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BYLAW:
Planned Unit Development
(PUD) 2

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MUNICIPALITY: Amesbury, MA

DATE ADOPTED: 2004

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS BYLAW CONTACT:
Amesbury Town Hall
978.388.8121

PURPOSE:
a. Provide a mixture of land usage within the Town of Amesbury;
b. Allow greater density and intensity of residential development than would normally be allowed provided that the land usage can be shown to be in the public good;
c. Encourage historic preservation, infill development and adaptive re-use of historic structures in applicable zoning districts;
d. Promote affordable housing in new residential developments;
e. Preserve, promote and encourage use of public and private open space;
f. Improve and/or reinforce the livability and aesthetic qualities of the surrounding neighborhood and/or environment;
g. Encourage developments that provide parking for general public use on a sharing basis, and;
h. Guide development consistent with the Town’s current Master Plan and Historic Preservation Plan.

TEXT OF THE BYLAW: See .pdf file