4.15.1 Purpose: The purpose of the Medical/Office District is to provide an area for medical and related services, and to provide for a park-like development of general office, technological, and research related uses.
4.15.2 Uses related to the Medical/Office District permitted with Site Plan Approval by the Board of Selectmen:
4.15.2.1 Elder congregate housing.
4.15.2.2 Hospital, related medical treatment, diagnostic care and services.
4.15.2.3 Health Care Practice and Services whether offered in an individual or group practice setting, including free standing and mobile diagnostic facilities.
4.15.2.4 Resident care living facility, including without limitation, nursing facility, assisted living facility, hospice care facility, and long term care facility.
4.15.2.5 Medical, Professional, Administrative, Executive or Management Offices.
4.15.2.6 Medical laboratories or clinics, dental laboratories or clinics.
4.15.2.7 Clinics licensed by the Department of Public Health or by the Department of Mental Health.
4.15.2.8 Accessory uses incidental to and in support of any of the principal uses permitted, provided that such uses shall be conducted for the convenience of the employees and the clientele of businesses within the district and are no greater than 5% of the gross floor area of the building in which the accessory use is located. Accessory uses greater than 5% of the gross floor area shall be allowed only with the grant of a Special Permit pursuant to Section 4.15.3.5. Further provided that there shall be no exterior advertising of accessory uses.
4.15.3 Uses Permitted on a Special Permit Granted by the Planning Board and Site Plan Approval by the Board of Selectmen after concurrent hearings held by the boards:
4.15.3.1 Medical schools, medical training facilities and training facilities for health professions.
4.15.3.2 General administrative office building or conference center.
4.15.3.3 Hotels including both full service and extended stay and related accessory uses in support of a hotel such as dining facilities, meeting rooms and shops wholly within the hotel building.
4.15.3.4 Research Laboratory engaged in any one of the following: research, experimental and testing activities, and production, including but not limited to the fields of biology, chemistry, electronics, engineering, geology, medicine and physics.
4.15.3.5 Accessory uses incidental to and in support of any of the principal uses permitted, provided that such uses shall be conducted for the convenience of the employees and the clientele of businesses within the district, including:
4.15.3.5.1 Restaurant, public dining room or lunch room, of which the gross floor area of said restaurant, public dining room or lunch room, shall not be greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet.
4.15.3.5.2 Multi-level parking facility including enclosed and open facilities and above and below ground.
4.15.3.5.3 Non-residential uses that provide services ancillary to uses permitted in the district including, without limitation maintenance shop, machine shop, water tower, steam plant and power plant. (10-23-00, Art. 1)
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