The provisions of this bylaw shall be interpreted to be the
minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the health, safety,
morals, or the general welfare of the Town of Marshfield, Massachusetts,
and except for the Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Marshfield dated 1959
and all amendments thereto, the provisions of this bylaw are not intended
to repeal or in any way impair or interfere with any lawfully adopted
bylaw, regulations, or rules. Whenever the regulations made under
the authority hereof differ from those prescribed by any bylaw or
other regulations, that provision which imposes the greater restriction
or the higher standard shall govern.
Except as herein provided, or as specifically exempted by the
Zoning Enabling Act, the provisions of this bylaw shall apply to the erection,
construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of buildings and structures
or use of land. Except as herein provided, any existing conforming
use, structure or lot shall not by any action become nonconforming
and any existing nonconforming use, structure, or lot shall not become
further nonconforming.
Except as herein provided, this bylaw shall not apply to existing
buildings or structures, nor to the existing use of any building or
structure or of land, to the extent to which it is legally used at
the time of adoption of this bylaw, but it shall apply to any change
of use thereof and to any alteration of a building or structure when
the same would amount to reconstruction, extension or structural change,
and to any alteration of a building or structure to provide for its
use for a purpose or in a manner substantially different from the
use to which it was put before alteration, or for its use for the
same purpose to a substantially greater extent.
[Amended 4-24-2017 ATM
by Art. 12]
In cases of mixed occupancy, the regulation for each use shall apply to the portion of the building or land so used. Allowable residential densities and nonresidential square footage requirements shall apply to each use individually per lot; provided, however, that building bulk, height, setbacks and other dimensional characteristics shall comply with the standards set forth in §
305-6.02, Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.