Sec. 18-60. - Regulation of buildings in bed of mapped streets.

For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the official map, no building permit shall be issued for any building in the bed of any street shown on the official map except as herein provided. Whenever one (1) or more parcels of land upon which is located the bed of such a mapped street cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a building permit be granted, the zoning board of review, hereinafter referred to as the board, may, in a specific case after public hearing for which reasonable notice shall have been given to all interested parties and at which parties in interest and others shall have an opportunity to be heard, grant a permit for a building in the bed of such mapped street which will as little as practicable increase the cost of opening such street, or tend to cause a minimum change of the official map, and the board may impose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting the permit so as to promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, economy, orderliness and general welfare of the community. The board shall refer the application to the planning board for report and recommendation before taking action, and shall refuse a permit where the applicant will not be substantially damaged by placing his building outside the mapped street.

(Ord. of 12-8-70, § 4)