ZONING BYLAW - Town of Charlton

and safely maintained. If the ways and utilities are proposed to be accepted by the Town,
the Planning Board may require the applicant to ensure that the roadways meet all
requirements of its "Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land" or to
make repairs to the facilities proposed for acceptance, as a pre-condition to such
acceptance.
5.8.1.5 Performance Security: The Planning Board may require sufficient security to
insure completion of the roads and utilities to its subdivision standards. The form of
security selected, and procedures for reducing or releasing said security, shall comply
with the "Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land" and with the
Subdivision Control Law (MGL, Ch. 41, 5.81-U).
5.8.1.6 Stopping Sight Distance: Any street which provides access to a Business
Enterprise Park shall have the minimum stopping sight distance at the entrance to the
Park as specified in the following table:
Design Speed (mph) Stopping Sight Distance (ft.)
30 200
35 250
40 325
45 400
50 475
55 550
5.8.2 Landscaping Requirements
In addition to Section 3.2.3.2, Industrial Park Buffers, and Section 3.2.3.3, outside bulk storage,
the following landscaping and screening requirements shall apply. (The requirements of Section
4.2.4.5 shall not apply to industrial and office parks.)
5.8.2.1 The front yard set back area of each lot, except for driveways and walkways,
shall be landscaped with an effective combination of trees, ornamental trees, ground
cover, shrubbery, and lawn.
5.8.2.2 Within parking lots, there shall be provided one tree for every ten (10) spaces. A
minimum of five (5) per cent of the parking lot area having twenty-five (25) or more
spaces shall be maintained with landscaping.
5.8.2.3 Removal of healthy trees over five (5) inches in diameter at breast height (dbh)
shall be minimized along roadways to the maximum extent practicable. Any such trees
as are removed shall be replaced. New or replacement trees must be at least two (2)
inches dbh.
5.8.2.4 All landscaped areas shall be properly maintained. Shrubs or trees which die
shall be replaced within one growing season by the property owner.
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