Town of North Reading, MA
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2023-03-06
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The Code
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Part II: Zoning Bylaw
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Chapter 200 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: General Bylaws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 9 Aircraft, Unmanned
- Ch 11 Alarm Systems
- Ch 14 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 18 Ambulance Service
- Ch 23 Animals
- Ch 25 Assessments
- Ch 31 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 37 Carnivals, Fairs and Exhibitions
- Ch 41 Cemeteries
- Ch 57 Emergency Management
- Ch 60 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 62 Excavations
- Ch 66 Finance
- Ch 68 Firearms
- Ch 80 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 85 Historic District
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 Land Utilization Committee
- Ch 104 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 107 Marihuana
- Ch 110 Martin's Pond
- Ch 116 Mobile Homes
- Ch 128 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 131 Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Vendors
- Ch 139 (Reserved)
- Ch 143 Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 145 Sex Offenders
- Ch 147 Social Host Responsibility
- Ch 149 Soil Removal
- Ch 152 Solid Waste
- Ch 156 Storm Water Management
- Ch 158 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 163 Swimming Pools
- Ch 169 Tobacco Products
- Ch 172 Town Meeting
- Ch 181 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 185 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 191 Water
- Ch 196 Wetlands
- Ch 198 Youth Services Committee
- Part II: Zoning Bylaw
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Ch 200 Art I Title, Purpose and Authority
- § 200-1 Title.
- § 200-2 Purpose.
- § 200-3 Authority.
- Ch 200 Art II Definitions
- § 200-4 Word usage and definitions.
- Ch 200 Art III Interpretation and Application
- § 200-5 Interpretation.
- § 200-6 Application.
- § 200-7 Mixed uses.
- Ch 200 Art IV Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 200-8 Nonconforming uses and structures.
- § 200-9 Intent and interpretation; definitions.
- § 200-10 Reconstruction, alteration, increase, extension or change.
- § 200-11 Nonconforming lots.
- § 200-12 Abandonment.
- § 200-13 Restoration.
- § 200-14 Reduction or increase in lot size.
- § 200-15 Reduction of parking or loading spaces.
- Ch 200 Art V Administration and Enforcement
- § 200-16 Enforcement.
- § 200-17 Building permit required.
- § 200-18 Certificate of compliance.
- § 200-19 Other approvals required.
- § 200-20 Permit time limits.
- § 200-21 Notice and order.
- § 200-22 Violations and penalties; noncriminal disposition.
- Ch 200 Art VI Appeals, Variances and Special Permits
- § 200-23 General provisions.
- § 200-24 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 200-25 Community Planning Commission.
- § 200-25.1 Select Board.
- § 200-26 Appeals.
- § 200-27 Variances.
- § 200-28 Special permits.
- Ch 200 Art VII Establishment of Districts
- § 200-29 Designation of districts.
- § 200-30 Zoning Map.
- § 200-31 Interpretation of district boundaries.
- Ch 200 Art VIII Use Regulations
- § 200-32 Applicability.
- § 200-33 Permitted uses.
- § 200-34 Buildings in floodway.
- § 200-35 Table of Principal Use Regulations.
- § 200-36 Accessory uses.
- § 200-36.1 Prohibited uses.
- § 200-37 Limitation on grant of permits.
- § 200-38 Aquifer Protection District.
- § 200-39 Highway Business (HB) District.
- § 200-40 Industrial/Office (I/O-1) District.
- Ch 200 Art IX Special Permit Conditions
- § 200-41 Removal, processing and treating of raw materials.
- § 200-42 Home occupations.
- § 200-43 Gasoline service stations.
- § 200-44 Floodplain District.
- § 200-45 Adult uses.
- § 200-46 Personal wireless service facilities.
- § 200-46.1 Small wireless facilities.
- Ch 200 Art X Open Space Residential Development
- § 200-47 Purposes and intent.
- § 200-48 Applicability.
- § 200-49 Relationship to subdivision control.
- § 200-50 Basic requirements.
- § 200-51 Application, review and decision procedures.
- § 200-52 Severability.
- Ch 200 Art XI Planned Unit Development
- § 200-53 Special permit required.
- § 200-54 Definition.
- § 200-55 Purpose.
- § 200-56 Permitted uses.
- § 200-57 Dimensional and density requirements.
- § 200-58 Mandatory provisions of special permits.
- § 200-59 Site plan requirements.
- § 200-60 Application of Subdivision Control Law.
- Ch 200 Art XII Dimensional and Density Regulations
- § 200-61 Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
- § 200-62 Exceptions.
- § 200-63 Accessory structures.
- § 200-64 Screening and buffers.
- § 200-65 Additional regulations.
- § 200-66 Reduction of lot or yard areas.
- § 200-67 Limited frontage lots.
- Ch 200 Art XIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 200-68 Applicability.
- § 200-69 Table of Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements.
- § 200-70 Computation of spaces.
- § 200-71 Existing spaces.
- § 200-72 Spaces acquired by town.
- § 200-73 Location of loading spaces.
- § 200-74 Parking and loading space standards.
- § 200-75 Exceptions.
- Ch 200 Art XIV Signs
- § 200-76 Purpose.
- § 200-77 Definitions.
- § 200-78 Sign height and area.
- § 200-79 Permit requirements.
- § 200-80 Prohibited signs.
- § 200-81 Signs in business and industrial districts.
- § 200-82 Business signs in residential districts.
- § 200-83 Nonconforming signs.
- § 200-84 Standards for granting special permits.
- § 200-85 Sign content; maintenance.
- § 200-86 Exemptions by special permit.
- Ch 200 Art XV Special Provisions and Restrictions
- § 200-87 Environmental performance regulations.
- § 200-88 House trailers, camping trailers and mobile homes.
- § 200-89 North Reading Housing Authority multi-family housing.
- § 200-90 Multi-family residential.
- Ch 200 Art XVI Amendments; Severability
- § 200-91 Amendment to Zoning Bylaw or Zoning Map.
- § 200-92 Effective date of amendments.
- § 200-93 Severability.
- Ch 200 Art XVII Site Plan Review
- § 200-94 Purpose; legislative authority; applicability.
- § 200-95 Developments which require site plan review; exemptions; waivers.
- § 200-96 Standards.
- § 200-97 Adoption of regulations.
- § 200-98 Administration.
- § 200-99 Appeals.
- Ch 200 Art XVIII Unaccepted Streets
- § 200-100 Adequate access.
- Ch 200 Art XIX Historic Preservation
- § 200-101 Dimensional Special Permit - Historic Preservation.
- Ch 200 Art XX Berry Center Residential Smart Growth Overlay District (SGA)
- § 200-102 Purpose.
- § 200-103 Definitions.
- § 200-104 Establishment of Overlay District.
- § 200-105 Relationship to underlying zoning and other permitting requirements.
- § 200-106 Permitted uses.
- § 200-107 Project phasing.
- § 200-108 Housing and housing affordability.
- § 200-109 Dimensional and density requirements.
- § 200-110 Parking requirements.
- § 200-111 Design Standards.
- § 200-112 Application for plan approval.
- § 200-113 Procedures.
- § 200-114 Decision.
- § 200-115 Change in plans after approval by PAA.
- § 200-116 General administration and enforcement.
- Ch 200 Art XXI Affordable Housing Overlay District
- § 200-117 Purposes.
- § 200-118 Applicability.
- § 200-119 Effect of Affordable Housing Overlay District.
- § 200-120 Use regulations.
- § 200-121 Dimensional and density regulations.
- § 200-122 Affordable housing regulations.
- § 200-123 Special permits.
- § 200-124 Minimum design standards.
- § 200-125 Off-street parking.
- § 200-126 Severability.
- Ch 200 Art XXII Lot Slope Requirements
- § 200-127 General provisions.
- Ch 200 Art XXIII Wind Energy Facilities Bylaw
- § 200-128 Purpose.
- § 200-129 Definitions.
- § 200-130 District regulations.
- § 200-131 Application.
- § 200-132 Special permit criteria.
- § 200-133 Maintenance and removal.
- § 200-134 Discontinuance.
- § 200-135 Violation.
- § 200-136 Penalties.
- Ch 200 Art XXIV Registered Marijuana Dispensaries
- § 200-137 Purpose.
- § 200-138 Authority.
- § 200-139 Definitions.
- § 200-140 Applicability.
- § 200-141 Eligible locations.
- § 200-142 General regulations.
- § 200-143 Special permit requirements and procedures.
- § 200-144 Mandatory findings.
- § 200-145 Further criteria.
- § 200-146 Special permit conditions.
- § 200-147 Annual reporting.
- § 200-148 Abandonment or discontinuance of use.
- § 200-149 Site plan review.
- Ch 200 Art XXV Multi-Family Housing Overlay District
- § 200-150 Purpose.
- § 200-151 Applicability.
- § 200-152 Effect of overlay district.
- § 200-153 Use regulations.
- § 200-154 Dimensional and density regulations.
- § 200-155 Parking requirements.
- § 200-156 Severability.
- Ch 200 Art XXVI Main Street Mixed Use Overlay District
- § 200-157 Purpose.
- § 200-158 Applicability.
- § 200-159 Effect of overlay district.
- § 200-160 Use regulations.
- § 200-161 Dimensional and density regulations.
- § 200-162 Parking requirements.
- § 200-163 Severability.
- Ch 200 Art XXVII Senior Housing Overlay District
- § 200-164 Purpose.
- § 200-165 Senior housing development.
- § 200-166 Applicability.
- § 200-167 Effect of Senior Housing Overlay District.
- § 200-168 Use regulations.
- § 200-169 Dimensional, density and design regulations.
- § 200-170 Parking.
- § 200-171 Affordable housing.
- Part III: Regulations
- Ch 300 General Provisions
- Ch 340 Site Plan Review
- Ch 350 Subdivision of Land
- Appendix
- Ch 500 Acts Accepted by Town
- Ch 525 Special Acts
- Ch 550 Vocational Regional School District Agreement
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting
of the Town of North Reading 10-13-1977 by Art. 1, approved 12-19-1977. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Historic district — See Ch. 85.
Wetlands — See Ch. 196.
Site plan review — See Ch. 340.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 350.
ATTACHMENTS
200a Table of Dimen and Density Regulations
