The City of Taunton is divided into the zoning districts designated
below:
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Rural Residential District
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Suburban Residential District
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Urban Residential District
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Business District
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Central Business District
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Office District
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Highway Business District
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Industrial District
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Open Space and Conservancy District
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Floodplain District
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Special Flood Hazard District
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Water and Aquifer Resource Protection District
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Roadway Improvement Overlay District
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Airport District
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Transit-Oriented Development District
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The location and boundaries of zoning districts are shown on
a map titled "Zoning Map of the City of Taunton, Massachusetts" dated
October 2008. Said map, together with such amendments thereto and
such other maps as may be adopted from time to time, shall be part
of this chapter.
A.
Special Flood Hazard District and Floodplain Zoning District boundaries
may in some instances overlie parts of other zoning districts in order
that floodplain provisions shall prevail.
B.
Roadway Improvement Overlay District may in some cases overlie parts
of other zoning districts in order that the provisions contained in
the Roadway Improvement Overlay District shall prevail.
C.
Water and Aquifer Resource Protection District may in some cases
overlie parts of other zoning districts in order that the provisions
contained in the Water and Aquifer Resource Protection District shall
prevail.
A.
On a landownership transected by a zoning district boundary, the
zoning regulations applying to the larger part by area of such ownership
may also be deemed to govern in the small part beyond such zoning
district boundary but not more than 30 linear feet in depth beyond
such zoning boundary.
B.
In cases where the zoning regulations of the larger part govern 30
feet into the smaller part and leave less than 10,000 square feet
in area governed by the zoning regulations of the smaller part, the
zoning regulations of the larger part shall be deemed to govern the
entire lot.
In the event of a discrepancy or ambiguity between the boundaries
of zoning districts as shown on the Zoning Map, extrinsic evidence
shall be utilized to pinpoint the boundary location. The extrinsic
evidence that shall be utilized in order of priority shall include
the map and description of the zoning amendments from each public
hearing that created the current district configurations, the GIS
maps which include the Zoning Map overlaid onto the Assessors' maps,
and the written descriptions of each district which are on file with
the Department of Planning and Conservation.
