WRENTHAM ZONING BYLAWS - …

1 WRENTHAM ZONING BYLAWS . TABLE OF CONTENTS. Section Page REVISION HISTORY .. v ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ..1-1. Title ..1-1. Purpose ..1-1. Repealer ..1-1. Basic Requirements ..1-1. 1-2. Penalty .. 1-2. Fees .. 1-2. ARTICLE 2 2-1. ARTICLE 3 - ZONING DISTRICTS ..3-1. Establishment of 3-1. ZONING 3-1. District Boundaries ..3-1. Non-Conforming Lots, Structures and 3-2. New Construction and New Uses .. 3-4. Additions and Enlargements ..3-5. Front Yard and Buffer Zone Compliance ARTICLE 4 - USE 4-1. Use Regulation Schedule .. 4-1. Accessory Uses .. 4-8. Substantial Change of Home Occupation ..4-9. Bed and Breakfast Home .. 4-10. Country Inns .. 4-12. ARTICLE 5 - WATERSHED PROTECTION 5-1. Watershed Protection 5-1.

2 Permitted Uses .. 5-1. Special Permit .. 5-2. i ARTICLE 6 - DEVELOPMENT Dimensional 6-1. Build Factor ..6-3. Open Space Requirement ..6-4. On Site Parking Requirements ..6-4. Loading Areas and Outside Storage Requirements .. 6-7. Private 6-7. Land Clearing in Anticipation of 6-7. Building and Occupancy Permits .. 6-8. Accessory Buildings .. 6-8. Buffer Zones .. 6-8. Development Regulations Applicable to Planned Industrial/Office Park (PI/OP) .. 6-9. ARTICLE 7 - SITE PLAN APPROVAL ..7-1. Application and 7-1. Site Plan Submission .. 7-1. Site Plan Form .. 7-2. Site Plan Content .. 7-2. Review by Other Agencies ..7-3. Public Hearing .. 7-3. Decision and 7-4. ARTICLE 8 - COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

3 8-1. 8-1. 8-1. Mitigation of Adverse 8-2. ARTICLE 9 - SPECIAL PERMITS ..9-1. 9-1. Criteria for Special Permit 9-1. Review by Other Agencies .. 9-2. Decision and 9-2. ARTICLE 10 10-1. Decision and 10-1. ARTICLE 11 APPEALS ..11-1. Purpose ..11-1. ii ARTICLE 12 - BOARD OF Appointment .. 12-1. 12-1. ZONING Administrator .. 12-1. ARTICLE 13 - MULTIPLE ATTACHED Multiple Attached Dwelling 13-1. WRENTHAM Housing Authority .. 13-1. Low or Moderate Income 13-1. Row 13-1. Conversion of Single Family 13-1. Senior Living Community ..13-2. ARTICLE 14 - EARTH REMOVAL ..14-1. Earth Removal ..14-1. Definitions .. 14-1. Exemptions .. 14-1. Application and Filing Fee ..14-2. Site Plan .. 14-3. General 14-3. Specifications ..14-4.

4 Particular Conditions .. 14-6. Environmental 14-6. Monitoring Requirements .. 14-6. Bond ..14-6. Penalties .. 14-7. ARTICLE 15 - AQUIFER PROTECTION DISTRICT ..15-1. Purpose of District .. 15-1. Scope of 15-1. Non-Conforming 15-1. District Delineation ..15-1. Use Regulations ..15-2. Procedures for Issuance of a Special 15-5. Severability .. 15-6. iii ARTICLE 16 - FLOODPLAIN DISTRICT ..16-1. Purposes .. 16-1. District 16-1. Use Regulations .. 16-1. Board of Appeals .. 16-3. ARTICLE 17 - OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT (OSPD)..17-1. 17-1. Applicability .. 17-1. General 17-1. Permitted Uses .. 17-2. Minimum Requirements .. 17-2. Open Space Use and Design Standards .. 17-3. Common Open Space Ownership and Management.

5 17-4. Review Procedures .. 17-5. ARTICLE 18 - SIGN REGULATIONS Table of Contents ..18-1. APPENDIX. Figure A Diagram Showing Required Yards .. A-1. Figure B Street Frontage on a Cul-De-Sac .. A-2. Figure C Typical Dimensions Parking Requirements .. A-3. Conversion Table .. A-4. ILLUSTRATION (Note: This section is not officially part of the bylaw.). A Build Factor .. A-5. iv REVISION HISTORY. Adopted April 28, 2003. Revised Section 2 to add a new definition called COUNTRY INNS . Revised Section to add (COUNTRY INN) to the Use Regulation Table . Revised Section to add a new use labeled COUNTRY INNS to On Site Parking Requirements . Adopted November 12, 2002. Revised Section to add a new entry called CRSP to the list of ZONING DISTRICTS.

6 Revised Section to add a new column labeled CRSP and its regulation in the USE table. Revised Section to add a new entry called CRSP to the Dimensional Requirements table. Adopted February 25, 2002. Revised Section to reflect a new ZONING Map. Revised Section to reflect a new Aquifer Protection District Map. v ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Title These ZONING BYLAWS shall be known as the WRENTHAM ZONING BYLAWS (1978). Purpose These ZONING BYLAWS are adopted for the following purposes: a. To ensure realization of the general statement of purpose declared in 2A of of Massachusetts General Laws (MGL) and b. To protect the right of every resident of the Town of WRENTHAM to clean air and water;. freedom from excessive and unnecessary noise or odor; and to the natural, scenic, historic, and aesthetic qualities of his/her environment as declared in Article XLIX of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and c.

7 To permit and ensure planned, orderly growth in the Town of WRENTHAM ; and d. To provide for compatible DEVELOPMENT and best USE of the Town's land and resources; and e. To provide adequate housing and services to residents, visitors, and employees in the Town of WRENTHAM . Authority These ZONING BYLAWS are adopted by authority of amendment 89 of the Massachusetts State Constitution, as that authority may be limited or regulated by of the Repealer These ZONING BYLAWS supersede and repeal all prior ZONING BYLAWS and amended ZONING . BYLAWS . Basic Requirements In accordance with General Laws, , and notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, this Bylaw shall not prohibit or restrict the USE of land or STRUCTURE for religious purposes or for educational purposes on land owned or leased by the Commonwealth, or any of its agencies, subdivisions, or bodies political, or by a religious sect or denomination or by a non-profit educational corporation.

8 1-1. Enforcement The Building Inspector, as ZONING agent, or a duly appointed ZONING enforcement officer, appointed in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws , 7, shall be charged with the enforcement of these ZONING BYLAWS . The ZONING Enforcement Officer shall, upon reasonable request, determine whether any proposed or existing USE is permitted under these ZONING BYLAWS . Any person aggrieved by that determination may APPEAL to the Board of Appeals in accordance with Article 11. Penalty Any person, firm or corporation violating any section of this bylaw shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars ($ ) for each offense as provided in Massachusetts General Laws , 7, as amended. Each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

9 Fees The Planning Board and the Board of Appeals may establish reasonable fees under the provisions of MGL , 22F for any licenses or permits issued pursuant to this bylaw. 1-2. ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this bylaw, certain terms and words shall have the meaning given herein. Words used in the present tense include the future. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. The words used or occupied include the words designed, arranged, intended or offered to be used or occupied. The words BUILDING, STRUCTURE, LOT, land or premises shall be construed as though followed by the words "or any portion thereof". The word shall is always mandatory and not merely directory. Terms and words not defined herein but defined in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Building Code shall have the meanings given therein unless a contrary intention clearly appears.

10 Words not defined in either place shall have the meaning given in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Third Edition, or as amended. ABANDONMENT: The discontinuance of ALTERATION: Any construction or other a NON-CONFORMING USE or the visible action resulting in a change in the existing or otherwise apparent intention of an owner structural parts or HEIGHT, number of to discontinue a NON-CONFORMING USE stories, size, USE, or location of an existing of a BUILDING or premises, or the removal BUILDING or other existing STRUCTURE. of the characteristic equipment or furnishing used in the performance of the NON- ANCHOR RETAIL OPERATION: An CONFORMING USE, without its exterior perimeter department store, major replacement by similar equipment or merchandising or magnet center having furnishings, or the replacement of the NON- direct access to a mall and having its CONFORMING USE or BUILDING by a required exits independent of the mall.