Town of Weymouth, MA
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2022-06-06
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Chapter 120 Zoning
- THE CHARTER
- Ch C Charter
- THE CODE
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Elections; Elected Town Officers
- Ch 3 Offices, Officials and Multiple-Member Bodies
- Ch 4 Administrative Organization
- Ch 5 Financial Regulations
- Ch 6 Preservation of Public Peace and Order
- Ch 7 Regulations Affecting Use of Private Property
- Ch 8 Public Works
- Ch 9 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 10 Human Resources
- Ch 11 Public Health
- Ch 12 Waterways
- Ch 13 Regulations Affecting Motor Vehicles
- LAND USE
- Ch 120 Zoning
- Ch 120 Art I General Provisions
- § 120-1 Title.
- § 120-1.1 Transition.
- § 120-2 Purpose.
- § 120-3 Scope.
- § 120-4 Severability.
- Ch 120 Art II Definitions and Word Usage
- § 120-5 Word usage.
- § 120-6 Definitions.
- Ch 120 Art III Establishment of Zoning Districts
- § 120-7 Types of districts.
- § 120-8 District boundaries; Zoning Map.
- § 120-9 Lots in two districts.
- § 120-10 Determination of boundary lines.
- Ch 120 Art IIIA Watershed Protection District
- § 120-10.1 Intent.
- § 120-10.2 Establishment; determination of boundaries.
- § 120-10.3 Permitted uses.
- § 120-10.4 Prohibited uses.
- § 120-10.4.1 Land use requirements.
- § 120-10.4.2 Site plan review.
- § 120-10.4.3 Special permit uses.
- Ch 120 Art IIIB Groundwater Protection District
- § 120-10.5 Intent.
- § 120-10.6 Establishment; determination of boundaries.
- § 120-10.7 Prohibited uses.
- § 120-10.8 Site plan review.
- § 120-10.9 Special permit uses.
- Ch 120 Art IV Resident District R-1
- § 120-11 Permitted uses.
- § 120-12 Accessory uses.
- § 120-12.1 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- § 120-13 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- Ch 120 Art IVA Resident District R-2
- § 120-13.1 Purpose.
- § 120-13.2 Permitted uses.
- § 120-13.3 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-13.4 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- Ch 120 Art V Resident District R-3
- § 120-14 Intent.
- § 120-15 Permitted uses.
- § 120-16 Accessory uses.
- § 120-17 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-18 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- § 120-18.1 Special permit uses by Board of Selectmen.
- Ch 120 Art VI Resident District R-4
- § 120-19 Intent.
- § 120-20 Permitted uses.
- § 120-21 Accessory uses.
- § 120-21.1 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- § 120-22 Special permit uses by Board of Selectmen.
- Ch 120 Art VIA Neighborhood Center District NCD
- § 120-22.1 Purpose.
- § 120-22.2 Permitted uses.
- § 120-22.3 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-22.4 Special permit uses by Board of Selectmen.
- Ch 120 Art VIB Highway Transition District HT
- § 120-22.5 Purpose.
- § 120-22.6 Permitted uses.
- § 120-22.7 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-22.8 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- § 120-22.8.1 Prohibited uses.
- Ch 120 Art VIC Medical Services District MS
- § 120-22.9 Purpose.
- § 120-22.10 Permitted uses.
- § 120-22.11 (Reserved)
- § 120-22.12 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-22.13 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- Ch 120 Art VII Business District B-1
- § 120-23 Permitted uses.
- § 120-23.1 Prohibited uses.
- § 120-24 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-25 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- Ch 120 Art VIIA Village Center Zoning Overlay District
- § 120-25.1 Purpose.
- § 120-25.1.1 Prohibited uses.
- § 120-25.2 Location.
- § 120-25.3 Permitted, site plan and special permit uses.
- § 120-25.4 Site and design criteria.
- § 120-25.5 Intensity of use.
- § 120-25.7 Required parking spaces.
- § 120-25.8 Parking criteria.
- § 120-25.9 Shared parking.
- § 120-25.10 Landscaping.
- § 120-25.11 Signs.
- § 120-25.12 Site plan review.
- § 120-25.13 Special permit standards and criteria.
- Ch 120 Art VIIB Commercial Corridor Overlay District
- § 120-25.14 Purpose and intent.
- § 120-25.15 Applicability.
- § 120-25.16 Additional criteria.
- § 120-25.17 Dimensional requirements.
- § 120-25.18 Density.
- § 120-25.19 Coverage.
- § 120-25.20 Required parking.
- § 120-25.21 Complete Streets and Green Community requirements.
- § 120-25.22 Split lots.
- § 120-25.23 Building orientation, open facades, and screening.
- Ch 120 Art VIIC Historic Mill Overlay District
- § 120-25.24 Purpose and intent.
- § 120-25.25 Applicability.
- § 120-25.26 Relationship to existing zoning and other regulations.
- § 120-25.27 Administration.
- § 120-25.28 Preapplication meeting.
- § 120-25.29 Special permit/design review criteria.
- § 120-25.30 Design criteria.
- § 120-25.31 Uses.
- § 120-25.32 Affordable housing requirement.
- § 120-25.33 Guidelines for adaptive reuse of existing mill structures.
- § 120-25.34 Density guidelines for new construction after demolition of existing mill buildings.
- § 120-25.35 Density guidelines for other new construction.
- § 120-25.36 Parking.
- Ch 120 Art VIID Jackson Square Overlay District
- § 120-25.37 Purpose.
- § 120-25.38 Establishment of subdistricts.
- § 120-25.39 Applicability.
- § 120-25.40 Affordable housing density allowance.
- § 120-25.41 Intensity of use.
- § 120-25.42 Required parking spaces.
- § 120-25.43 Special permit standards and criteria.
- § 120-25.44 Site and design standards.
- Ch 120 Art VIII Business District B-2
- § 120-26 Permitted uses.
- § 120-27 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
- § 120-27.1 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- § 120-27.2 Prohibited uses.
- Ch 120 Art IX Industrial District I-1
- § 120-28 Permitted uses.
- § 120-29 Special permit uses.
- Ch 120 Art X Planned Industrial Park District PIP
- § 120-30 Intent.
- § 120-31 Permitted uses.
- § 120-32 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
- § 120-33 Special permit uses by Board of Selectmen.
- § 120-33.1 Adult bookstore, adult motion-picture theater and adult club regulations and standards.
- § 120-34 Industrial performance standards.
- § 120-35 Signs and off-street parking.
- Ch 120 Art XA Planned Office Park District POP
- § 120-35.1 Purpose.
- § 120-35.2 Construal of district uses.
- § 120-35.2.1 Permitted uses.
- § 120-35.2.2 Special permit uses.
- § 120-35.2.3 Prohibited uses.
- § 120-35.3 Off-street parking.
- § 120-35.4 Other requirements.
- § 120-35.5 Off-street loading and unloading.
- § 120-35.6 (Reserved)
- § 120-35.7 Dimensional requirements.
- Ch 120 Art XI Industrial District I-2
- § 120-36 Permitted uses.
- § 120-37 Special permit uses.
- Ch 120 Art XII Open Space District OSD
- § 120-37.1 Reuse of surplus public and quasi-public property.
- § 120-38 Permitted uses.
- Ch 120 Art XIIA Floodplain District
- § 120-38.1 Intent.
- § 120-38.2 Establishment; determination of boundaries.
- § 120-38.3 Permitted uses.
- § 120-38.4 Special permit uses.
- § 120-38.5 Construction criteria for special permits.
- § 120-38.6 Reference to existing regulations.
- Ch 120 Art XIII Nonconforming Uses
- § 120-39 Continuation.
- § 120-40 Extension or change by special permit.
- § 120-41 Exception to limitation on restoration by special permit.
- § 120-42 Abandonment or discontinuance.
- § 120-43 Structures in progress with permits issued.
- Ch 120 Art XIV Applicability of District Regulations
- § 120-44 Compliance with bylaw required.
- § 120-45 Open space.
- § 120-46 Visibility at intersections.
- § 120-47 Projections into required yards.
- § 120-48 Reduction of lot area.
- § 120-49 Calculation of side yard area for certain yards.
- § 120-50 Exceptions to height regulations.
- Ch 120 Art XV Dimensional Requirements
- § 120-51 Schedule of District Regulations.
- § 120-52 Exception for erection of single-family dwelling on previously recorded lots.
- § 120-53 (Reserved)
- § 120-53.1 Minimum upland area.
- § 120-53.2 Lot shape factor.
- § 120-54 Confinement of accessory uses to rear yard.
- § 120-55 One-story accessory use buildings.
- § 120-56 Front lot line, frontage and frontage width.
- § 120-57 Height limits on structures abutting R-1 Districts or schools.
- § 120-58 Exception for erection on previously recorded lots.
- § 120-59 Setback restrictions for buildings abutting residential districts or schools.
- § 120-59.1 Measurements across lots.
- § 120-60 Lot width for areas where rear land available for development.
- § 120-61 Side setback requirement for certain lots.
- § 120-62 Location on lot restrictions for structures abutting R-1 Districts or schools.
- § 120-62.1 Front yard landscaping.
- § 120-63 Planned unit developments.
- Ch 120 Art XVI Signs
- § 120-64 (Reserved)
- § 120-64.1 Signs in residential districts.
- § 120-64.2 Signs in Resident R-2 and Neighborhood Center Districts.
- § 120-64.3 Signs in business districts.
- § 120-64.4 Signs in industrial districts.
- § 120-64.5 Regulations applicable in all districts.
- § 120-64.6 Prohibited signs.
- § 120-64.7 Billboards.
- § 120-64.7.1 Billboard Relocation Overlay District.
- § 120-64.8 Nonconforming signs.
- § 120-64.9 Power of Inspector of Buildings.
- § 120-65 through § 120-68. (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Art XVII Off-Street Parking
- § 120-69 Off-street parking required; plan; exception.
- § 120-70 Location requirements.
- § 120-71 Dimensional requirements.
- § 120-72 Access to street required.
- § 120-73 Construction requirements.
- § 120-74 Minimum required spaces.
- § 120-75 Issuance of certificates of occupancy.
- Ch 120 Art XVIII Off-Street Loading
- § 120-76 Off-street loading spaces required.
- § 120-77 Off-street loading bay dimensions.
- § 120-78 Construction requirements.
- § 120-79 Filing of plan required before permit issuance.
- Ch 120 Art XIX Earth Removal
- § 120-80 Removal outside of Town prohibited.
- § 120-81 Permit required.
- § 120-82 Application requirements.
- § 120-83 Conditions of permit.
- § 120-84 Performance bond.
- § 120-85 Expiration of permit; renewals.
- § 120-86 Existing operations.
- § 120-87 Review of progress of work; notice of violations; penalties.
- Ch 120 Art XX Earth Filling
- § 120-88 Intent.
- § 120-89 Permit required.
- § 120-90 Application requirements.
- § 120-91 Conditions of permit.
- § 120-92 Manner of filling; slope stabilization.
- § 120-93 Expiration of permit.
- § 120-94 Applicability of other laws and regulations.
- § 120-95 Violations and penalties.
- § 120-96 Notice of issuance of permit.
- § 120-97 Fee.
- Ch 120 Art XXI Supplementary Regulations
- § 120-98 Exterior lighting.
- § 120-99 Vehicles, improper storage.
- § 120-100 Obstructions to air navigation prohibited.
- § 120-101 Service stations, repair garages and car washes.
- § 120-102 Concealing of storage areas.
- § 120-102.1 Screening of dumpsters.
- § 120-103 Swimming pools.
- § 120-104 Temporary uses.
- § 120-105 Trailers.
- § 120-106 Self-service gasoline stations prohibited.
- § 120-106.1 Wind energy conversion systems.
- § 120-106.2 Wireless communication equipment.
- § 120-106.3 Solar energy facilities.
- § 120-106.4 Regulation of commercial marijuana.
- Ch 120 Art XXII Administration and Enforcement
- § 120-107 Interpretation.
- § 120-108 Enforcing official.
- § 120-109 Permit required; plan; records.
- § 120-110 Occupancy permit.
- § 120-111 Investigation of violations; service of notice.
- § 120-112 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 120-113 Effect on other regulations.
- § 120-114 Severability.
- Ch 120 Art XXIII Permit Granting Authority
- § 120-115 Designation of permit granting authority.
- § 120-116 Designation of special permit granting authority.
- § 120-117 Expiration of special permits.
- Ch 120 Art XXIV Board of Zoning Appeals
- § 120-118 Establishment; membership.
- § 120-119 Powers.
- § 120-120 Procedure.
- § 120-121 Repetitive petitions.
- Ch 120 Art XXIVA Site Plan Review Authority
- § 120-121.1 Authority established.
- § 120-121.2 Powers.
- § 120-121.3 Procedure.
- Ch 120 Art XXV Special Permits
- § 120-122 Rules; application procedure; conditions.
- Ch 120 Art XXVA Site Plan Review
- § 120-123 Rules; application procedure; criteria and conditions.
- § 120-124 through § 120-126. (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Art XXVI (Reserved)
- § 120-127 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Art XXVII (Reserved)
- § 120-128 (Reserved)
- § 120-129 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Art XXVIII Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers
- § 120-130 Purpose.
- § 120-131 Definitions.
- § 120-132 Establishment and duration.
- § 120-133 Applicability.
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Weymouth at the September
1969 STM by Arts. 4 and 5, approved 1-21-1970. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
