A.
The Town of North Reading is hereby divided into fourteen
(14) zoning districts to be designated as follows:
[Amended 10-1-1984 ATM by Art. 12, approved 1-11-1985; 10-4-1984 ATM by Art.
14, approved 1-8-1985; 10-8-1987 ATM by Art. 21, approved 11-30-1987; 4-30-1992 ATM by Art. 22, approved 8-26-1992; 10-5-1995 ATM by Art.
35, approved 11-22-1995]
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Full Name and Class
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Short Name
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Residence
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Residence A District
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RA
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Residence R District
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RR
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Residence B District
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RB
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Residence C District
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RC
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Residence D District
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RD
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Residence E District
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RE
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Residence M District
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RM
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Business
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Local Business District
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LB
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General Business District
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GB
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Highway Business District
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HB
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Industrial
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Industrial A District
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IA
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Industrial B District
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IB
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Industrial C District
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IC
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Industrial/Office District
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I/O-1
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Any of the above-named districts may also be
designated as Floodplain District.
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B.
Residential districts, as a group, are herein referred
to as "R" districts. Business districts, as a group, are herein referred
to as "B" districts. Industrial districts, as a group, are herein
referred to as "I" districts. The general purpose of the districts
and areas are as follows:
(1)
Residence districts are so designated to provide satisfactory
areas for persons to reside, away from the unhealthy aspects of commercial
development. For purposes of this bylaw, any property placed within
the Affordable Housing Overlay District shall be deemed to be in a
Residence District regardless of the underlying zoning. The districts
in this category provide for a variety of population densities;
[Amended 4-7-2008 ATM by Art. 26, approved 6-27-2008]
(2)
Business districts are so designated to provide for
adequate areas for establishments which provide goods and services
for the public convenience and welfare;
(3)
Industrial districts are so designated to provide
for adequate areas for establishments for research, fabrication, assembly,
and distribution of goods; and for extraction of raw materials; and
(4)
The Floodplain District is so designated to provide protection for persons and property both at the site and elsewhere within the same watershed. If indiscriminate changes in the surface of the earth are permitted, the attendant risks to the public health and safety are obvious. If areas of land which are now, or have been since the era of the last glacier, natural basins to collect and hold surface water and flood tides are to be changed without careful engineering studies, it could, and in all probability would, result in a transfer of the water which was formerly retained into or onto other areas. (See § 200-44.)
[Amended 11-6-1978 OTM by Art. 12, approved 2-6-1979; 10-8-1987 OTM by Art.
21, approved 11-30-1987; 4-30-1992 ATM by Art. 22, approved 8-26-1992]
A.
The district boundaries shall be as shown on the Zoning Map of the Town of North Reading dated May 8, 1973, as amended at the October 1974 and October 1977 Town Meetings (see also § 200-44B) and as hereinafter may be amended. (The current revision date is June 5, 2021.)
[Amended 11-6-1978 OTM by Art. 12, approved 2-6-1979; 10-1-1984 OTM by Art.
12, approved 1-11-1985; 10-2-2000 OTM by Art. 16, approved 3-29-2001; 4-7-2003 ATM by Art. 10, approved 4-25-2003; 10-5-2015 OTM by Art. 21, approved 1-14-2016; 6-5-2021 ATM by Art. 30, approved 9-29-2021; 6-5-2021 ATM by Art. 32, approved 9-29-2021]
B.
Any change in the location of boundaries of a district
hereafter made through amendments of this Zoning Bylaw shall be indicated
by the alteration of such map, and the map thus altered is declared
to be part of the Zoning Bylaw thus amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in
the Town Clerk's office and Community Planning Office.
[Amended 11-6-1978 OTM by Art. 12, approved 2-6-1979]
A.
Where the boundary lines are shown upon said map within
the right-of-way lines of public and private ways, the center lines
of such way shall be the boundary lines.
B.
Boundary lines located outside of such side lines
of public or private ways and shown approximately parallel thereto
shall be regarded as parallel to such side lines, and dimensions shown
in figures placed upon said map between such boundary lines and side
lines of public and private ways are the distance in feet of such
boundary lines from such side lines, such distance being measured
at right angles to such side lines unless otherwise indicated.
C.
Where the boundary lines shown are approximately on
the location of property or lot lines, and the exact location of the
district or area boundary lines are not indicated by means of dimensions
shown in figures, then the property or lot lines shall be the boundary
lines.
D.
In all cases which are not covered by other provisions
of this article, the location of boundary lines shall be determined
by the distance in feet, if given, from other lines upon said map,
by the use of identifications as shown on the map, or by the scale
of the map.
E.
Where a district boundary line divides any lot existing
at the time such line is adopted, the regulations for the less restricted
portion(s) of such lot may apply for not more than thirty (30) feet
into the more restricted portion, provided the lot has frontage in
the less restricted district and such frontage is sufficient to meet
the dimensional requirements of that district.
