Compliance with Section 8.9, Affordable Housing Requirements, is also
required. The special permit hearings and decisions under this Section and
Section 8.9 may be combined. 8.6.3 Eligibility. To qualify for consideration as a Residential Compound, the subdivision must satisfy
all of the following conditions:
1. The Residential Compound must create at least three but not more than eight
lots, be located entirely in a district in which single-family residences are
permitted, and have a minimum of forty (40) feet of frontage on an existing
public way in Easton. 2. The average contiguous upland area of the lots so created shall be at least one
and one-half times the minimum lot size set forth for the district in Section 4.0. No lot shall have less than the minimum lot size for the district. 3. All lots in a Residential Compound shall have ingress and egress to a Private
Lane, ownership of and rights to which shall be retained by a homeowners’
association. 4. The minimum frontage of each lot on the Private Lane shall be at least 75 feet. 5. The Private Lane shall extend from a Town of Easton Accepted or public way,
and shall end in a cu-de-sac or connect back to itself. 8-13
6. A buffer zone of at least 75 feet in width of indigenous vegetation shall separate
the new structures in the development from any adjacent public way. The buffer
zone shall provide a dense vegetative screen, which shall be supplemented by
additional indigenous vegetation, and landscaping that is designed to block the
view of the residential structures from the existing public way. 8.6.4 Pre-Submission Meeting. Prior to submission of the special permit application, it is strongly
advised that the applicant meet with the Town Planner or other Board designee to review the proposed
development of the parcel of land, in order to explore general conditions involving the site and to
discuss potential problems.