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• Remove the public water and sewer requirement for two-family residences located in the RA zone. • Allow for reduced lot standards for two-family residences in the RA zone (as is allowed in other zones) for buildings where each dwelling unit is located on its own lot. • Remove the Commission’s discretion in modifying the lot area and frontage requirement for two-family residences in the PRD zone. • Introduce new standards for two-family residences in the AA zone contingent upon adoption of the Recommendation 3 amendments. • Prohibit the construction of outside stairs providing access above the first floor on the front or side of single-family homes. 4/6/26 5/4/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 218KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 624KB) Proposed comprehensive amendments to the zoning regulations: Recommendation 3: Update Uses Permitted in Residential Zones to: • Allow nurseries in AA zone as a permitted principal use (it is currently allowed in the RR, RA, RB, and RC zones without a known reason for its exclusion from the AA zone). • Allow two-family residential in the AA zone by Special Exception. • Allow single-family conversion to two-family in the AA zone by Special Exception. • Allow multi-family residential in RB and RC zones by Special Exception and provides a new Section 6.29.3 that establishes regulations for such uses. • Restore renting of rooms as a permitted accessory use in the AA, RA, RB, and RC zones, which had been allowed in those zones prior to adoption of the updated regulations in June of 2025. • Expand Section 24 definition of “place of worship” to include accessory uses such as memorial gardens and eliminates memorial gardens from the accessory use summary table so as to allow memorial gardens in any zone a place of worship is permitted, memorial gardens are currently only permitted in the RR. 4/6/26 5/4/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 188KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 547KB) Comprehensive amendments to the zoning regulations: Recommendation 2: Update Prohibited Use List to: • Add junk yard to the Section 3.2 list of prohibited uses. • Provide a definition of “Gas manufacture”, which is currently in the Section 3.2 prohibited use list. 3/9/26 3/30/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 154KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 552KB) Comprehensive amendments to the zoning regulations: Recommendation 1: Update Nonconforming Use and Structure Regulations at Section 3.1.2 to: Remove the 6-month time limit for building permit applications for nonconforming structures.