To control the design of commercial and residential development along the primary corridors for vehicular travel through North Andover (Route 114, and Route 125) in such a manner that encourages sound site planning, appropriate land use, the preservation of aesthetic and visual character, and promote economic development and diversity in the community tax base for the Town;

To foster a greater opportunity for creative development by providing control and design guidelines which encourage a mix of uses compatible with existing and neighboring residential properties;

To accommodate a compatible mixture of uses that complement commercial and residential uses typically associated with transportation corridors and large traffic flows.

To serve as a transition area between commercial development and the neighboring residential properties by ensuring that the appearance and effects of buildings and uses are harmonious with the character of the area;

To allow considerable flexibility under a special permit in the development of tracts of land as recommended in the Town of North Andover Master Plan in accordance with the goals and objectives in the Master Plan;

To allow a developer to propose a site development use and plan unique to a particular location.

Retail uses, excluding auto sales and repair; provided there is no outdoor sales or storage of materials and products.

Restaurants, excluding drive-through facilities.

Personal service establishments.

Public buildings or uses and public service corporations.

Professional offices, including, but not limited to, banks, real estate offices, insurance offices, physician offices, dentists, attorneys, architects, engineers or accountants. No drive-through facilities are permitted with these uses, except for bank which may be allowed if authorized by special permit.

Art gallery.

Cultural center or museum.

Place of worship.

Same-structure/on-site mixed-use developments.

Drive-through restaurants shall be permitted within the CDD1 Zone, provided that they are located more than 250 feet from the R-6-zoned district.

Retail uses, provided there is no outdoor sales or storage of materials and products. However, auto sales and repair are not allowed.

Restaurants, excluding drive-through facilities.

Personal service establishments.

Indoor recreation, fitness, and health care facility.

Indoor place of amusement or assembly.

Public building or use and public service corporation.

Professional offices, including, but not limited to, banks, real estate offices, insurance offices, physician offices, dentists, attorneys, architects, engineers or accountants. No drive-through facilities are permitted with these uses, except for bank which may be allowed if authorized by special permit.

Art gallery.

Cultural center or museum.

Place of worship.

Same-structure/on-site mixed-use developments.

Farming, livestock, animal care.

Fence businesses, fence contractor's yard, sales of sheds, swing sets and like equipment and supplies, including outdoor sales and outdoor storage of material, equipment, and supplies.

Drive-through restaurants shall be permitted within the CDD2 Zone, provided that they are located on a parcel or parcels collectively comprising at least five acres or more of land, and further provided that such restaurant structures are located more than 400 feet from a lawfully permitted residential dwelling located within the R-3 Zone.

Retail uses, provided there is no outdoor sales or storage of materials and products. However, auto sales and repair are not allowed.

Restaurants, excluding drive-through facilities.

Personal service establishments.

Indoor recreation, fitness, and health care facility.

Indoor place of amusement or assembly.

Outdoor place of amusement or assembly.

Public building or use and public service corporation.

Professional offices, including, but not limited to, banks, real estate offices, insurance offices, physician offices, dentists, attorneys, architects, engineers or accountants. One drive-through facility shall be permitted for every 500 linear feet of street or highway as measured along the center line.

Medical center.

Research and development facility, not to exceed 25,000 square feet.

Printing and reproduction.

Warehousing and wholesaling.

Motel and hotel.

Art gallery.

Cultural center or museum.

Place of worship.

Child-care facility.

Same-structure/on-site mixed use developments.

Light manufacturing, including manufacturing, fabrication, processing, finishing, assembly, packing or treatment of articles or merchandise, provided such uses are conducted solely within a building, and further provided such uses are not offensive, noxious, detrimental, or dangerous to surrounding areas of the Town by reason of dust, smoke, fumes, odor, noise, vibration, light or other adverse environmental effect.

No building or structure in excess of 3,000 gross square feet of building area shall be constructed, reconstructed, erected or altered in the Corridor Development District without the granting of the special permit. The granting of the special permit shall be pursuant to Article 8, Part 3, and § 195-10.7 of this bylaw and subject to the following conditions:

For outdoor storage, display, and sales of materials, products and goods in connection with retail uses and provided:

Bank with a drive-through facility within the CDD1 and CDD2 District.

Contractor's yard, landscaping, lumber or other building materials, including outdoor sales and outdoor storage of material, equipment, and supplies within the CDD3 District, provided:

Any other performance standards of the Town shall also apply to uses conducted under this § 195-16.6 of the North Andover Zoning Bylaw.

Architecture should demonstrate the cohesive planning of the development and present a clearly identifiable design feature throughout. Applicants are encouraged to use traditional New England architectural elements in the design. It is not intended that buildings be totally uniform in appearance or that designers and developers be restricted in their creativity. Rather, cohesion and identity can be demonstrated in similar building scale or mass; consistent use of facade materials; similar ground-level detailing, color or signage; consistency in functional systems such as roadway or pedestrianway surfaces, signage, or landscaping; the framing of outdoor open space and linkages, or a clear conveyance in the importance of various buildings and features on the site.

Buildings adjacent to usable open space should generally be oriented to that space, with access to the building opening onto the open space.

All new utilities shall be placed underground.

Landscaped space and pedestrian connectivity shall be designed and located to provide sufficient and safe access throughout the development and/or abutting residential neighborhoods. An alternative to a sidewalk, such as an asphalt path or trail, which better serves the purpose of connecting commercial businesses to each other and the community, may also be used.

Commercial uses shall be designed and operated, and hours of operation limited where appropriate, so that neighboring residents are not exposed to offensive noise, especially from traffic or late-night activity. No amplified music shall be audible to neighboring residents.

Vehicular access to and from public roads is intended to be consolidated. Vehicular access to lands from a public roadway shall generally be limited to one access point, particularly when frontage along said roadway is 200 feet or less.

Driveway consolidation should be undertaken so as to reduce traffic conflicts on feeder or collector streets:

The design should preserve and enhance natural features such as topography, waterways, vegetation, and drainageways.

The design should minimize impervious surfaces and incorporate other design features to minimize stormwater runoff.

Mixed-use developments should maximize pedestrian transit-oriented development. Specifically, they should use "traffic-calming" techniques liberally; provide networks for pedestrians as good as the networks for motorists; provide pedestrians and bicycles with shortcuts as alternatives to travel along high-volume streets; and emphasize safe and direct pedestrian connections to transit stops and other commercial and/or employment nodes; provide long-term, covered bicycle parking areas; provide well-lit transit shelters; incorporate transit-oriented design features; and establish travel demand management programs at employment centers.

Front yard. The 10 feet nearest the street or front lot line must be landscaped and such landscaping shall not affect vehicular sight distance.

Side yards. The five feet nearest the side lot line must be landscaped. A waiver to the landscape requirements may be granted if one access driveway services the lot.

Rear yards. The 10 feet nearest the rear lot lines must be landscaped.

Side and rear yards. Where a lot abuts a residential zoning district, the 15 feet nearest the side and rear lot lines must be landscaped. In addition, within 10 feet of the side and rear lot line, a buffer of at least eight-foot-high trees or shrubs must be planted and maintained in a healthy condition by the owner of the property in perpetuity. A six-foot stockade fence must be erected along the side and rear property lines to physically separate the residential zone from the Corridor Development District areas. The Planning Board may specify the type and species of natural buffering required.

Building foundation. A minimum three-foot-wide landscaping strip must be installed along the entire length of each building foundation wall, except at points of entry/exit, lawfully required fire access points, loading/receiving bay areas, and any other structural amenities necessary and ordinary to the use of the building.

The Planning Board shall have final discretion in determining if sufficient landscape screening and buffering of varying depth and height has been provided.

All required screening, as described in Subsections A through F above, shall be maintained in good condition at all times and in perpetuity.

All outdoor lighting shall be designed so as not to adversely impact surrounding uses and residential properties, while also providing a sufficient level of illumination for access and security purposes. Such lighting shall not blink, flash, oscillate or be of unusually high intensity of brightness.

Parking areas shall be illuminated to provide appropriate visibility and security during hours of darkness.

Any outdoor lighting fixture newly installed or replaced shall be shielded so that it does not produce a strong, direct light beyond the property boundaries, and shall be directed toward the object or area to be illuminated. Light shall be directed away from residences. Where a lot abuts a residential zoning district, additional screening measures may be required at the discretion of the Planning Board.

Lighting of the site shall be adequate at ground level for the protection and safety of the public in regard to pedestrian and vehicular circulation. The glare from the installation of outdoor lights and illuminated signs shall be contained on the property and shall be shielded from abutting properties.

Landscape screening shall consist of planting, including evergreens, the plantings to be of such height, depth as needed to sufficiently screen from view of abutting residential areas any unshielded light source, either inside or outside.

All signs shall conform to § 195-6.6D, Business and Industrial Districts.

The applicant shall file eight copies of Corridor Development District Plan, supporting materials, filing and outside engineering review escrow fees, and three copies of the form titled "Corridor Development District Special Permit Application" with the Planning Board. The Town Planner shall certify that the plans and materials submitted have been time stamped by the Town Clerk's office and meet the submittal requirements.

The Planning Board, within 65 days from receipt of the plan by the Town Clerk, shall determine whether the proposed project is generally consistent with criteria of § 195-16.1 of this article. The Planning Board will review the plans during a public hearing process and will receive comments from the public, other Town departments, and the applicant.

The applicant must follow the procedures for obtaining a special permit as set forth in § 195-10.7 of the Zoning Bylaw.

If applicable, the applicant must follow the procedures for site plan review under Article 8, Part 3, Site Plan Review.

The elimination of up to 25% of the required parking spaces to be constructed.

The elimination of up to 25% of the required parking spaces to be initially constructed, but require an adequate area for future spaces should they be required at a later date.

The elimination of up to 25% of the required parking spaces to be initially constructed, but require an adequate area for future spaces should they be required at a later date due to a change of use.

Upon review, the Planning Board may waive some or all of the special permit requirements outlined herein if a proposed change of use from residential to the Corridor Development District permitted use results in no substantial change to an existing structure and is located on the same dimensional lot that existed prior to creation of any Corridor Development District.

To encourage the continued use of existing industrial and commercial structures and provide additional flexibility to landowners within the CDD3, an applicant may apply to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a special permit to expand the gross floor area of the nonconforming industrial and commercial structure(s) by up to 25% as existed on the date of enactment of the CDD3. The expansion permitted by this special permit shall not be considered objectionable or detrimental to the residential character of the neighborhood due to the exterior appearance, emission of odor, gas, smoke, dust, noise, disturbance, or in any way objectionable to or detrimental to any residential use within the neighborhood. After such approval has been obtained from the ZBA, the applicant must obtain a site plan special permit as required under Article 16.

Corridor Development District 1.

Corridor Development District 2.

Corridor Development District 3.