Town of Marshfield, MA
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2023-10-04
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Division 3: Zoning Bylaw
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Chapter 305 Zoning
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: General Bylaws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 16 Animals
- Ch 25 Bathhouses
- Ch 34 Boating and Waterways
- Ch 40 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 43 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 52 Committees, Boards and Other Agencies
- Ch 64 Drainage Ditches
- Ch 70 Earth Removal
- Ch 76 Electrical Installations
- Ch 80 Eminent Domain
- Ch 86 Excavations
- Ch 89 Farming
- Ch 95 Finance and Budget
- Ch 98 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 101 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 118 Historic Preservation
- Ch 134 Junk
- Ch 145 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 161 Noncriminal Disposition
- Ch 170 Officers and Employees
- Ch 180 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 184 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 188 Personnel
- Ch 191 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 195 Plumbing and Gas Fitting
- Ch 201 Property, Sale of
- Ch 217 Seawalls
- Ch 223 Sewers
- Ch 226 Shellfish
- Ch 232 Smoking
- Ch 238 Solid Waste
- Ch 246 Stormwater Management
- Ch 250 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 253 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 275 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 278 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 285 Water
- Ch 290 Weights and Measures
- Ch 294 Wetlands Protection
- Division 3: Zoning Bylaw
- Ch 305 Zoning
- Ch 305 Art I Title, Authority and Purpose
- § 305-1.01 Short title.
- § 305-1.02 Authority.
- § 305-1.03 Purpose.
- Ch 305 Art II Definitions
- § 305-2.01 Word usage and definitions.
- Ch 305 Art III Establishment of Zoning Districts
- § 305-3.01 Division into districts.
- § 305-3.02 Superimposed zoning districts.
- § 305-3.03 Zoning Map.
- § 305-3.04 Map amendments; copies of map.
- § 305-3.05 Boundaries of districts.
- Ch 305 Art IV Interpretation and Application
- § 305-4.01 Interpretation.
- § 305-4.02 Applicability.
- § 305-4.03 Existing buildings and land.
- § 305-4.04 Mixed uses.
- Ch 305 Art V Use Regulations
- § 305-5.01 Applicability of use regulations.
- § 305-5.01A Temporary outdoor seating-restaurants.
- § 305-5.02 Permitted uses.
- § 305-5.03 Uses subject to other regulations.
- § 305-5.04 Table of Use Regulations.
- Ch 305 Art VI Dimensional and Density Regulations
- § 305-6.01 Applicability of dimensional and density regulations.
- § 305-6.02 Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
- § 305-6.03 Reduction of lot areas.
- § 305-6.04 Separation of lots.
- § 305-6.05 Screening and buffers in industrial and business districts.
- § 305-6.06 Route 139 grandfathering.
- § 305-6.07 Accessory buildings.
- § 305-6.08 Other general dimensional and density provisions.
- § 305-6.09 (Reserved)
- § 305-6.10 Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
- Ch 305 Art VII Signs
- § 305-7.01 Applicability.
- § 305-7.02 General sign regulations.
- § 305-7.03 Signs permitted in any "R" District.
- § 305-7.04 Signs permitted in any "B" District.
- § 305-7.05 Signs permitted in "I" District.
- Ch 305 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading and Lighting Regulations
- § 305-8.01 Minimum off-street parking requirements.
- § 305-8.02 Minimum off-street loading and unloading requirements.
- § 305-8.03 Existing spaces.
- § 305-8.04 Computation of spaces.
- § 305-8.05 Combined facilities.
- § 305-8.06 Location and design of parking spaces.
- § 305-8.07 Location of loading spaces.
- § 305-8.08 Parking and loading space standards.
- § 305-8.09 General exterior lighting design standards.
- Ch 305 Art IX Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 305-9.01 Nonconformity by initial enactment or amendment.
- § 305-9.02 Extension and alteration.
- § 305-9.03 Residential lot of record.
- § 305-9.04 Reduction or increase.
- § 305-9.05 Change.
- § 305-9.06 Restoration.
- § 305-9.07 Abandonment.
- § 305-9.08 Moving.
- § 305-9.09 Unsafe structure.
- § 305-9.10 Nonconforming signs.
- Ch 305 Art X Administration and Enforcement
- § 305-10.01 Administrative official.
- § 305-10.02 Permit required.
- § 305-10.03 Previously approved permit.
- § 305-10.04 Certificate of occupancy required.
- § 305-10.05 Permit and certificate fees.
- § 305-10.06 Permit time limits.
- § 305-10.07 Notice of violation and order.
- § 305-10.08 Violations and penalties.
- § 305-10.09 Board of Appeals.
- § 305-10.10 Special permits.
- § 305-10.11 Variances.
- § 305-10.12 Permit for extension or alteration of nonconforming use or structure.
- Ch 305 Art XI Special Permit Conditions
- § 305-11.01 Special conditions.
- § 305-11.02 Removal of soil, loam, sand, gravel, quarry or other earth materials.
- § 305-11.03 Filling of land or water area.
- § 305-11.04 Open space residential development.
- § 305-11.05 (Reserved)
- § 305-11.06 Planned industrial development.
- § 305-11.07 Home occupation.
- § 305-11.08 Age-restricted adult village.
- § 305-11.09 Residential accessory apartments.
- § 305-11.10 Traffic impact study.
- § 305-11.11 Curb cut permits.
- § 305-11.12 Communications towers and wireless communications facilities.
- § 305-11.13 Adult entertainment.
- § 305-11.14 Inclusionary zoning for affordable housing.
- § 305-11.15 Wind energy conversion facilities (WECF).
- § 305-11.16 Mixed-use building in B-1.
- Ch 305 Art XII Special Regulations
- § 305-12.01 Environmental performance standards.
- § 305-12.02 Site plan approval.
- § 305-12.03 Large-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations.
- § 305-12.04 Accessory photovoltaic installations over parking lots.
- § 305-12.05 Medical marijuana facilities.
- § 305-12.06 Recreational marijuana establishment.
- Ch 305 Art XIII Superimposed Districts
- § 305-13.01 Inland Wetlands District.
- § 305-13.02 Coastal Wetlands District.
- § 305-13.03 Water Resource Protection District (WRPD).
- § 305-13.04 Stormwater Management Overlay District.
- § 305-13.05 Brant Rock Village Overlay District.
- § 305-13.06 Planned mixed-use development.
- Ch 305 Art XIV Amendment, Severability and Effective Date
- § 305-14.01 Amendment.
- § 305-14.02 Severability.
- § 305-14.03 Effective date.
- Ch 305 Art XV Floodplain Zoning
- § 305-15.01 Purpose.
- § 305-15.02 Applicability.
- § 305-15.03 Definitions.
- § 305-15.04 Floodplain permits.
- § 305-15.05 Contents of applications.
- § 305-15.06 Subdivision proposals.
- § 305-15.07 Base flood elevation data for subdivision proposals.
- § 305-15.08 Areas of special flood hazard standards.
- § 305-15.09 Additional requirements in Velocity (V) Zones.
- § 305-15.10 Unnumbered A Zones.
- § 305-15.11 Floodway encroachment.
- § 305-15.12 Watercourse alterations or relocations in riverine areas.
- § 305-15.13 AO and AH Zones drainage requirements.
- § 305-15.14 Recreational vehicles.
- § 305-15.15 Protection of dunes.
- § 305-15.16 Local enforcement.
- § 305-15.17 Variances to Building Code floodplain standards.
- § 305-15.18 Variances to local zoning bylaws related to community compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
- § 305-15.19 Special permits.
- § 305-15.20 Abrogation and greater restriction.
- § 305-15.21 Disclaimer of liability.
- § 305-15.22 Severability.
- § 305-15.23 Designation of community Floodplain Administrator.
- § 305-15.24 Administration.
- § 305-15.25 Requirement to submit new technical data.
- Division 4: Planning Board
- Ch 400 General Provisions, Planning Board
- Ch 405 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 408 Age-Restricted Adult Village
- Ch 411 Open Space Residential Development
- Ch 414 Planned Mixed-Use Development Overlay District
- Ch 415 Mixed-Use Residential Over Commercial
- Ch 417 Water Resource Protection District
- Ch 420 Fee Schedule
- Division 5: Conservation Commission
- Ch 500 General Provisions, Conservation Commission
- Ch 505 Wetlands Protection Regulations
- Division 6: Board of Health
- Ch 600 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 608 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 630 Marina and Boating Facilities
- Ch 645 Sanitary Sewage Disposal
- Ch 652 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 670 Tobacco and Smoking
- Appendix
- Ch A900 General Law Acceptances
- Ch A901 Town Meeting Rules
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Marshfield 6-1-1926; as amended through 2005. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable. The codification of the Zoning
Bylaw as Ch. 305 of the Town Code was accepted by the Annual Town
Meeting on 4-24-2017 under Arts. 11 and 12.]
