Yes:
|
A use permitted as a matter of right.
| ||
BA:
|
A use allowable on special permit from the Board
of Appeals.
| ||
SPS:
|
A use permitted as a matter of right, except
requiring a special permit from the Board of Appeals if involving
drive-in or drive-through facilities, or if the area created on the
premises subsequent to May 23, 1989, would exceed the following:
| ||
— PB District: 20,000 square feet of cumulative gross
floor area
| |||
— LI District:
| |||
1) Research and development or manufacturing for renewable energy:
50,000 square feet of cumulative gross floor area.
| |||
2) Other uses: 20,000 square feet of cumulative gross floor
area.
| |||
— VB District: 5,000 square feet of building area
| |||
— LI or PB District: 20,000 square feet
of cumulative gross floor area.
| |||
— VB District: 5,000 square feet of building
area.
| |||
— SG District: 20,000 square feet of gross square floor
area.
| |||
PB:
|
A use allowable on special permit from the Planning
Board.
| ||
No:
|
A prohibited use.
|
Use Regulation Schedule
Town of Williamstown
| |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
§ 70-3.3. USE REGULATION SCHEDULE
|
Districts
| ||||||||||||
RR1
|
RR2
RR3
|
GR
|
LB
|
SG
|
VB
|
PB
|
LI
| ||||||
Items which include defined
terms are printed in italics.
| |||||||||||||
USES NOT LISTED
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
§ 70-3.3A Principal
uses
(See § 70-3.3B for accessory
uses.)
| |||||||||||||
(1) RESIDENTIAL USES
Single-family dwelling
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Two-family dwelling
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Three-family dwelling
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Four-family dwelling
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Multifamily dwelling:
| |||||||||||||
Within major residential development guidelines (See § 70-7.1C)
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Elderly housing(See § 70-7.1E.)
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Other multifamily (See § 70-7.1G.)
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Multifamily dwellings within business
districts by conversion of existing building or new consruction (See
§ 79-7.1H.)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
|
BA
|
No
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Dwelling units located above the first story of a nonresidential use (See § 70-7.1H.)
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
| |||||
Mobile home park:
| |||||||||||||
Within Mobile Home Park Overlay District (See § 70-7.4C.)
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Elsewhere
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Mobile home:
| |||||||||||||
Within mobile home park
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Elsewhere:
| |||||||||||||
For up to 12 months while residence
is being reconstruction
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Other cases
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Major residential development
|
PB
|
PB
|
PB
|
No
|
PB
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Minor lane residential developments
|
No
|
PB
|
PB
|
No
|
PB
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Assisted living residence
| |||||||||||||
New construction or conversion of existing building (See § 70-7.1F.)
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Conversion of existing hotel, motel or nursing home (See § 70-7.1F.)
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Telecommunications (See § 70-7.2F)
| |||||||||||||
Teleports
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Facilities
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
| |||||
Towers
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
|
SP
| |||||
Eligible facilities request
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
(2) BUSINESS USES
| |||||||||||||
Gift shop, antique shop and place for
display or sale of handicrafts
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes3
|
Yes3
|
SPS3
|
SPS3
|
No
| |||||
Retailing local crafts (See § 70-
7.2A.)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Salesroom for automobiles, boats, farm
implements and similar equipment
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Gasoline service station, garage or repair shop (See § 70-7.2B.)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Retail distribution of petroleum products
as the principal use (but not gasoline service stations and garages)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
Building materials salesroom, contractors
storage warehouse and building
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
Funeral home
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Mortuary or crematory
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Restaurant
| |||||||||||||
Service for consumption within the
building
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
More than incidental service for consumption
outside building
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Boardinghouse or rooming house
| |||||||||||||
For not more than four persons, in
a house also occupied as a private residence
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
BA
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Tourist home
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Hotel or motel
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Theater, hall, bowling alley, skating
rink, club or other place for exercise, amusement or assembly
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Business office
| |||||||||||||
500 square feet gross floor area or less
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
More than 500 but less than 5,000 square feet gross
floor area
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
Yes
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
More than 5,000 square feet gross floor area
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Medical office
| |||||||||||||
500 square feet gross floor area or less
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
More than 500 but less than 5,000 square feet gross
floor area
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
Yes
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
More than 5,000 square feet gross floor area
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Bank
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Other retail or service:
| |||||||||||||
Principally within buildings
Principally outdoors
|
No
No
|
No
No
|
No
No
|
Yes
No
|
No
No
|
SPS
No
|
SPS
No
|
No
No
| |||||
Passenger depot, terminal
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Bus or taxi station
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
No
| |||||
Weddings and family celebrations on farms (See § 70-7.2H.)
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Small concerts on farms (See § 70-7.2I.)
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Self storage
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Cultivation and processing of retail
and wholesale aggregate, soil and nursery stock
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
| |||||
Marijuana retailer
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Marijuana cultivator
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
| |||||
Indoor cultivation
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Outdoor cultivation
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Marijuana product manufacturer
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
| |||||
Marijuana testing facility
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
| |||||
(3) INDUSTRIAL USES
| |||||||||||||
Medical, dental or research laboratory
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
Printing or publishing establishment:
| |||||||||||||
Under 2,000 square feet leasable floor
area
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
| |||||
Others
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
Manufacturing, wholesale distribution
| |||||||||||||
Local crafts (See § 70-7.2A.)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
SPS
| |||||
Others
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
Storage yard
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
Public utility or communications
|
No
|
BA5
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
| |||||
Research and development or manufacturing
for renewable energy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
SPS
| |||||
(4) INSTITUTIONAL USES
| |||||||||||||
Religious or educational use exempted
from prohibition by MGL c. 40A, § 3
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
—
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Day-care center (See also family
day-care home under Accessory Uses.)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Other school, including nursery or
kindergarten school
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
School or college dormitory
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Fund-raising event, such as a festival, art show, street dance, etc., sponsored by a nonprofit organization (See § 70-7.2C.)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
Yes
| |||||
Municipal use, nonprofit museum, park,
playground
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Membership club
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
Creative or physical arts studios and
classes1
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
| |||||
Cemetery, hospital, sanitarium, nursing
home or other medical institution, including nonprofit research laboratory
or charitable institution
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
| |||||
(5) EXTENSIVE USES
| |||||||||||||
Conservation areas for water, water
supply, plants and wildlife, and dams necessary for achieving this
purpose
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, orchards, nurseries, forestry, or tree farms (See § 70-7.2D.):
| |||||||||||||
On parcel of five acres or larger
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Piggery on smaller parcel
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Other livestock raising on
smaller parcel
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
BA
|
BA
|
Yes
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Other agriculture on smaller parcel
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Hunting (where legally permitted),
fishing, hiking, nature study and similar recreation
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Veterinary hospital, boarding stable
and kennel, provided that no buildings or unfenced animals are within
100 feet of a district prohibiting this use
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
BA
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Picnic area
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Recreation, including golf course,
ski area and tows, park (but not amusement park), provided that no
buildings are within 100 feet of a district prohibiting this use
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Day camp, overnight camp and camp site
where tents or Adirondack-type trail shelters are used, provided that
no buildings are within 100 feet of a district prohibiting this use
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
Campground
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
| |||||
Earth removal (See § 70-7.2E.)
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
§ 70-3.3B ACCESSORY
USES
| |||||||||||||
Any use allowed by right as a principal
use
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Accessory farm outlet (See § 70-7.2D.)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Garage, yard or tag sales
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Family day-care home
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Other accessory day care
Professional office
|
Yes
No
|
Yes
BA
|
Yes
BA
|
Yes
Yes
|
Yes
BA
|
Yes
Yes
|
Yes
Yes
|
Yes
No
| |||||
Home occupation with no more than one nonresident employee,
or with no client traffic on site.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Home occupation with more than one nonresident employee,
or with client traffic on site.
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
BA
| |||||
Scientific research and development (See § 70-7.3B.)
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
| |||||
The parking of vehicles with a gross
vehicle weight rating of 13,000 lbs. or less, used by an occupant
of the premises
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Parking of larger vehicles
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Parking area or garage for use of employees,
customers or visitors
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
| |||||
Cafeteria for employees and
other occupants of the site, when contained in the same structure
as a permitted use
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yea
|
Yes
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
| |||||
Keeping of pets and animals for use
of the residents of the premises
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
| |||||
Access to a permitted use in another
district
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Other use customarily accessory to
a permitted use, but not an airport or heliport
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
SPS
|
SPS
|
SPS
| |||||
Canopy-mounted solar photovoltaic systems
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Building- or roof-mounted solar energy
collection systems
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Small-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
systems
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Medium-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
systems
|
BA
|
Yes
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
| |||||
Large-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
systems
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
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Yes
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§ 70-3.3C OTHER USES
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Wind-generated energy production facilities (See § 70-7.2G)
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BA
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BA*
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NO
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NO
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No
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NO
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NO
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NO
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Small-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
systems
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Medium-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
systems
|
BA
|
Yes
|
BA
|
BA
|
BA
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No
|
BA
|
Yes
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Large-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
systems
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No
|
BA
|
No
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No
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No
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No
|
BA
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Yes
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* Not permitted in RR-3.
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1 Creative
or physical arts studios and classes shall include, without limitation,
such uses as dance, music, exercise, yoga, craft or art.
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2 (Reserved)
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3 Provided
that all displays are within the building.
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4 (Reserved)
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5 Provided
that there are no storage or service yards.
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