Code of Massachusetts Regulations
974 CMR - DEVENS ENTERPRISE COMMISSION
Title 974 CMR 10.00 - Wireless Communications Facilities
Section 10.06 - District and Area Requirements
Universal Citation: 974 MA Code of Regs 974.10
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)Within views hed districts (Article IX, SectionC.3. of the Devens By-laws and Figure H in 974 CMR 3.06(8), and historic districts (Article X Section D of the Devens By-laws), facilities shall be either incorporated within the architecture of the structure or camouflaged.
(2) Area Requirements:
(a) The facility
shall be located on a parcel of land is at least 2,500 square feet in
area.
(b) The lot on which the
facility is located need not have frontage and maybe accessed by a drive or way
across a recorded easement or right-of-way. Land within this circle may be used
for other uses or structures after site plan approval for those other uses or
structures has been obtained, provided the lot meets the area requirements
under the Devens Bylaws.
(3) Setbacks:
(a) A tower shall be setback from the edge of
the rights of way of streets or planned public rights of way as though it were
a building.
(b) A towers shall be
setback fromel ectric transmission lines the height of the tower plusten feet.
This does not preclude the co-location of antennas on electric transmission
line towers.
(c) A towers shall be
located to the side and rear of the buildings with the following exceptions:
1. A tower located in the Rail, Industrial
and Trade Related Zone, the Environmental Business Zone, and the Special Use II
Zone may be placed to the side of the building abutting an internal industrial
street; and
2. On a site surrounded
by public ways, towers may be placed within a side yard abutting a
street.
(d) A tower's
setback may be reduced or its location in relation to a public way varied, at
the discretion of the DEC or the Director, to allow its integration into an
existing structure and to encourage the siting of facilities in the most
appropriate and advantageous locations.
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