[5-6-2013 ATM; amended 5-6-2019 ATM, Art. 30]
The following section classifies uses within the Business District
A; "gsf" is gross square feet (including all office and storage areas).
Mixed-use buildings that contain both nonresidential and residential
uses are allowed as indicated in this section. For businesses that
contain two or more of the uses listed below the more restrictive
permit requirement applies. Uses not identified within this section
are prohibited.
A. Residential
uses. Use indicates the maximum number of dwellings allowed on a lot.
(1) Allowed
by right:
(a) One-family dwelling with associated outbuildings.
(b) One-family dwelling (above nonresidential).
(c) Two-family dwelling (above nonresidential).
(2) Allowed
by special permit:
(a) Multifamily (three dwellings maximum or one dwelling per 15,000 square
feet of lot area to a maximum of six units, whichever is greater,
above nonresidential). The SPGA may impose such additional conditions
as it finds reasonably appropriate to safeguard the neighborhood or
otherwise serve the purpose of this bylaw, including but not limited
to the maximum number of occupants, maximum number of rooms, modification
of driveway or parking spaces to provide adequate off-street parking,
etc.
(b) Assisted living/nursing home.
B. Commercial
uses.
(1) Allowed
by right:
(a) Convenience stores, zero to 5,000 gsf.
(d) Banks, zero to 5,000 gsf.
(e) Private club, provided that the club is managed and controlled by
the membership and whose chief activity is not a service customarily
carried on as a business. Customary functions of bona fide country
clubs, sportsman clubs, amateur dramatic clubs, social or educational
clubs and the like shall not be prohibited.
(f) Business or professional offices.
(g) Retail sales and services, zero to 5,000 gsf.
(2) Allowed
by special permit:
(a) Pharmacies, zero to 5,000 gsf.
(c) Retail sales and services, 5,001 to 12,000 gsf.
(d) Personal services, zero to 5,000 gsf.
(e) Restaurants (drive-thru service prohibited; see Subsection
E, General provisions).
(f) Outdoor seating associated with restaurants or cafes subject to applicable
licensing requirements.
(g) Movie house (maximum of two screens).
(h) Liquor stores, zero to 5,000 gsf.
(i) Outdoor markets subject to applicable licensing requirements.
(j) Indoor recreational facilities.
(k) Hotel/inn (10 rooms maximum).
(3) Not
allowed:
(a) Convenience stores over 5,000 gsf.
(b) Pharmacies over 5,000 gsf.
(d) Personal services over 5,000 gsf.
(e) Liquor stores over 5,000 gsf.
(h) Gasoline and service stations.
(i) Automobile sales and repair.
C. Community
service uses.
(1) Allowed
by right:
(c) Protected uses under MGL c. 40A, § 3.
(d) Other institutional, educational, recreational, philanthropic or
religious use, provided that such building or use:
[1] Is not a business undertaking;
[2] Is not one where the chief activity is to service delinquent, criminal,
or mentally ill persons; or
[3] Is not customarily carried on as a business.
(2) Allowed
by special permit:
(a) Public utility buildings.
(3) Not
allowed:
(a) Medical marijuana treatment center or similar facility.
D. Accessory
uses/home occupations. Provided the use is conducted by a person residing
at the premises and the use is not injurious or offensive to the neighborhood
because of the emission of odors, fumes, dust, noise, smoke, vibrations
or other causes.
(1) Allowed
by right:
(c) Artist/craft manufacturing.
(f) Service business. The business shall be conducted principally away
from the premises.
(g) Bed-and-breakfast inn (four lodgers maximum).
(2) Allowed
by special permit:
E. General
provisions.
(1) Allowed
by special permit:
(a) Operation of a business between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
(2) Not
allowed:
(a) Drive-thru windows associated with any use.
(b) Drive-up ATMs associated with any use.
(c) Outdoor storage (excludes short-term retail display).