No sign shall use moving parts; noisemaking devices; or blinking, rotating, or flashing lights or lights changing in light intensity; and no sign shall be placed on the roof of any building or structure, or extend above the parapet or eave line.

No sign or light shall be placed so as to constitute a traffic hazard or nuisance.

A freestanding sign may not exceed 20 feet in height above grade or be closer to the front property line than 20 feet, except with a special permit from the Board of Appeals where the Board finds that requirements of the particular location dictate greater height or smaller setback.

No sign shall be located off the premises to which it applies, except that directional, informational or identification signs may be allowed by special permit by the Board of Appeals where such signs will serve the public convenience and not be detrimental to the neighborhood with respect to size, location or design. Such signs shall not exceed 24 square feet.

At a residential use, one sign not over two square feet in area, showing the name of the occupants.

At a religious, educational or philanthropic institution; library; museum; art gallery; or building or area for municipal or government use or service, one sign each entrance.

A temporary, unlighted sign not over six square feet in area, pertaining to lease or sale of the property on which it is displayed.

At each entrance to a farm orchard, commercial greenhouse, nursery, truck garden, woodlot, or roadside farm stand permitted or authorized under this bylaw, one sign.

For a use on a residential property, one sign not over two square feet in area.

On property in R-40 Residential devoted to use authorized by special permit, one sign not exceeding six square feet in total area.

Within the V-1 Village District, each business is permitted two signs not to exceed 24 square feet in total combined area. Signs may be freestanding or attached flat against the wall of the building. Freestanding signs may not exceed 18 square feet.

On multiple business use lots, there is permitted one directory sign per lot not exceeding 24 square feet in area for all business establishments or uses on the lot, and not exceeding 12 square feet for any one business establishment or use on the lot.

Location. Political signage shall not be located within a public way layout or on Town-owned property except as follows:

For the purpose of promoting the safety of the residents of the Town, an application for a building permit for a residential structure shall include the following information:

The building permit shall only be issued if the proposed driveway shows due consideration of traffic hazards and drainage problems which might result. The building permit shall be issued or denied within 30 days of application. All driveways shall be constructed in a manner ensuring reasonable and safe access from the public way serving the premises to within a distance of 100 feet or less from the building site of the residential structure on the premises, for all vehicles, including, but not limited to, emergency, fire, and police vehicles. The Building Inspector shall not issue a building permit for the principal structure on the premises unless all of the following conditions have been met.

Maximum distance. The distance of any driveway measured from the street line to the point where the principal building is proposed shall not exceed a distance of 500 feet; provided, however, the Planning Board may grant a special permit for a longer driveway after a determination that said driveway will provide safe and reasonable access for fire, police and emergency vehicles.

Grade. The grade of each driveway where it intersects with the public way shall not exceed 6% for a distance of 20 feet from the travel surface of the public way, or 10% at any other location; provided, however, the Planning Board may grant a special permit for a driveway with grade in excess of these requirements after a determination that said driveway will provide safe and reasonable access for fire, police and emergency vehicles.

Access. Driveways serving the premises shall provide access through the required frontage of the serviced lot, except in the case of a common driveway under Subsection C, herein.

Entrances on state highways shall conform to Massachusetts Department of Transportation standards and regulations.

Any adjacent disturbed areas shall be stabilized and planted with ground cover returned to a usable state after construction is completed.

No driveway shall be approved within 100 feet of an intersection because of potential safety hazards, except by grant of a special permit.

A clear sight distance of at least 65 feet should be maintained on either side of the driveway at its point of intersection with the public way with Highway Superintendent approval.

Driveways shall be so constructed that water from the driveway shall not drain onto the road.

In no instance shall the edges of the driveway entering into the road conflict with the flow of the surface water runoff.

Culverts taking the place of roadside ditches shall have a diameter per Highway Department requirements.

Common driveways can never be used to satisfy subdivision requirements. Each lot served shall have frontage on a way which serves to satisfy frontage requirements under this bylaw.

Common driveways shall provide access to the lots from the way on which the lots served have their frontage.

No common driveway shall be located within 100 feet of an intersection.

Driveways shall be located to the best advantage with regard to alignments with the way, profile, sight distance conditions and the like.

The elevation of driveways at the point of entry into the public right-of-way should be not more than the elevation of the shoulder of the road.

Any curb at the entrance shall be rounded off with a radius of three feet.

Wherever possible, driveways should be pitched downward from the roadway. However, where topography prevents the driveway from being pitched downward in its entirety, the driveway must be constructed on a downgrade from the road surface to the sideline of the Town right-of-way with a pitch of at least 1/4 inch per foot. From the sideline, the driveway may be pitched toward the roadway; however, in no instance shall a driveway have a pitch toward the roadway of greater than one inch per foot, unless adequate provisions have been made and approved by the Highway Superintendent for the diversion of driveway surface runoff away from the roadway. The Highway Superintendent may require methods of diversions for driveways having a pitch of less than one inch per foot if the proposed driveway construction will result in an excess accumulation of surface water in the way.

Driveways should be located to the best advantage to alignment with the way, profile, sight distance conditions and the like. In no instance shall the driveway intersect the way at less than a sixty-degree angle. Unless there is no other alternative, a driveway should not be located within a required side yard.

A minimum cleared width of 16 feet shall be maintained over its entire length.

A roadway surface of a minimum of four inches of graded gravel, placed over a properly prepared base, graded and compacted to drain from the crown shall be installed.

Proposed documents shall be submitted to the Planning Board, demonstrating that, through easements, restrictive covenants, or other appropriate legal devices, the maintenance, repair, snow removal, and liability for the common driveway shall remain perpetually the responsibility of the private parties or their successors in interest.

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Planning Board pursuant to this section may appeal said decision in accordance with MGL c. 40A, § 17.