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Town of Great Barrington, MA
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Division 1 Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 171 Zoning
Chapter 171
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted
6-7-2021
ATM by Art. 24
[1]
. Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table of Use Regulations
Attachment 2 - Schedule of Dimensional Requirements
Zoning Map
[1]
Editor's Note: This bylaw superseded former Ch. 171, Zoning, adopted
5-3-2010
ATM by Art. 19
, as amended.
SECTION 1.0
Purpose and Authority
1.1
Title.
1.2
Authority.
1.3
Purpose.
1.4
Applicability.
1.5
Other laws.
1.6
Amendment.
1.7
Severability.
SECTION 2.0
Districts
2.1
Establishment.
2.2
Overlay districts.
2.3
Zoning Map.
2.4
District boundaries.
2.5
Split lots.
SECTION 3.0
Use Regulations
3.1
Principal uses.
3.2
Accessory uses.
3.3
Home occupations.
SECTION 4.0
Dimensional Requirements
4.1
General.
4.2
Special regulations.
4.3
Rear lots.
SECTION 5.0
Nonconforming Uses and Structures
note
5.1
Applicability.
5.2
Nonconforming uses.
5.3
Nonconforming structures.
5.4
Variance required.
5.5
Nonconforming single- and two-family residential structures.
5.6
Abandonment or non-use.
5.7
Reconstruction after catastrophe or demolition.
5.8
Reversion to nonconformity.
SECTION 6.0
General Regulations
6.1
Off-street parking and loading.
6.2
Route 7 landscaping requirements.
6.3
General landscaping requirements.
6.4
Performance standards.
6.5
Common driveway.
SECTION 7.0
Special Regulations
7.1
Satellite television antennas.
7.2
Aviation fields.
7.3
Certain B2A uses.
7.4
Camping facilities.
7.5
Removal of earth materials.
7.6
Private schools, other educational uses and group residences.
7.7
Fast-food eating establishments.
7.8
Motor vehicle fuel station.
7.9
High-impact commercial uses.
7.10
Hotels and motels.
7.11
Municipal sanitary landfill.
7.12
Large-scale commercial development.
7.13
Certain R2 or R4 uses.
7.14
Professional buildings in residential districts.
7.15
Low-power FM broadcast radio station and antenna.
7.16
Tourist homes for transient guests.
7.17
Kennels.
7.18
Marijuana establishments and medical marijuana treatment centers.
7.19
Design review.
SECTION 8.0
Special Residential Regulations
8.1
Two- and three-unit residential uses.
8.2
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).
8.3
Multi-unit dwellings.
8.4
Mixed-use development.
8.5
Residential Cluster Development (RCD).
8.6
Trailers or mobile homes.
8.7
Open space residential development (OSRD).
8.8
Assisted living residence.
8.9
Publicly financed nonprofit age-restricted housing.
8.10
Conversion to multifamily use.
8.11
Coliving residential development.
SECTION 9.0
Special Districts
9.1
Flood Plain Overlay District (FPOD).
9.2
Water Quality Protection Overlay District (WQPOD).
9.3
Wireless Telecommunication Overlay District (WTOD).
9.4
Downtown Mixed-Use B3 District.
9.5
Downtown Business B District.
9.6
Village Center Overlay District (VCOD).
9.7
Downtown Business Parking District.
9.8
Housatonic Mills Revitalization Overlay District.
9.9
Housatonic Village Center (HVC).
9.10
Housatonic Village Overlay District (HVOD).
9.11
Mixed Use Transitional Zone (MXD).
9.12
Solar energy systems.
9.13
Smart Growth Overlay Districts (SGODs).
9.14
State Road Mixed Use (B2X).
9.15
Campus Overlay District.
SECTION 10.0
Administration and Procedures
note
10.1
Enforcement.
10.2
Zoning Board of Appeals.
10.3
Planning Board.
10.4
Special permits.
10.5
Site plan review.
10.6
Final unfavorable decisions.
SECTION 11.0
Definitions
11.1
Definitions