[Added May 1990 STM by Art. 1, approved 8-29-1990]
The purpose of the R-2 District, mixed residential, is to:
A.
Provide for a transitional zone between single-family districts and
multifamily or business districts.
B.
Recognize the changing character of major arterial roads by allowing
use changes to existing single-family dwellings.
C.
Preserve the residential character of the district while allowing
low-density multifamily and office uses.
D.
Limit traffic congestion by limiting the density and intensity of
permitted and special permit uses in the district.
[Amended May 1993 ATM by Arts. 55 and 56, approved 7-9-1993; May 1997 ATM by Art. 43, approved 8-11-1997]
Any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, on approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:
A.
Alteration and/or the expansion, not to exceed 10% of the existing
gross floor area, of a dwelling or structure existing at the time
of the adoption of this bylaw for up to 10 dwelling units.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Funeral home, which immediately
followed, was repealed 12-20-2021 by Order No. 21-116.
Any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, on approval of the Planning Board, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:
A.
Alteration and/or the expansion, not to exceed 10% of the existing
gross floor area, of a dwelling or structure existing at the time
of the adoption of this bylaw for office space, not to exceed 2,000
square feet of gross floor area.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Licensed day-care nursery
center, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed May
1992 ATM, Art. 46, approved 10-1-1992
