Contiguous buildable area (CBA). As of April 28, 1986, the area of any new lot created, exclusive of area in a street or recorded way open to public use, at least 75% of the minimum lot area required for zoning shall be contiguous land other than land located within a line identified as wetland resource areas in accordance with the Wetlands Protection Act, MGL c. 131, § 40 and the Town of North Andover Wetland Protection Bylaw, Chapter 190 of the Code of North Andover. The proposed structure must be constructed on said designated contiguous land area.

Lot width. For any lot created after May 1, 1995, the minimum width of the lot shall be a distance of 100 feet between the street frontage and the front building line The width shall be measured in a line parallel to the street. This requirement shall apply in all zones except Residence 4 (R-4) and Village Residential (VR); for Zone R-4, said minimum width of the lot shall be a distance of 80 feet; and for Zone VR, said minimum width of the lot shall be a distance of 80 feet.

Restrictions.

Minimum street frontage shall be as set forth in Summary of Dimensional Requirements (Table 2),[1] and the lot line meeting these requirements shall constitute the "street frontage" for the lot. In no case shall actual street frontage at the street line be less than 75 feet; except as allowed by Subsection B. Corner lots shall be required to have the required frontage only on one street. In determining the fulfillment of the minimum area and minimum street frontage of a lot required in any zoning district, there shall not be included any land within the limits of a street upon which such lot abuts, even if the fee to such street is in the owner of the lot; except that if a corner lot at its street corner is bounded in part by a segment of curved line not more than 75 feet in length connecting other lines bounding such lot, which, if extended, would intersect, the area and frontage required in such lot shall be computed as if such potentially intersecting lines were so extended; but if a curved line more than 75 feet in length is the whole of any one boundary line of a lot, the minimum area and minimum frontage required shall be determined entirely within the lines bounding such lot, including such curved line.

Access across street frontage. Access to each lot, except for corner lots, must be provided across the street frontage. If access to a lot is not across the street frontage as of the date of the adoption of this Subsection B, the lot will not be considered nonconforming as to use or as to an existing structure on that lot. Exceptions to this requirement may be granted by the issuance of a special permit from the Planning Board. A street frontage access special permit may be granted for a lot in any residential district, provided that:

Frontage exception. Exceptions for meeting the frontage and lot width requirements required by Subsections A and B may be granted upon the approval of a special permit. The permit granting authority shall be the Planning Board. A street frontage and lot width exception special permit may be granted for a lot in any Residential District, provided that:

Projections into front yards. Uncovered porches, balconies, open fire escapes, chimneys and flues all may project into a required front yard not more than 1/3 of its width and not more than four feet in any case. Belt courses, fins, columns, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels and ornamental features may project not more than one foot, and cornices and gutters not more than two feet, over a required front yard.

Projections into side yards. Uncovered porches, balconies, open fire escapes, chimneys and flues all may project into a required side yard not more than 1/3 of its width and not more than four feet in any case. Belt courses, fins, columns, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels and ornamental features may project not more than one foot, and cornices and gutters not more than two feet, over a required side yard.

Projections into rear yards. Uncovered porches, balconies, open fire escapes, chimneys and flues all may project into a required rear yard not more than 1/3 of its width and not more than four feet in any case. Belt courses, fins, columns, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels and ornamental features may project not more than one foot, and cornices and gutters not more than two feet, over a required rear yard.

Farm buildings on farms of not less than 10 acres;

Nor shall they apply to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, tanks, bulkheads, penthouses, processing towers, roof-mounted solar collectors, and other accessory structural features usually erected at a height greater than the main roofs of any buildings. However, no roof-mounted solar collector shall exceed two feet in height unless a waiver is granted by the Planning Board;

Nor to domes, bell towers, or spires of churches or other buildings, provided all features are in no way used for living purposes;

And further provided that no such structural feature of any non-manufacturing building shall exceed a height of 65 feet from the ground;

Nor of a manufacturing building a height of 85 feet from the ground, or pharmaceutical manufacturing silo having a height of 115 feet from the ground;

A parcel or parcels collectively comprising at least three acres of land located within a Business 2 (B-2) Zoning District are eligible for a waiver of the maximum height, for residential multifamily dwellings and townhouses described under Table 2; provided that such height waiver shall not permit a structure to exceed more than four stories and 55 feet in height, and further provided that such waiver is granted by the Planning Board, as special permit granting authority, after the Planning Board has made a determination based upon consideration of the special permit criteria described under § 195-10.7A of the Zoning Bylaw.

Ground-mounted solar energy systems. The maximum height of small-, medium-, and large-scale solar energy systems shall not exceed 15 feet.

The residential lot areas and frontages above required and listed in Table 2[1] shall not apply in any Residence District to any lot of less area or less frontage than above required if such lot is not adjoined by other land of the same owner, available for combination with or used in connection with such lot, provided that the applicant for a building permit on any such lot shall show by citations from the Essex County Registry of Deeds incorporated in or attached to such application that such lot was lawfully laid out and duly recorded by plan or deed prior to January 9, 1957, and provided that on such a lot there shall be kept open and not built upon a front yard and a rear yard, each not less than 20 feet deep, and two side yards, each not less than 12 feet wide; and further provided that such lot shall have a minimum street frontage of 50 feet and a minimum lot area of 5,000 square feet.

In Residence 4 (R-4) Districts only, two or more vacant lots, mutually adjoining, may, with a special permit from the Board of Appeals, be permitted to be combined into a new lot or lots of not less than 10,000 square feet in area each, and with not less than 100 feet of street frontage, provided it be shown to the Board of Appeals that each such lot was lawfully laid out and duly recorded by plan or deed prior to January 9, 1957, and the Building Inspector shall permit the construction of one single-family dwelling on each such 10,000 square foot lot.

As described in MGL c. 40A, no amendment to this Zoning Bylaw shall apply to land shown on an approved definitive subdivision plan, as defined by the Subdivision Control Law, for the length of time described in MGL c. 40A.

As described in MGL c. 40A, no amendment to this Zoning Bylaw shall affect the use of land shown on an endorsed "approval not required" plan, as defined by the Subdivision Control Law, for the length of time described in MGL c. 40A.