City of Melrose, MA
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2023-05-15
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 235 Zoning
- The Charter and Administrative Code
- Ch C Charter
- Ch A Administrative Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessments
- Ch 15 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 24 Departments
- Ch 30 Emergency Management
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Mayor and Council
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 67 Seal and Flag
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Alarm Devices
- Ch 93 Animals
- Ch 98 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 102 Cemetery
- Ch 106 Coal and Other Public Commodities
- Ch 119 Fire Prevention
- Ch 127 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors
- Ch 131 Historic Districts
- Ch 137 Inflammables and Explosives
- Ch 143 Junk, Secondhand and Precious Metals Dealers
- Ch 152 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 164 Noise
- Ch 173 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 177 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 182 Poles and Wires
- Ch 183 Small Wireless Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way
- Ch 194 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 198 Solid Waste
- Ch 202 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 205 Swimming Pools
- Ch 212 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 222 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 228 Water, Sewers, and Drains
- Ch 231 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Ch 235 Art I Title, Authority and Purpose
- § 235-1 Title.
- § 235-2 Authority.
- § 235-3 Purpose.
- Ch 235 Art II Word Usage and Definitions
- § 235-4 Word usage.
- § 235-5 Definitions.
- Ch 235 Art III Establishment of Districts
- § 235-6 Division into districts.
- § 235-7 Zoning Map.
- § 235-8 Changes to map.
- § 235-9 Boundaries of districts.
- Ch 235 Art IV Interpretation and Application
- § 235-10 Interpretation.
- § 235-11 Application.
- § 235-12 Existing buildings and land.
- § 235-13 Mixed uses.
- Ch 235 Art V Use Regulations
- § 235-14 Applicability.
- § 235-15 Permitted uses.
- § 235-16 Uses subject to other regulations.
- § 235-16.1 Site plan review.
- § 235-16.2 Temporary moratorium on recreational marijuana establishments.
- § 235-17 Table of Use and Parking Regulations.
- Ch 235 Art VI Dimensional and Density Regulations
- § 235-18 Applicability.
- § 235-19 Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
- § 235-20 Reduction of lot area.
- § 235-21 Separation of lots.
- § 235-22 Screening and buffers in industrial or business districts.
- § 235-23 Buildings in floodway.
- § 235-24 Accessory buildings and other structures.
- § 235-25 Additional dimensional and density provisions.
- Ch 235 Art VII Signs
- § 235-26 Purpose and intent.
- § 235-27 Applicability.
- § 235-28 Permit requirements.
- § 235-29 General regulations.
- § 235-30 Prohibited signs.
- § 235-31 Signs permitted in any residential district.
- § 235-31.1 Signs permitted in any business or industrial district.
- § 235-31.2 Preexisting nonconforming signs.
- Ch 235 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 235-32 Off-street parking requirements.
- § 235-33 Off-street loading requirements.
- § 235-34 Existing spaces.
- § 235-35 Computation of spaces.
- § 235-36 Combined facilities.
- § 235-37 Continuance.
- § 235-38 Location of parking spaces.
- § 235-39 Location of loading spaces.
- § 235-40 Parking reduction provisions.
- § 235-41 Parking and loading space standards.
- § 235-42 Parking of commercial vehicles.
- Ch 235 Art IX Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 235-43 Applicability.
- § 235-44 Extension and alteration.
- § 235-45 Residential lot of record.
- § 235-46 Reduction or increase.
- § 235-47 Change of use or lot.
- § 235-48 Restoration.
- § 235-49 Abandonment.
- § 235-50 Moving nonconforming structures.
- § 235-51 Unsafe structures.
- Ch 235 Art X Administration and Enforcement
- § 235-52 Administrative officer.
- § 235-53 Building permit required; application procedure.
- § 235-54 Previously approved permits.
- § 235-55 Certificate of occupancy required.
- § 235-56 (Reserved)
- § 235-57 Permit time limits.
- § 235-58 Notice of violation and order.
- § 235-59 Violations and penalties.
- § 235-60 Board of Appeals.
- Ch 235 Art XI Special Permits and Conditions
- § 235-61 Special permit granting authorities.
- § 235-62 Special permit procedure.
- § 235-63 Findings by special permit granting authority; conditions.
- § 235-64 Variances.
- § 235-65 Multifamily residential use in nonresidentially zoned areas authorized by Planning Board.
- § 235-66 Density incentives allowed in BA-1 and BA-2 Districts authorized by Planning Board.
- § 235-67 Cluster residential development.
- § 235-68 Planned unit development in SR-A District.
- § 235-69 Planned unit development in UR-B, UR-C and UR-D Districts.
- § 235-70 Planned unit development in BA-1, BA-2, BB, BB-1, BC and BD Districts.
- § 235-71 Planned business development.
- § 235-71.1 Smart Growth District.
- § 235-71.2 Rail Corridor Overlay District.
- § 235-72 Adult uses.
- § 235-73 Wireless communications service facilities.
- § 235-73.1 Affordable housing incentive program.
- § 235-73.2 Slope protection.
- § 235-73.3 Registered marijuana dispensaries.
- § 235-73.4 Marijuana establishment.
- Ch 235 Art XII Removal and Filling
- § 235-74 Removal of sand, gravel, quarry or other earth materials.
- § 235-75 Filling of water bodies or wet areas.
- § 235-76 Filling of any lot.
- Ch 235 Art XIII Home Occupation
- § 235-77 Conditions.
- Ch 235 Art XIV Amendments, Severability and When Effective
- § 235-78 Amendments.
- § 235-79 Severability.
- § 235-80 When effective.
- Ch 235 Art XV Floodplain District
- § 235-81 Establishment.
- § 235-81.1 Reference to existing regulations.
- § 235-82 Development regulations.
- § 235-82.1 Notification of watercourse alteration.
- § 235-83 Subdivisions and new development.
- § 235-84 Health regulations.
- § 235-85 Authority.
- Ch 235 Art XVI Wireless Communications Service Facilities
- § 235-86 Purpose.
- § 235-87 Existing facilities; discontinuance; applicability.
- Appendix
- Ch A250 Acceptances of General Laws, Special Acts and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition Lists
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch VTDL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Melrose 11-27-1972 by Ord. No.
16985C. Amendments noted where applicable.]
