Town of Dartmouth, MA
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2022-10-18
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Division 1: General By-laws
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Division 2: Zoning By-law
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Chapter 375 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: General By-laws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 9 Aging, Council on
- Ch 12 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 18 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 22 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 25 Conservation Commission
- Ch 34 Finance Committee
- Ch 37 Financial Procedures
- Ch 44 Historic District Commission
- Ch 60 Noncriminal Disposition
- Ch 65 Officers and Employees
- Ch 76 Residency Requirements
- Ch 82 Select Board
- Ch 87 Soil Conservation Board
- Ch 95 Town Meeting
- Ch 104 Waterways Management Department
- Ch 109 Wire Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 122 Alarms
- Ch 125 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 129 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 134 Animals
- Ch 146 Boating and Waterways
- Ch 153 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 156 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 162 Business Hours
- Ch 177 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 184 Earth and Soil Removal
- Ch 192 Farming
- Ch 196 Fees and Charges
- Ch 209 Historic Preservation
- Ch 220 Junk, Old Metals and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 231 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 250 Noise
- Ch 259 Paintball Guns
- Ch 265 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 271 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 276 Plastic Bags
- Ch 298 Signs and Lighting
- Ch 305 Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 311 Storage Tanks
- Ch 313 Stormwater Management
- Ch 315 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Property
- Ch 328 Transient Vendors
- Ch 340 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 344 Vehicles, Junk
- Ch 352 Waste Management
- Ch 356 Water
- Ch 360 Wetlands
- Ch 363 Floodplain Management
- Division 2: Zoning By-law
- Ch 375 Zoning
- Ch 375 Art 1 Preamble
- § 375-1.1 2007 Dartmouth Master Plan; Vision Statement.
- Ch 375 Art 2 Explanation and Purpose of Zoning Bylaw
- § 375-2.1 Purpose.
- § 375-2.2 Zoning districts.
- § 375-2.3 Zoning district locations.
- § 375-2.4 District boundaries.
- Ch 375 Art 3 Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD)
- § 375-3.1 Purpose.
- § 375-3.2 District restrictions.
- § 375-3.3 Standards for granting special permit.
- § 375-3.4 Conditions.
- Ch 375 Art 4 Marijuana Establishments Overlay District
- § 375-4.1 Purpose.
- § 375-4.2 Applicability.
- § 375-4.3 Special Permit uses.
- § 375-4.4 Standards for granting Special Permit.
- § 375-4.5 Conditions.
- Ch 375 Art 5 Definitions and Accessory Uses
- § 375-5.1 Definitions.
- § 375-5.2 Accessory uses.
- Ch 375 Art 6 Non-conforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 375-6.1 Non-conforming uses.
- § 375-6.2 Non-conforming structures.
- § 375-6.3 Non-conforming lots.
- Ch 375 Art 7 Single Residence A Districts
- § 375-7.1 Purpose.
- § 375-7.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-7.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-7.4 Development standards.
- § 375-7.5 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 8 Single Residence B Districts
- § 375-8.1 Purpose.
- § 375-8.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-8.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-8.4 Development standards.
- § 375-8.5 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 9 Single Residence C Districts
- § 375-9.1 Purpose.
- § 375-9.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-9.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-9.4 Development standards.
- § 375-9.5 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 10 General Residence Districts
- § 375-10.1 Purpose.
- § 375-10.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-10.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-10.4 Development standards.
- § 375-10.5 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 11 Open Space Residential Development (OSRD)
- § 375-11.1 Purpose.
- § 375-11.2 Special permit required.
- § 375-11.3 Comparison conventional plan.
- § 375-11.4 Procedures for developing plans.
- § 375-11.5 Special permit application procedures.
- § 375-11.6 Dimensional requirements.
- § 375-11.7 Design standards.
- § 375-11.8 Ownership of open space.
- § 375-11.9 Conditions.
- § 375-11.10 Relation to other requirements.
- § 375-11.11 Definitions.
- § 375-11.12 Protection for preexisting noncompliance with open space restriction.
- Ch 375 Art 12 Lincoln Park Smart Growth Overlay District (LPSGOD)
- § 375-12.1 Purpose.
- § 375-12.2 Definitions.
- § 375-12.3 Overlay district established.
- § 375-12.4 Applicability of overlay district.
- § 375-12.5 Housing and housing affordability.
- § 375-12.6 Permitted and prohibited uses.
- § 375-12.7 Application for plan approval.
- § 375-12.8 Procedures.
- § 375-12.9 Project phasing.
- § 375-12.10 Dimensional and density requirements.
- § 375-12.11 Parking requirements.
- § 375-12.12 Recharge and stormwater management standards.
- § 375-12.13 Design standards and guidelines.
- § 375-12.14 Action on application.
- § 375-12.15 Change in plans after approval by PAA.
- Ch 375 Art 13 Use of Land
- § 375-13.1 Uses.
- Ch 375 Art 14 Neighborhood Business Districts
- § 375-14.1 Allowed uses.
- § 375-14.2 Special permit uses.
- § 375-14.3 Development standards.
- Ch 375 Art 15 Village Business Districts
- § 375-15.1 Purpose.
- § 375-15.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-15.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-15.4 Development standards.
- § 375-15.5 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 16 Limited Business Districts
- § 375-16.1 Allowed uses.
- § 375-16.2 Special permit uses.
- § 375-16.3 Development standards.
- Ch 375 Art 17 Bliss Corner Mixed Use District
- § 375-17.1 Purpose.
- § 375-17.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-17.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-17.4 Development standards.
- § 375-17.5 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 18 General Business Districts
- § 375-18.1 Purpose.
- § 375-18.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-18.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-18.4 Development standards.
- § 375-18.5 Procedures.
- Ch 375 Art 19 Office Park District
- § 375-19.1 Purpose and intent.
- § 375-19.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-19.3 Development standards.
- Ch 375 Art 20 Maritime Industrial Districts
- § 375-20.1 Purpose.
- § 375-20.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-20.3 Development standards.
- Ch 375 Art 21 Limited Industrial District
- § 375-21.1 Purpose.
- § 375-21.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-21.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-21.4 Development standards.
- § 375-21.5 Procedures.
- Ch 375 Art 22 Office Industrial District
- § 375-22.1 Purpose.
- § 375-22.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-22.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-22.4 Development standards.
- Ch 375 Art 23 General Industrial District
- § 375-23.1 Purpose.
- § 375-23.2 Allowed uses.
- § 375-23.3 Special permit uses.
- § 375-23.4 Development standards.
- § 375-23.5 Procedures.
- Ch 375 Art 24 Site Plan Review
- § 375-24.1 Purpose and applicability.
- § 375-24.2 Procedure.
- § 375-24.3 Off-street parking regulations.
- § 375-24.4 Landscaping.
- § 375-24.5 Drainage.
- § 375-24.6 Lighting.
- § 375-24.7 Architecture.
- § 375-24.8 Conditions.
- Ch 375 Art 25 Signs
- § 375-25.1 Purpose.
- § 375-25.2 Applicability.
- § 375-25.3 Definitions.
- § 375-25.4 Prohibited signs.
- § 375-25.5 Determination of size of signs.
- § 375-25.6 Illumination of signs.
- § 375-25.7 General restrictions and standards.
- § 375-25.8 Design and construction.
- § 375-25.9 General regulations for specific types of signs.
- § 375-25.10 Temporary event signs.
- § 375-25.11 Signs in residential districts.
- § 375-25.12 Signs in Neighborhood, Limited and Village Business Districts.
- § 375-25.13 Signs in Bliss Corner Mixed Use District.
- § 375-25.14 Signs in General Business Districts, Office Park Districts and industrial districts.
- Ch 375 Art 26 Waterfront Overlay District
- § 375-26.1 Purpose.
- § 375-26.2 Waterfront Overlay District boundaries.
- § 375-26.3 Allowed uses.
- § 375-26.4 Special permit uses.
- § 375-26.5 Development standards.
- § 375-26.6 Requirements for grant of special permit.
- Ch 375 Art 27 Floodplain Overlay District
- § 375-27.1 Purpose.
- § 375-27.2 Floodplain Overlay District boundaries.
- § 375-27.3 Definitions.
- § 375-27.4 Federal standards.
- § 375-27.5 Allowed uses.
- § 375-27.6 Design standards.
- § 375-27.7 Exempt uses.
- § 375-27.8 Severability.
- Ch 375 Art 28 Aquifer Protection Overlay District
- § 375-28.1 Purpose.
- § 375-28.2 Applicability.
- § 375-28.3 Criteria defining Aquifer Protection Overlay District Zones.
- § 375-28.4 Aquifer Protection Overlay District and Zone boundaries.
- § 375-28.5 Prohibited uses.
- § 375-28.6 Special permit uses.
- § 375-28.7 Performance standards.
- Ch 375 Art 29 Faunce Corner Overlay District
- § 375-29.1 Purpose; definitions; district boundaries.
- § 375-29.2 Administration.
- Ch 375 Art 30 Minimum Lot Area
- § 375-30.1 Single Residence A and B Districts.
- § 375-30.2 General Residence District.
- § 375-30.3 Limited Business and General Business Districts.
- § 375-30.4 General Business and Office Park Districts.
- § 375-30.5 Neighborhood Business District.
- § 375-30.6 Limited Industrial and General Industrial Districts.
- § 375-30.7 Maritime Industrial District.
- Ch 375 Art 31 Frontage
- § 375-31.1 General Residence, Single Residence A and Single Residence B Districts.
- § 375-31.2 General Business and Office Park Districts.
- § 375-31.3 Limited Industrial and General Industrial Districts.
- § 375-31.4 Neighborhood Business and Limited Business Districts.
- § 375-31.5 Maritime Industrial District.
- Ch 375 Art 32 Percentage of Lot Covered
- § 375-32.1 Residential uses.
- § 375-32.2 General Business District.
- § 375-32.3 Office Park District.
- § 375-32.4 Limited Industrial District.
- § 375-32.5 Lot or building changes.
- § 375-32.6 General Industrial District.
- § 375-32.7 Neighborhood Business District.
- § 375-32.8 Maritime Industrial District.
- Ch 375 Art 33 Setbacks
- § 375-33.1 Purpose.
- § 375-33.2 Minimum setback dimensions.
- § 375-33.3 Intersection sight triangle setback.
- § 375-33.4 Exemptions.
- Ch 375 Art 34 Zoning Enforcement
- § 375-34.1 Zoning Enforcement Officer.
- § 375-34.2 New applications submitted to Zoning Enforcement Officer.
- § 375-34.3 Enforcement.
- § 375-34.4 Violations and penalties.
- § 375-34.5 Appeals.
- Ch 375 Art 35 Location of Automobile Service Stations
- § 375-35.1 Building setback from residence districts.
- § 375-35.2 Driveway setback from residence districts and specified uses.
- § 375-35.3 Filling station setback and on-site location.
- Ch 375 Art 36 Mobile Homes, Recreational Vehicles and Trailers
- § 375-36.1 Exceptions to mobile home prohibition.
- § 375-36.2 Overnight occupancy in public areas.
- § 375-36.3 Mobile home parks.
- § 375-36.4 Storage of trailers and unoccupied recreational vehicles.
- § 375-36.5 Non-conforming mobile homes.
- Ch 375 Art 37 Commercial Dumps or Landfills
- § 375-37.1 Prohibited uses; exceptions.
- Ch 375 Art 38 Hazardous Waste Facilities
- § 375-38.1 Operation prohibited.
- Ch 375 Art 39 Radioactive Waste
- § 375-39.1 Prohibited uses.
- Ch 375 Art 40 Residential Wind Turbine By-Law
- § 375-40.1 Purpose and intent.
- § 375-40.2 Definitions.
- § 375-40.3 Use regulations; site control; dimensional requirements.
- § 375-40.4 Special permit granting regulations.
- § 375-40.5 Modifications.
- § 375-40.6 Maintenance.
- § 375-40.7 Term of special permit.
- § 375-40.8 Application procedures.
- § 375-40.9 Change of owner.
- § 375-40.10 Severability.
- Ch 375 Art 41 Land-Based Commercial Wind Turbine
- § 375-41.1 Purpose and intent.
- § 375-41.2 Definitions.
- § 375-41.3 Use regulations; site control; dimensional requirements.
- § 375-41.4 Special permit granting regulations.
- § 375-41.5 Modifications.
- § 375-41.6 Monitoring and maintenance.
- § 375-41.7 Term of special permit.
- § 375-41.8 Application procedures.
- § 375-41.9 Abandonment or discontinuation of use.
- § 375-41.10 Change of owner.
- § 375-41.11 Severability.
- Ch 375 Art 42 Land-Based Municipal Wind Turbine
- § 375-42.1 Purpose and intent.
- § 375-42.2 Definitions.
- § 375-42.3 Use regulations; dimensional requirements; other standards.
- § 375-42.4 Severability.
- Ch 375 Art 43 Board of Appeals
- § 375-43.1 Establishment and organization.
- § 375-43.2 Variances.
- § 375-43.3 Use variances.
- Ch 375 Art 44 Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations
- § 375-44.1 Purpose.
- § 375-44.2 Applicability.
- § 375-44.3 General requirements.
- § 375-44.4 Design standards.
- § 375-44.5 Monitoring and maintenance.
- § 375-44.6 Abandonment or decommissioning.
- § 375-44.7 Definitions.
- Ch 375 Art 45 Permission of Board of Appeals
- § 375-45.1 Board of Appeals as special permit granting authority; procedures.
- § 375-45.2 Other permits by Board of Appeals.
- Ch 375 Art 46 Other Special Permit Granting Authority
- § 375-46.1 Planning Board.
- § 375-46.2 Board of Selectmen.
- Ch 375 Art 47 Amendments
- § 375-47.1 Public hearing.
- § 375-47.2 Initiation of amendment.
- Ch 375 Art 48 Effective Dates of Bylaw
- § 375-48.1 When effective.
- Ch 375 Art 49 Variations in Laws
- § 375-49.1 Greater restrictions to control.
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Dartmouth.
Historical information for the Zoning By-Law prior to 2014 is contained
in the document "Zoning By-Law Approval Dates" included as an attachment
to this chapter. Amendments since 2014 are noted in the text. The
recodification of the By-Law was adopted at the 6-5-2018 ATM by Art.
22, approved 9-10-2018.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Earth and soil removal — See Ch. 184.
Farming — See Ch. 192.
Historic preservation — See Ch. 209.
Signs — See Ch. 298.
Wetlands — See Ch. 360.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Zoning By-Law Approval Dates
