[Amended 10-1992 STM by Art. 13]
[Amended 5-6-2002 STM by Art. 10; 3-17-2015 by Ord. No. 14-066(2); 2-7-2023 by Order No. 22-073; 12-19-2023 by Order No. 23-076(1); 11-19-2024 by Order No. 24-034]
For the purpose of this chapter, the Town is hereby divided into use districts, as hereinafter provided. The boundaries of these districts are hereby established as shown on the Town's Zoning Map, dated December 10, 1986, as revised, and on file in the office of the Town Engineer. This map is by reference incorporated into and made a part of this chapter. Any changes in the number of districts or in district boundaries shall be noted on the Zoning Map as each such change is adopted through a Zoning Bylaw amendment. It shall be the responsibility of the Planning Board to update this Zoning Map. The districts are as follows:
Residence A Districts
Residence B Districts
Residence C Districts
Billboard Zoning Overlay District
General Business Districts
Highway Business Districts
Highway Business Retail Districts
Commercial Districts
Fire Protection Districts
Floodplain Protection District (§ 135-608)
Watershed Protection District (§ 135-609)
Open Space and Conservancy Districts
Cluster I (§ 135-610)
Cluster II (§ 135-610)
Cluster III (§ 135-610)
Planned Unit Development (PUD) (§ 135-612)
Historic District
MBTA Communities Multi-Family Overlay Districts (MCMOD) (§ 135-616)
Village Zoning Overlay District, superimposed on selected portions of the existing General Business Zoning District and centered around the intersections of Pearl, Hancock and Washington Streets in South Braintree Square and Elm and Washington Streets in Braintree Square
Mixed Use Planned Unit Development District (§ 135-617)
A. 
No building, structure, premises or part thereof shall be used or occupied in whole or in part except in conformity with the regulations specified for the district in which it is located.
B. 
No building, structure, premises, or part thereof shall be erected, moved, placed, reconstructed, enlarged or otherwise altered except in conformity with the zoning requirements for the district in which it is located.
Any alteration, construction or operation allowed by building permit or special permit under this chapter shall conform to any amendment of this chapter unless construction or operation is commenced within a period of six months of the issuance of the permit and construction is continued through to completion as continuously and expeditiously as is reasonable.
When a boundary line between use districts, height districts or area districts, as established by this chapter and the Town's Zoning Map, divides a lot in single ownership on the effective date of this chapter, the requirements applying to the least restricted portion of such lot shall be considered as applying to the entire lot, provided that the most restricted portion of such lot is entirely within 150 feet of the district dividing boundary line. The use so extended shall be deemed to be conforming.