The Town of Wakefield is hereby divided into
the following classes of districts:
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Special Single Residence (SSR)
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Single Residence (SR)
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General Residence (GR)
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Multiple Residence (MR-1 or MR-2)
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Business (B)
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Neighborhood Business (NB)
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Limited Business (LB)
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Industrial (I)
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Limited Industrial (LI)
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Floodplain (FP)
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Municipal District (MD)
[Added 4-13-2000 ATM by Art. 26] |
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Attached Dwelling Overlay District (ADOD)
[Added 11-8-2004 RTM by Art. 31] |
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Mixed Use Overlay District (MUOD)
[Added 11-8-2004 RTM by Art. 33] |
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Creative Development Overlay District (CDOD)
[Added 11-8-2004 RTM by Art. 34] |
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Municipal Building Reuse Overlay District (MBROD)
[Added 8-17-2006 STM by Art. 2] |
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Signage Overlay District
[Added 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 29] |
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Assisted Living Facility Overlay District
[Added 5-14-2012 ATM by Art. 29] |
A.
See Article IV, Use Regulations, and Article VI, Dimensional Regulations, for detailed requirements within each district. General description of districts:
(1)
Special Single Residence (SSR). The Special Single
Residence District is composed of those areas intended for single-family
residences and allowed accessory uses. Minimum lot size is 20,000
square feet and minimum street frontage is 100 feet.
(2)
Single Residence (SR). The Single Residence District
is also composed of areas intended for single-family residences and
allowed accessory uses. Minimum lot size is 12,000 square feet and
minimum lot frontage is 100 feet.
(3)
General Residence (GR). The General Residence District
is composed of specific areas primarily adjacent to Wakefield Center
and Greenwood which are intended for single-family residences, two-family
residences and specified complementary and accessory uses. Minimum
lot size is 8,000 square feet and minimum lot frontage is 80 feet.
(4)
Multiple Residence (MR). The Multiple Residence District
is composed of those specific areas potentially suitable for multifamily
dwellings and attached dwellings (townhouses). It is divided into
two parts. MR-1 allows garden apartments and attached dwellings at
a maximum density of 14 units per acre. A special permit is required.
Height could not exceed three stories. MR-2 allows garden apartments,
attached dwellings and mid-rise apartments at a maximum density of
36 units per acre. A special permit is required. Height could not
exceed six stories.
(5)
Neighborhood Business (NB). The Neighborhood Business
District includes business areas primarily serving the convenience
needs of local residential neighborhoods rather than the Town at large.
Permitted uses are those business uses that would serve residential
needs but would not have an adverse environmental impact on residential
areas.
(6)
Limited Business (LB). The Limited Business District
includes business areas suitable for office and predominantly nonretail
business uses and possibly multiple-residence uses (with a special
permit). Most LB Districts are located near Route 128 or other major
roadways.
(7)
Business (B). The Business District includes those
business areas in Wakefield Center and Greenwood. Uses allowed are
those that serve a community-wide need and encourage the growth of
a healthy Town or village business center. Multiple-residence uses
are also allowed (with a special permit).
(8)
Industrial (I). The Industrial District is largely
located adjacent to Wakefield Center along the railroad corridors
and on the northerly side of Route 128. Uses permitted are primarily
light industrial uses which would not have detrimental environmental
impacts on a primarily residential community.
(9)
Limited Industrial (LI). The Limited Industrial District
is similar to the Industrial District but requires a special permit
for certain specified uses and requires a larger minimum lot size
than the Industrial District (80,000 square feet rather than 20,000
square feet) and other more stringent dimensional requirements.
(10)
Floodplain (FP). The Floodplain District is
a special overlay district which regulates uses in the underlying
districts which are subject to periodic flooding.
(11)
The Municipal District is a special overlay
district, which regulates the use and dimensional requirements of
buildings erected on Town-owned land and is shown on the Zoning Map
entitled "Wakefield Municipal District."
[Added 4-13-2000 ATM by Art. 26; amended 4-6-2009 ATM by Art.
27; 5-9-2011 ATM by Art. 6]
(12)
The Attached Dwelling Overlay District (ADOD) is a special overlay district to distinguish locations suitable for attached dwelling use and to regulate that use within them. Within such districts the provisions of the districts they overlay shall continue in full force except as provided at § 190-93I, Attached Dwelling Overlay District.
[Added 11-8-2004 RTM by Art. 31]
(13)
Mixed Use Overlay District (MUOD) is a special overlay district to distinguish locations suitable for mixed residential and business uses and to regulate such use mixtures within them. Within such a district the provisions of the districts it overlays shall continue in full force except as provided at § 190-94, Mixed use development.
[Added 11-8-2004 RTM by Art. 33]
(14)
Creative Development Overlay District (CDOD) is a special overlay district to allow creation of compact residential or mixed use development within a planned setting specifically approved by Town Meeting. Within such a district the provisions of the districts it overlays shall continue in full force except as provided at § 190-95, Creative development.
[Added 11-8-2004 RTM by Art. 34]
(15)
The Municipal Building Reuse Overlay District
is a special overlay district, which regulates the erection, construction,
reconstruction, addition to, and/or alteration of buildings and structures,
or the use of buildings, structures or land which is formerly owned
by the Town or owned by the Town, but under agreement to be sold to
a prospective purchaser or leased to a lessee, and is shown on the
Zoning Map entitled "Wakefield Municipal Building Reuse Overlay District."
[Added 8-17-2006 STM by Art. 2; 5-9-2011 ATM
by Art. 6]
(16)
The Signage Overlay District is a special overlay district where signs are regulated under Article XVI. Within such district the provisions of the underlying districts, and Mixed Use Overlay District, where mapped, shall continue in full force, excepting only that the provisions of Article XIII shall not apply to signs in the Signage Overlay District.
[Added 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 29]
(17)
The Assisted Living Facility Overlay District is a special overlay district to distinguish locations suitable for an assisted living facility use and to regulate that use within them. Within such district, all provisions of the Wakefield Zoning Bylaw applicable to the underlying districts shall continue to apply except as provided in § 190-103, entitled Assisted living facility development.
[Added 5-14-2012 ATM by Art. 29]
B.
All of the above district locations are shown on the
Zoning Map.
C.
When the Town Council receives any written request
to insert an article in a warrant for a scheduled regular or special
Town Meeting or to call a special Town Meeting and insert in the warrant
therefor an article authorizing the Town Council to convey a parcel
or lot of land zoned as being part of the Municipal District, which
request does not include an article containing a proposed amendment
of the zoning district for such parcel or lot of land to be the same
as the zoning district surrounding such parcel or lot of land, or,
in the case of a parcel or lot of land adjacent to two or more zoning
districts, the same as the most restrictive such zoning district;
the Town Council shall forthwith adopt and submit to the Planning
Board, pursuant to MGL c. 40A, § 5, an article so amending
the zoning district and such article shall be submitted to a vote
at Town Meeting prior to a vote on the article authorizing the Town
Council to convey such parcel or lot of land; provided, however, that
nothing in this subsection shall be construed or applied to infringe
upon the rights of any voter registered to vote in the Town deriving
from MGL c. 39, § 10.
[Added 4-5-2001 ATM by Art. 14; amended 11-5-2018 RTM by Art. 17]
A.
Except as set forth below, the above zoning districts
are shown on the map entitled "Wakefield Zoning Map, dated May 2,
2016." Said Zoning Map is hereby adopted and declared to be a part
of this chapter and replaces all previous editions and amendments
of said Zoning Map.[1]
[Amended 4-6-2009 ATM by Art. 28; 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 28; 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2011 ATM by Art. 10; 5-14-2012 ATM by Arts. 29, 30; 11-18-2013 RTM by Art. 19; 2-6-2014 STM by Art. 4; 11-19-2015 RTM
by Art. 13; 5-2-2016 ATM by Art.
20]
(1)
The
Municipal District is located as shown on a separate map entitled
"Wakefield Municipal District, dated February 6, 2014."
(2)
The
Wireless Communication Services Overlay District is located as shown
on a separate map entitled "Wakefield Wireless Communication Services
Overlay District, dated May 9, 2011."
(3)
The
Mixed Use Overlay District is located as shown on a separate map entitled
"Wakefield Mixed Use Overlay District, dated May 10, 2010."
(4)
The
Signage Overlay District is located as shown on a separate map entitled
"Wakefield Signage Overlay District, dated May 10, 2010."
(5)
The
Municipal Building Reuse Overlay District is located as shown on a
separate map entitled "Wakefield Municipal Building Reuse Overlay
District, dated May 9, 2011."
(6)
The
Assisted Living Overlay District is located as shown on a separate
map entitled "Assisted Living Overlay District, dated February 6,
2014."
[Amended 2-6-2014 STM
by Art. 5]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is available
in the office of the Town Clerk.
B.
All unzoned land within the Town of Wakefield, if
any, is hereby zoned as a Single Residence District.
[Amended 4-13-2000 ATM by Art. 26]
A.
Guidelines for determining the boundaries between
districts shall be, unless otherwise indicated: the center line of
a street, alley or railroad; a line parallel to a street, alley, railroad
or other feature, at a distance designated on the Zoning Map; a metes
and bounds description; and a property line shown on the Wakefield
Tax Assessment Tax Maps.
B.
In the case of a disputed boundary, the decision shall
be made by the Building Inspector using the above guidelines, subject
to the appeal procedures provided by law.
[Amended 5-5-1997 ATM by Art. 42]
Where a district boundary line divides a lot
in single ownership at the time of the adoption of such line, the
regulation for the less restricted portion of such lot shall extend
not more than 30 feet into the more restricted portion, provided that
the lot has the required frontage on a street in the less restricted
district.
[Added 6-7-1990 ATM by Art. 39]
A.
The open display or open storage of junk shall be
prohibited in all districts, including but not limited to worn-out,
cast-off or discarded articles and materials which are ready for destruction
or have been stored or collected for salvage or conversion into some
other use. Any storage of such articles and materials shall be enclosed
or screened so that they are not visible from adjacent streets or
properties.
B.
Within a district, no equipment or process shall be
utilized in any use of land, buildings or structures which creates
a common nuisance by virtue of unreasonable noise, vibration, glare,
fumes or odors.
