§ 17.21.040. Dimensional regulations.

A.

Minimum Lot Area Square Feet: Twenty-five thousand square feet.

B.

Minimum Lot Frontage: One hundred feet.

C.

Minimum Front Yard Setback: None.

D.

Minimum Side Yard Setback: None or the minimum amount necessary to satisfy the Massachusetts Building Code, provided that: (1) any section of a building constructed within the WTODOD that exceeds three stories in height shall be at least fifty feet apart from other building sections exceeding three stories in height within the WTODOD (there shall not be any setback restrictions or spacing requirements at and below three stories in height except as otherwise provided herein); (2) there shall be a twenty ft. minimum side yard setback above the plaza level for such portions of the WTODOD that abut Chester Street; and (3) there shall be a twenty-foot minimum side yard setback for such portions of the WTODOD that abut Revere Street. As to the minimum side yard setback, the entire area of the WTODOD is considered one lot, irrespective of the individual lots or parcels comprising that area.

E.

Minimum Rear Yard Setback: None.

F.

Maximum Height: One hundred sixty ft., provided that the sum total of all building floor areas between one hundred forty feet and one hundred sixty feet. shall not exceed twenty percent of the site area of the WTODOD. For purposes of calculating the height of a building in the WTODOD, height shall be defined as the vertical dimension of a building measured from the mean level of the finished grade at the building, or from the plaza level at the building, whichever is higher, to the mean height of the roof structure. Also, height shall not include: parapets less than five feet high, chimneys, flag poles, ventilators, water tanks, antennas, and other projections used for, or intended to be used exclusively for, utility services or access to the roof may exceed the height limitations of this chapter by not more than twenty feet.

G.

Maximum Stories: Sixteen. For purposes of calculating the number of stories of a building in the WTODOD, the number of stories shall be measured from the mean level of the finished grade at the building, or from the plaza level at the building, whichever is higher. The plaza level at the building shall not exceed two stories above the mean level of the finished grade at the building.

H.

Maximum Fence Height: Ten ft. No barbed wire or fences with pointed ends shall be allowed.

I.

Maximum Floor Area Ratio: 3.6.

(C.O. 10-263/CZ-10-03, § 1, 7-12-2010)