Town of Great Barrington, MA
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2024-05-06
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Division 1 Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 171 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Town Meeting Enactments
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 4 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 7 Committees
- Ch 10 Council on Aging
- Ch 17 Fire Department
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 29 Manager, Town
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 34 Public Meetings
- Ch 35 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 36 Revolving Funds
- Ch 37 Selectmen
- Ch 39 Town Counsel
- Ch 41 Town Meetings
- General Legislation
- Ch 48 Alarm Systems
- Ch 49 Licenses
- Ch 50 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 51 Cable Television
- Ch 55 Automobiles or Boats, Junk
- Ch 57 Beverages, Nonalcoholic
- Ch 59 Boats
- Ch 62 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 81 Animal Control
- Ch 83 Energy Code, Stretch
- Ch 85 Farming
- Ch 91 Fees
- Ch 94 Fire Regulations
- Ch 95 Fire Protection Systems
- Ch 102 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 109 Hawkers, Peddlers, Vendors and Vending Machines
- Ch 112 Health Requirements
- Ch 113 Historic Districts and Commission
- Ch 115 Noise Control
- Ch 120 Pawnbrokers and Dealers in Secondhand Goods, Precious Metals or Gems, and Secondhand Electronic Products
- Ch 129 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 135 Plastic Reduction
- Ch 138 Rent Control
- Ch 142 Sales, Special
- Ch 144 (Reserved)
- Ch 145 Short-Term Rental of Residential Properties
- Ch 146 Signs
- Ch 153 Streets and Ways
- Ch 158 Tax Agreements
- Ch 160 Tobacco
- Ch 161 Traffic
- Ch 163 Trees
- Ch 166 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 168 Wetlands
- Ch 171 Zoning
- Ch 171 § 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.
- Ch 171 § 2.0 Districts
- 2.1 Establishment.
- 2.2 Overlay districts.
- 2.3 Zoning Map.
- 2.4 District boundaries.
- 2.5 Split lots.
- Ch 171 § 3.0 Use Regulations
- 3.1 Principal uses.
- 3.2 Accessory uses.
- 3.3 Home occupations.
- Ch 171 § 4.0 Dimensional Requirements
- 4.1 General.
- 4.2 Special regulations.
- 4.3 Rear lots.
- Ch 171 § 5.0 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- 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.
- Ch 171 § 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.
- Ch 171 § 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.
- Ch 171 § 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 Planned Unit Residential Development (PURD).
- 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.
- Ch 171 § 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).
- Ch 171 § 10.0 Administration and Procedures
- 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.
- Ch 171 § 11.0 Definitions
- 11.1 Definitions
- Division 2 Selectmen's Regulations
- Ch 175 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 178 Fees
- Ch 189 Policies and Procedures
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 197 Smoking
- Ch 199 (Reserved)
- Ch 204 Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Division 3 Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
- Ch 210 Board of Health
- Ch 214 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 217 Conservation Commission
- Ch 219 Council on Aging Bylaws
- Ch 225 Finance Committee
- Ch 234 Library Trustees
- Ch 238 (Reserved)
- Ch 240 Planning Board's Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 241 (Reserved)
- Ch 245 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A248 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[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 RequirementsZoning Map[1]
Editor's Note: This bylaw superseded former Ch. 171, Zoning,
adopted 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 19, as amended.
