting for the Town of North Andover
held May 8, 2006, June 5, 2006 and June 6, 2006:
Article 41. Amend Zoning Bylaw — Watershed Protection District — Sections
4.136(3)(c)(ii) and (iii). UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to amend the Town of North
Andover Zoning Bylaw, Sections 4.136(3)(c)(ii) and 4.136(3)(c)(iii) to modify certain
uses within the Non-Disturbance Zone of the North Andover Watershed Protection
District by inserting language specifying the maximum allowable square footage for the
construction of an accessory structure or expansion to the existing primary structure.
Sections 4.136(3)(c)(ii) and 4.136(3)(c)(iii) now reads:
Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone
C. There shall exist a Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone within the Watershed Protection
District which shall consist of all land areas located between one hundred fifty (150) feet
and two hundred fifty (250) feet horizontally from the annual mean high water mark of
Lake Cochichewick, and between seventy five (75) feet and one hundred fifty (150) feet
horizontally from the edge of all wetland resource areas (as defined in M.G.L. Chapter
131, Section 40, and the Town Wetland Bylaw) located within the Watershed.
i. Allowed Uses: All of the Allowed Uses listed in Section 3 (a)(i) of this
Watershed Protection District Bylaw are allowed in the Non-Disturbance
Zone except as noted.
ii. Uses allowed by Special Permit: The following uses shall be allowed
within the Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone only by Special Permit issued
pursuant to Section 4 of this Watershed Protection district Bylaw:
(1) Any activities which cause a change in topography or grade.
(2) Vegetation removal or cutting, other than in connection with
agricultural uses or maintenance of a landscape area.
(3) Construction of a new permanent structure only after a variance
has been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(4) Replacement of any permanent structure.
(5) Any surface or sub-surface discharge, including but not limited to,
stormwater runoff, drainage of any roadway that is maintained by
the Division of Public Works or any private association; outlets of
all drainage swales; outlets of all detention ponds.
(6) Construction of any accessory structure or expansion of any
existing structure by less than twenty five (25) percent of the gross
floor area of the existing structure.
iii. Prohibited Uses: The following uses are specifically prohibited within
the Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone:
(1) All of the Prohibited Uses listed in Section 3(c)(iii) of this
Watershed Protection District bylaw are prohibited in the Non-
Discharge Zone.
(2) Construction of any septic system.
(3) Construction of any new permanent structure, or expansion of an
existing structure by twenty-five (25) percent or more of the gross
floor area of the existing structure.
Sections 4.136(3)(c)(ii) and 4.136(3)(c)(iii) as amended to read (new text underlined):
Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone
C. There shall exist a Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone within the Watershed Protection
District which shall consist of all land areas located between one hundred fifty
(150) feet and two hundred fifty (250) feet horizontally from the annual mean
high water mark of Lake Cochichewick, and between seventy five (75) feet and
one hundred fifty (150) feet horizontally from the edge of all wetland resource
areas (as defined in M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town Wetland
Bylaw) located within the Watershed.
i. Allowed Uses: All of the Allowed Uses listed in Section 3 (a)(i) of this
Watershed Protection District Bylaw are allowed in the Non-Disturbance
Zone except as noted.
ii. Uses allowed by Special Permit: The following uses shall be allowed
within the Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone only by Special Permit issued
pursuant to Section 4 of this Watershed Protection district Bylaw:
(1) Any activities which cause a change in topography or grade.
(2) Vegetation removal or cutting, other than in connection with
agricultural uses or maintenance of a landscape area.
(3) Construction of a new permanent structure only after a variance
has been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(4) Replacement of any permanent structure.
(5) Any surface or sub-surface discharge, including but not limited to,
stormwater runoff, drainage of any roadway that is maintained by the Division of
Public Works or any private association; outlets of all drainage swales; outlets of
all detention ponds.
(6) Construction of any accessory structure or expansion of any
existing structure by less than twenty five (25) percent of the gross floor area if
the existing structure exceeds 2,500 square feet.
(7) Construction of any accessory structure or expansion of any
existing structure by less than fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of the
existing primary structure is less than 2,500 square feet and the primary
structure will be connected to municipal sewer upon completion of the
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iii. Prohibited Uses: The following uses are specifically prohibited within
the Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone:
(1) All of the Prohibited Uses listed in Section 3(c)(iii) of this Watershed
Protection District bylaw are prohibited in the Non-Discharge Zone.
(2) Construction of any septic system.
(3) Construction of any new permanent structure, or expansion of an existing
structure except as allowed by Special Permit per Section 3.c.ii.
VOTED JUNE 6, 2006