Pencil sketches, which need not be professionally prepared, will assist in
this discussion and should show the critical features of the Residential Compound plan. 8.6.5 Special Permit Application and Definitive Subdivision Plan. The special permit application
shall contain a plan in form and with the contents required of a Definitive Subdivision Plan by the
Easton Subdivision Rules and Regulations. The application for a special permit and for approval of a
Definitive Plan shall be filed concurrently. To the extent permitted by law, the Planning & Zoning
Board shall consider both applications at the same time. 8.6.6 Planning & Zoning Board Approval. The Planning & Zoning Board may approve a Residential
Compound Subdivision after considering, in addition to the criteria set forth in section 10.5.2, whether
the Residential Compound, as compared to a conventional subdivision of the same parcel, is likely to:
1. Reduce the number of lots having egress onto existing streets;
2. Reduce the number of lots having frontage on existing public ways;
3. Reduce cut and fill in road construction and subdivision development;
4. Promote public safety and welfare, particularly with regard to traffic and
pedestrian safety;
5. Be constructed in a manner which will have the least visual impact on the parcel
of land in question as viewed from the public way providing access to the
Residential Compound subdivision, or from adjacent residentially zoned
properties;
6. Produce less irregularly shaped or contorted lot configurations;
7. Promote housing affordable to persons or families of low or moderate income,
as defined by the standards and criteria of the Massachusetts Department of
Housing & Community Development; or
8. Afford protection to the town’s groundwater resources. 8.6.7 Conditions. Any plan approved as a Residential Compound must contain or refer to recorded
covenants regarding each of the following:
1. The Private Lane shall remain permanently a private way, which shall not be
extended. 2.