Harwich City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
Elderly Affordable Housing District
§ 325-69 Purpose.
The purpose of this Article XII is to provide for elderly affordable housing. The Elderly Affordable Housing District is established as a special district which overlays an existing residential zoning district. The Elderly Affordable Housing District permits the development of elderly affordable housing units subject to the specific regulations and requirements contained in this Article XII, which regulations and requirements shall govern even where they are inconsistent with or less restrictive than the other requirements of the Zoning Bylaw. The regulations of this Article XII relating to use, building and lot dimensions, development intensity, parking, ingress and egress, and site plan review shall only apply to an elderly affordable housing development and not to any other use that is allowed or permitted in the underlying zoning district.
§ 325-70 Relationship to underlying district.
A.
The Elderly Affordable Housing District shall overlay the underlying residential district so that any parcel of land in the Elderly Affordable Housing District shall also lie in the residential zone in which it is otherwise classified by this Zoning Bylaw.
B.
All reductions, requirements, and definitions contained in the Zoning Bylaw shall apply within the Elderly Affordable Housing District to the extent they are not inconsistent with the specific provisions of this Article XII. To the extent any such provisions are inconsistent, the provisions of this Article XII shall prevail.
§ 325-71 Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AFFORDABLE
Dwelling units leased by a nonprofit corporation or governmental entity, the rents for which do not exceed the guidelines for such rental housing established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or any successor agency or by any comparable agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ELDERLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
An affordable multifamily housing development whose occupants shall and must be 60 years of age or older.
§ 325-72 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted: elderly affordable housing development.
§ 325-73 Dimensional and bulk requirements.
An elderly affordable housing development shall comply with the following requirements:
A.
Minimum lot area: eight acres.
B.
Minimum lot frontage: 50 feet.
C.
Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
D.
Minimum side yard: 50 feet.
E.
Minimum rear yard: 50 feet.
F.
Minimum density: eight units per acre of contiguous upland.
G.
Maximum building height: 40 feet.
H.
Maximum permitted height: 2 1/2 stories.
I.
Maximum building coverage of lot (covered area as percentage of total lot area): 15%.
J.
Maximum site coverage as percentage of total site area: 50%.
K.
Minimum residential net floor area (square feet): none.
§ 325-74 Parking standards.
Parking standards are as follows: one space per dwelling unit.