[Amended 4-7-2008 by Ord.
No. 08-128; 7-21-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-146; 4-6-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-90]
The City of Melrose, Massachusetts, is hereby divided into 14
zoning districts to be designated as follows:
|
Full Name
|
Class
|
Short Name
|
|---|---|---|
|
Suburban Residence
|
Residential
|
SR
|
|
A Suburban Residence
|
Residential
|
SR-A
|
|
B Suburban Residence
|
Residential
|
SR-B
|
|
A Urban Residence
|
Residential
|
UR-A
|
|
B Urban Residence
|
Residential
|
UR-B
|
|
C Urban Residence
|
Residential
|
UR-C
|
|
D Urban Residence
|
Residential
|
UR-D
|
|
Smart Growth District
|
SGD
| |
|
Rail Corridor Overlay District
|
RCOD
| |
|
General Business
|
Business
|
BA
|
|
General Business
|
Business
|
BA-1
|
|
Transit-Oriented Mixed Use
|
Business and Residential Mixed Use
|
BA-2
|
|
Extensive Business
|
Business
|
BB
|
|
Extensive Business
|
Business
|
BB-1
|
|
Local Business
|
Business
|
BC
|
|
Medical Business
|
Business
|
BD
|
|
Industrial
|
Industrial
|
I
|
|
Industrial A
|
I-A
|
The location and boundaries of the zoning districts are hereby
established as shown on a map titled "Zoning Map of the City of Melrose,
Massachusetts," dated November 1972, which accompanies and is hereby
declared to be a part of this chapter. The authenticity of the Zoning
Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by
the City Clerk, and the imprinted Seal of the City under the following
words: "This is to certify that this is the Zoning Map of the City
of Melrose, Massachusetts, referred to in the Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Melrose, Massachusetts, which was adopted by the Board
of Aldermen on November 27, 1972."
Any change in the location of boundaries of a zoning district hereafter made through the amendment of this chapter shall be indicated by the alteration of such map, such changes to be dated and authenticated as prescribed in § 235-7. The map thus altered is declared to be part of this chapter thus amended. The Building Commissioner shall be responsible for making changes to the Zoning Map. Such changes shall be made within 14 days of the final approval of amendments. The Zoning Map shall be drawn at a scale of one inch equals 650 feet with ink on stable material and shall be located in the office of the Building Commissioner. Photographic reductions of this large-scale map may serve as copies of the Zoning Map.
Where any uncertainty exists with respect to the boundary of
any district as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules apply:
A.
Where a boundary is indicated as a street, alley, railroad, watercourse
or other body of water, it shall be construed to be the center line
or middle thereof or, where such boundary approximates a City boundary,
then to the limits of the City boundary.
B.
Where a boundary is indicated as following approximately or parallel
to a street, railroad, watercourse or other body of water, it shall
be construed to be parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom
as shown on the Zoning Map. If no dimension is given, such distance
shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.
C.
Where a dimensional boundary or the actual property boundary coincides
within 10 feet or less with a lot line, the boundary shall be construed
to be the lot line.
D.
Where a boundary is indicated as intersecting the center line of
a street, railroad, watercourse or other water body, and unless it
is otherwise indicated, it shall be construed to intersect at right
angles to said center line or, in the case of a curved center line,
to the tangent to the curve at the point of intersection.
E.
The abbreviation "PL" means property line as shown on the City Assessors'
Map as in effect at the effective date of this chapter. The abbreviation
"PL," when used in conjunction with a subsequent amendment to this
chapter, shall mean a property line as shown on the City Assessors'
Map as in effect at the effective date of such amendment.
F.
The abbreviation "CL" means center line and "CI" means center of
intersection.
