For the planned industrial development of land within an Industrial District for
manufacturing or service industrial purposes subject to area regulations less than the minimum required
in Table of Density and Dimensional Regulations, the following shall apply:
1. A Planned Industrial Development shall be allowed only upon the grant of a
special permit from the Planning & Zoning Board. 2. The tract in single or consolidated ownership at the time of application shall be
at least two acres in size with 100 feet of frontage. Where the site plan constitutes
a subdivision, it shall also require approval by the Planning & Zoning Board
under the Subdivision Rules and Regulations of the Town of Easton, MA, latest
edition. 3. Individual lot sizes shall not be reduced more than 20 percent below that
normally required for manufacturing or service industrial purposes in the
District. 4. The total number of establishments in the development shall not exceed the
number of establishments, which could be developed under normal application
requirements of the District. 5. The permitted uses shall be limited to manufacturing or service industrial uses
with the total use completely within the building. 6. The development shall be served by a public water system. 7. At least 25 percent of the total tract area (of which at least 25 percent shall not
be wetlands or over 5 percent slope land) shall be set aside as common land and
shall be either deeded to the Town or be conveyed to a nonprofit organization,
the principal purpose of which is the conservation of open space, or be conveyed
to a corporation or trust owned or to be owned by the owners of lots or residential
units within the land and covenanted with the Town to be maintained as
permanent “open space.” If such a corporation or trust is utilized, ownership
thereof shall pass with conveyances of the lots or residential units.