Dwellings: two spaces per dwelling unit.

Motel, motor court, lodging house: one space per guest unit, plus one space per eight guest units or fraction thereof.

Offices: 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet. "Square feet" shall mean that total floor area enclosed within the outside walls of the building or, if not enclosed, it shall be the area of the smallest quadrangle which can encompass the area in use.

Retail sales: one space per 200 square feet. "Square feet" shall mean that total floor area enclosed within the outside walls of the building or, if not enclosed, it shall be the area of the smallest quadrangle which can encompass the area in use.

Wholesale sales (where the public is not allowed): one space per 300 square feet. "Square feet" shall mean that total floor area enclosed within the outside walls of the building or, if not enclosed, it shall be the area of the smallest quadrangle which can encompass the area in use.

Research and development: 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet. "Square feet" shall mean that total floor area enclosed within the outside walls of the building or, if not enclosed, it shall be the area of the smallest quadrangle which can encompass the area in use.

Restaurant, place of assembly: one space per four seats.

Lounges: one space per two seats.

Restaurant (takeout): three spaces per each employee.

Bowling alley: four spaces per lane.

Nursing home: one space per four beds.

Hospital: one space per bed.

Industrial: one space per each 1 1/2 employees per shift.

Congregate housing: one space per two dwelling units.

Others: individually determined by the SPGA or, where there is no special permit required, the Planning Board upon site plan review.

Parking area use shall not require backing on a public way.

There shall be not more than one entrance and one exit from such lots per 200 feet of street frontage or fraction thereof. If necessary to meet this requirement, uses shall arrange for shared egress.

Such parking lots shall be screened from any abutting residential use by densely planted evergreen shrubs or by a stockade-type fence and shall be paved. Said shrubs shall be a minimum of four feet in height; variety of shrub, the distance from any lot line, and spacing shall be subject to approval by the Tree Warden. Said fence shall be a minimum of six feet in height, and said paving shall be with generally accepted paving material as approved by the SPGA or, where there is no special permit required, the Planning Board at the time of site plan review.

In a residential district, no such parking lot shall extend into a required yard, except that such an extension may be permitted by special permit for congregate housing.

Flags and insignia of any government except when displayed in connection with commercial promotion;

Legal notices or informational signs erected or required by government bodies;

Temporary signs, erected for a maximum of 30 days, for a charitable, nonprofit or religious cause, provided that the sign area does not exceed six square feet in a residential district or 12 square feet in any other zoning district.

Standard fuel pumps bearing thereon in usual size and form the name, type and price of fuel;

Integral decorative or architectural features of building, except letters, trademarks, moving parts, or parts internally illuminated or employing decorative lighting;

Signs guiding and directing traffic and parking and not exceeding six square feet in area, bearing no advertising matter;

Lettering on approved U.S. mailboxes, provided said lettered area shall not exceed two square feet;

Signs posting "No Hunting" or "No Fishing," provided said sign area shall not exceed two square feet.

Signs, any part of which moves or flashes, or of the traveling light or animated type, and all beacons and flashing devices whether a part of, attached to, or apart from a sign, are prohibited. Within the Downtown Business District (BB), Downtown Planning Overlay District (DPOD), Gateway 2 District (G2), Historic District and the Senior Living Overlay District (SLO), only externally illuminated signs or opaque signs that are not illuminated shall be allowed. Automated variable message signage shall be prohibited in the aforementioned districts.

No illumination shall be permitted which casts glare onto any residential district, or onto any portion of a way so as to create a traffic hazard. Externally lighted signs may be illuminated only by a white, steady, stationary light of reasonable intensity shielded and directed solely at the sign. When lighted from within, a sign may be illuminated only with light of reasonable intensity. Reasonable intensity of said light shall be determined by the Select Board based on the use and character of the immediate vicinity.

No sign shall be placed within or projecting over a public way or on public property except with a permit from the Select Board.

All new signs not elsewhere provided for in this bylaw or qualifying as a nonconforming use under the Zoning Bylaw, having a sign area greater than 12 square feet, may only be erected, constructed or altered after a permit has been issued by the Building Commissioner.

No sign shall be affixed to or painted on any living or natural object such as a tree or rock, and no sign shall be placed on land or affixed to any structure without permission from the owners thereof.

Projecting signs. Any sign any part of which projects more than 10 inches from a supporting wall of any building shall not be permitted except as permitted by the Design Review Board (DRB) in the Downtown Business (BB), Downtown Planning Overlay District (DPOD), Historic District or Gateway 2 District (G2).

Wall signs. Signs affixed to an exterior wall of any building shall be permitted only if conforming with the following:

Ground signs. Signs erected on the ground and which are wholly supported from the ground shall be permitted only if conforming with the following:

Roof signs. Signs affixed to a building or roof shall not extend more than 12 feet above the height of the building. Any sign erected and maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building with the entire support on the roof structure shall have a clear space, except for necessary structural supports, of not less than four feet between the roof level and the lowest part of the sign. Said sign shall be more than four feet measured from the inside dimension of the wall toward which the sign faces.

An unlighted sign of up to 20 square feet, indicating parties involved in construction on the premises.

An unlighted sign of up to 12 square feet, pertaining to lease, sale or rental of the premises on which the sign is located, except in a residential district, where the sign area shall not exceed six square feet.

A sign of up to 10 square feet, pertaining to a subdivision while under development only with permission of the Planning Board.

Signs inside display windows covering not more than 30% of window area, illuminated by building illumination only. Temporary signs inside a display window advertising a specific event or activity or notice to the public shall not be permitted for longer than 30 days, unless approved by the Building Commissioner, and shall be removed immediately upon the conclusion of the event or activity. Such sign shall not exceed 20% of the window area and shall not be separately lit.

Signs which are mounted to any motor vehicle or trailer which is parked for the sole purpose of advertising a business establishment on or off premises are prohibited.

Signs naming political issues or political candidates shall not exceed six square feet in area. Said signs shall be allowed only from 60 days prior to an election until five days following the election.

Signs, unlighted unless otherwise provided herein, which may be permitted in any Single Residential (R) and Garden Apartment (AA) Districts:

Signs which may be permitted in any business, industrial or mixed use district:

Signs which may be permitted in any Conservation (C), State, MDC, Municipal (M) Districts:

A farm, institutional or noncommercial recreational use may have one sign not to exceed 12 square feet. Said sign must be located on the land so used. Should said land front on more than one public way, a sign shall be allowed for each such lot frontage.

Signs whose content relates jointly to "brand names" as well as information relating to the premises on which the sign is located shall have the sign area divided equally between the brand name and the information relating to the premises.

When any sign becomes insecure, in danger of falling, or otherwise unsafe, the owner thereof shall, upon written order of the Building Commissioner, remove or repair the sign forthwith.

Historical districts and/or National Register properties.

Off-premises signage may be allowed by the Building Commissioner if the off-premises signage serves to reduce traffic congestion, improve public safety or serves a similar public benefit.

The Building Commissioner may also allow off-premises signage to announce temporary events. The location and duration of the display of such off-premises signage shall be determined by the Building Commissioner.

A nonconforming sign shall not be moved or relocated unless it is brought into compliance with the provisions of this bylaw.

Once a business closes, any nonconforming sign must be removed immediately and any new sign must conform.

Any modification to a nonconforming sign, other than repainting, refurbishing and/or repairing it to its original condition, shall void such nonconformity, and any new sign shall comply with this bylaw.

Display of merchandise or other materials exterior to a building in the Downtown Business District (BB), Downtown Planning Overlay District (DPOD), and the Gateway 2 District (G2) shall be reviewed and approved by the Design Review Board.

Umbrellas serving outdoor seating or related activities in the Downtown Business District (BB), Downtown Planning Overlay District (DPOD), and the Gateway 2 District (G2) shall be considered an architectural feature and shall be reviewed and approved by the Design Review Board.

Removal of healthy trees over five inches in diameter (at breast height) is to be minimized along roadways and in areas proposed for parking areas.

Planting new or replacement trees approximately every 35 feet along roads is required. Such trees should be deciduous hardwoods in order that a stately atmosphere may ultimately be created, and the placement of said trees is to be as approved by the permit granting authority and based upon recommendations from the Tree Warden.

Planting new trees in parking areas of a size greater than six parking spaces is required at a ratio of one tree per 12 parking spaces, and placement of said trees is to be as approved by the permit granting authority and based upon recommendations from the Tree Warden.

Roadside and parking area tree plantings should meet the following criteria:

The removal or addition of less than 500 cubic yards of such material, or clearing and grading activity which disturbs less than 20,000 square feet of land, within any twelve-month period.

Earthmoving and/or clearing incidental to construction on a lot where such earthmoving is explicitly allowed under a currently valid building permit, special permit, or subdivision approval.

Removal on a parcel for which removal was authorized under a legal permit issued prior to adoption of § 8.4 may continue until the expiration date of said permit, or for 18 months, whichever is the greater, provided that all bylaws, permits and conditions applicable prior to the adoption of this section shall be complied with. Subsequent to that date, full compliance with all the requirements of § 8.4 must be met.

Clearing on property that has received an approved forest cutting plan development by a certified forester and approved by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

The application shall be accompanied by a plan showing all natural and man-made features, including wetlands, watercourses, 100-year floodplain, property lines, names and addresses of all abutters if available from the Assessors, including those across any street or way, topography at two-foot contour interval of the site and all land within 100 feet of the area of the earthmoving and/or clearing activity, together with any grades below or above which finished surface will now lie, and the proposed cover vegetation and trees. The application shall include a description of earthmoving, clearing or construction activities, in sequence, which specifies the expected date of soil stabilization, vegetation and completion. If involving more than one acre of clearing, the plan shall be prepared by a registered landscape architect. If involving more than 500 cubic yards of materials to be moved, the plan shall be prepared by a registered engineer.

A performance bond in the amount determined by the Planning Board shall be posted in the name of the Town, assuring satisfactory performance in the fulfillment of the requirements of this bylaw and such other conditions as the Planning Board may impose as conditions to the issuance of its permit.

Before granting a permit, the Planning Board shall give due consideration to the location of the proposed earthmoving and/or clearing, to the general character of the neighborhood surrounding such location, to the protection of water supply, to the general safety of the public on the public ways in the vicinity, and to the recommendations of the Conservation Commission and Town Engineer. Prior to said consideration, the applicant shall notify the abutters as to the time and place of consideration and shall provide the Planning Board with proof of such notification.

Inspection and compliance. In order to ensure compliance with a special permit or approval granted under this regulation, the Planning Board will require the applicant to perform periodic inspections and submit written reports. The interval and content of such inspection and reporting shall be determined during review of the application. Upon satisfactory completion of earthmoving and/or clearing activity, the applicant shall request a certificate of compliance. The Planning Board, as the case may require, shall perform an inspection prior to granting such certificate and releasing the performance bond or other security.

Finish grade shall not lie below a level that would reasonably be considered a desirable grade for the later development of the area, or below the grades specified on the plan accompanying the permit application. The Planning Board may specify a base grade below which excavation shall in no event take place. The Planning Board from time to time may require the site be surveyed by a registered land surveyor for compliance with this bylaw. Cost of survey is to be paid by the permit holder.

Provision shall be made for safe drainage of water, and for prevention of wind or water erosion-carrying material onto adjoining properties.

The Planning Board may require an undisturbed fifty-foot buffer strip be maintained at all boundaries.

The visibility, sound and airborne particulates from processing equipment shall be screened from adjacent premises through the design and location of such equipment and through use of natural vegetation planting, overburden piles and surge piles as screening.

Dust from all earthmoving activities shall be controlled.

Earth materials shall not be deposited onto public roads.

Finish grade shall not lie below a level that is 10 feet above the natural, seasonal high-groundwater table for the site.

Vegetative stabilization measures shall be employed during earthmoving and construction activity as required by the approving authority. All perimeter dikes and slopes, basin or trap embankments shall be stabilized with sod, seed, and anchored straw mulch within seven days of disturbance. All other disturbed areas shall be stabilized with sod, seed and anchored straw mulch within 14 days after disturbing activities are ceased.

Provision shall be made for safe drainage of water, and for prevention of wind or water erosion-carrying material onto adjoining properties.

The Planning Board may require an undisturbed fifty-foot buffer strip be maintained at all boundaries.

The visibility, sound and airborne particulates from processing equipment shall be screened from adjacent premises through the design and location of such equipment and through use of natural vegetation planting.

Dust shall be controlled.

Vegetative stabilization measures shall be employed during clearing or grubbing activity as required by the Planning Board. All exposed soils shall be stabilized with sod, seed, and anchored straw mulch within seven days of disturbance. All other disturbed areas shall be stabilized with sod, seed and anchored straw mulch within 14 days after disturbing activities are ceased. During cold weather months, when seeding and sodding may be impractical, anchored mulch shall be applied as approved.

For earthmoving activities, all land shall be so graded that no slope exceeds a one-foot vertical rise in three feet horizontal distance and shall be so graded as to safely provide for drainage without erosion. The Planning Board may require the restored site be surveyed by a registered land surveyor for compliance with this bylaw. Cost of survey is to be paid by the permit holder.

For earthmoving activities, all boulders larger than 1/2 cubic yard shall be removed or buried, and all tree stumps removed in compliance with the Westborough Board of Health Regulations. For clearing activities, all stumps shall be removed in compliance with the Westborough Board of Health Regulations.

The entire area excepting exposed ledge rock shall be covered with not less than four inches of topsoil, which shall be planted with perennial cover vegetation adequate to prevent soil erosion.

Any performance bond shall not be released until sufficient time has elapsed to ascertain that the vegetation planted has successfully been established and that drainage is satisfactory.