Agenda - Rattlesnake Hill Open Space Overlay District

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
TOWN OF SHARON

PLANNING BOARD

The Sharon Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 7:30 PM, at the Sharon Community Center, 219 Massapoag Avenue. The purpose of the public hearing is to provide interested parties with an opportunity to comment on a proposed May 5, 2014 Annual Town Meeting article to change the Sharon Zoning By-Laws by amending certain sections thereof and by amending the map entitled “Zoning Map, Town of Sharon, Massachusetts” dated February 2013 and prepared by the Department of Public Works, Engineering Division, GIS Team.

The proposed amendments would amend the Sharon Zoning By-Laws by creating the Rattlesnake Hill Open Space Overlay District (Rattlesnake Hill District), which would overlay a portion of the existing Rural District 2 located to the east of Mountain Street allowing applicants to choose between development of a single family residential cluster subdivision with alternative dimensional, use, phasing and other requirements as permitted by the Rattlesnake Hill District or development of single family residences as permitted by the Rural District 2.

The purpose of the Rattlesnake Hill District is to enhance the public welfare by creating a vibrant community of single family homes, expanding housing resources and protecting valuable natural resources by effectively preserving land for open space, recreational and municipal uses. All lots shall have frontage on streets within the Rattlesnake Hill District. No more than one principal building shall be located on any lot. Minimum Lot Area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. Buildings in a Rattlesnake Hill Development shall have a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet or two-and-a-half stories.

The proposed amendment would revise certain existing sections of the Zoning By-Law and would add new Sections 4391 through 4396, which Sections would constitute the Rattlesnake Hill District. The full text of the proposed amendment and the map amendment are available in the office of the Town Clerk and the Public Library and the Sharon Department of Public Works.

The amendments will place a portion of a certain tract of land located on the east side of Mountain Street at 400 Mountain Street within the Rattlesnake Hill Open Space Overlay District, and will revise the map legend, labels, and notes thereto.

Said tract of land is located at on the easterly side of Mountain Street between Mountain Street and Bay Road and northerly of Briggs Pond. Currently, said tract of land is located within the Rural District 2 (R-2) and will remain in this district. Portions of the tract are currently overlain by the Senior Living Overlay District (Senior Living District), the Surface Water Resources