District Name
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Purpose
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Agricultural-Residential - AR
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To accommodate agriculture, horticulture or floriculture as
well as single-family detached dwellings at lower densities, while
providing protection for environmentally sensitive areas, agricultural
resources, and other similar lands. These are areas where a full range
of municipal facilities and services are not generally available.
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Residential - R
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To accommodate moderate-density, single-family residential development
and complementary land uses
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Limited Business - LiB
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To accommodate very-low-intensity and limited commercial and
office development and other complementary land uses that serve and
are generally appropriate near residential neighborhoods
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Local Business - LoB
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To accommodate smaller business activity which is located at
the edge of residential areas but which serves a larger trade area
than the immediately surrounding residential neighborhoods
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Business - B
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To accommodate a wide range of retail uses and services and
commercial activities in appropriate locations along primary roads
within the Town and provide for the appropriate development and special
requirements for the major business concentrations, which serve an
area larger than the immediate neighborhood
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Industrial - I
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To accommodate a wide range of manufacturing, industrial, commercial,
institution of higher learning and complementary land uses
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Overlay Districts
Because of their unique characteristics, the requirements in
the Overlay Districts supersede the requirements of the underlying
districts. To this end the number and types of uses allowed are restricted.
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Aquifer Protection
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To promote the health, safety and welfare of the community by
protecting and preserving the surface and ground water resources of
the Town from any use of land or buildings which may reduce the quality
and quantity of its water resources
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Flood
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Consisting of those geographical areas which by virtue of their
relationship to components of the natural hydrology of the Town of
Hadley have substantial importance to the protection of life and property
against the hazards of floods, erosion, and pollution and in general
are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare
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Wireless Communications Services
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To establish a district in which wireless communications services
may be provided with minimal harm to the public health, safety and
general welfare by protecting the general public from impacts associated
with wireless communications towers and minimizing visual impacts
from wireless communications towers on Districts within Hadley
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Farmland Preservation and Receiving Districts
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To permanently protect farmland and agricultural soils, to protect
farmland property values and provide a fair economic return to owners
of property restricted from further development, to foster compact
commercial and industrial development in central areas served by public
infrastructure in the Town of Hadley
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Municipal
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To protect the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the
public by facilitating the siting of municipal uses and facilities
required for the safe and efficient operation of Town government
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Village Center
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A mixed-use commercial area within and adjacent to the town
center promoting development in scale with the existing character
of the village and encouraging new construction to be compatible with
the scale of existing structures
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Senior Housing
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To provide a variety of housing choices for persons who are
55 years of age and older; to provide well designed, affordable homes
for residents who wish to remain in the community; to recognize the
importance of diversity and variety in the design of senior housing
developments; to provide types of housing which reduce residents'
burdens of building and yard maintenance and which reduce demands
on municipal services; to promote flexibility in land use planning
in order to strengthen neighborhoods, improve site layouts, and protect
natural features and environmental values; to provide for a greater
variety of uses and building types at a higher density than would
normally be allowed, and allowing greater flexibility in site planning
so as to promote affordable housing and the preservation of open space
and historic resources within the development; and to provide for
the review of all such proposals prior to construction, to ensure
compliance with the above intent and objectives and to assure that
the proposal will not result in or contribute to incompatible use
of the land, pollution of the soil or groundwater, traffic congestion
or inappropriate site development
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