For the purpose of this section, the following uses shall be considered as business or commercial uses, and all buildings designed, arranged or constructed for, or occupied by, one or more of such uses shall be considered as business or commercial buildings.
1. 
Any of the uses permitted in Limited Business, General Business, Commercial, Office Park or Limited Industrial Districts but not permitted in Single Residence A, B, C and D Districts (with or without Board of Appeals authorization).
2. 
Any of the following single residence district uses, where permitted, in a Limited Business, General Business, Commercial or Limited Industrial District:
a. 
Child care center or school aged child care program;
b. 
Long term care facility;
c. 
Commercial golf course;
d. 
Salesroom or stand for the display and sale of agricultural or horticultural products.
6.2.1. 
Signs in Single Residence Districts. In a Single Residence A, B, C, and D District, the following exterior signs are permitted:
1. 
One sign for each dwelling unit on the premises indicating the owner or occupant or pertaining to a permitted home occupation provided that such sign does not exceed six inches in width and 24 inches in length. Such sign may be white lighted but shall not be flashing.
2. 
One sign not over nine square feet in area pertaining only to permitted uses and buildings on the premises as listed in "Single Residential District Uses" Section of the Lynnfield Zoning bylaws but specifically not including number 1, 9, and 10 of that "Single Residential District Uses" Section.[1] Provided that no such sign is located within 20 feet of any exterior way line or lot line. Such sign may be white lighted but shall not be flashing.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original.
3. 
One temporary unlighted sign not over nine square feet in area pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises provided that no such sign is located within 10 feet of any exterior way line or lot line.
6.2.2. 
Signs in Limited Business Districts. In a Limited Business, Limited Industrial and Office Park District, two exterior signs pertaining to permitted buildings, structures and uses existing at the time on the premises is permitted, provided that:
1. 
One sign attached flat against a wall of the building and fronting on the principal way, a parking space in the rear, or, in the case of a building on a corner lot, on that portion of the side of the wall within 50 feet of the exterior line of the principal way. In no case shall such sign project above the roof line. Such sign may be white lighted but shall not be flashing. Such sign may not exceed in total area two square feet for each linear foot of store front. In any case, such sign may not exceed 75 square feet.
2. 
A directory-type sign for identification of the several tenants or occupants in the area may be placed in a prominent place for the benefit of foot vehicular traffic. Each tenant will be allotted for his identification on the sign an area not in excess of 24 inches horizontally and six inches vertically (144 square inches) and the total area of the sign shall not exceed 10 square feet. Other ornaments may not protrude from the sign more than four inches in any direction with the exception of hardware necessary to attach the sign to a post. Such a sign should be in good taste and may be white lighted indirectly, but may not be lighted by flashing or intermittent lights. Said sign shall be placed in a safe location at the normal entrance to the area in which the tenants or occupants are located and also be located so as not to obstruct the normal vision of traffic. Said sign shall not be suspended or placed so as to overhang a public or private way and will be no higher at its lower extremity than three feet above the ground. Permission for the installation of any directory sign not attached to a building will be in writing from the fee holder of title and accompany any request for a permit or variance. Said request to include a scale drawing of the proposed sign and said permit, when issued, shall indicate that the permit for said sign may be revoked by the Building Inspector if it is not properly maintained.
6.2.3. 
Signs in General Business and Commercial Districts. In a General Business and Commercial District, exterior signs pertaining to permitted buildings, structures and uses existing at the time on the premises are permitted, provided that:
1. 
One sign is attached flat against a wall of the building and fronts on the principal way, a parking space in the rear, or in the case of a building on a corner lot, on that portion of the side of the wall within 50 feet of the exterior line of the principal way. Such sign may not exceed in total area three square feet for each linear foot of store front, and in no case may exceed 100 square feet.
2. 
One additional sign not attached to the building, which may be double faced. Each face may not exceed the lesser of one square foot for each two linear feet of lot frontage or one square foot for each 100 square feet of ground floor area in the building or buildings located on the premises. In no case is this sign to be larger than 150 square feet per side nor to exceed 15 feet in height including standard.
6.2.4. 
Signs in Limited Industrial Districts. See "Signs in Limited Business Districts."[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.2.2.
6.2.5. 
Signs in Housing for the Elderly Districts.
1. 
One sign at each vehicular entrance to the district provided that such sign does not exceed six inches in width and 24 inches in length. Such sign may be nonflashing white lighted.
2. 
One sign attached flat against the wall of one building and fronting on the principal way. Such sign shall not exceed nine square feet and may be nonflashing white lighted.
6.2.6. 
Signs in Office Park Districts. See "Signs in Limited Business Districts."[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.2.2.
6.2.7. 
Standards Applicable in All Districts. The sections on sign regulations are intended to ensure that all signs are located, designed, sized, constructed, installed, and maintained in a way that protects and promotes safety, health, aesthetics, and the public welfare, including impact upon residential property value, while allowing adequate communication.
1. 
Signs shall neither contain moving elements nor convey the appearance of movement, whether by changing pixilation or any other physical or electronic representation of movement.
6.3.1. 
General. In all districts, except the Elderly Housing District, no business or commercial building shall be constructed or externally enlarged, and no business or commercial use shall be established or expanded in ground area, unless there is provided on the lot or land associated therewith and within 300 feet of such building or use, off-street automobile parking spaces in compliance with the following.
6.3.2. 
Parking Space Dimensions. For the purposes of this section, an off-street parking space shall contain 180 square feet of appropriate dimensions for the parking of an automobile, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
6.3.3. 
Computation. In the case of mixed uses in the same building or on the same lot, or the joint use of spaces by two or more separate buildings or uses, the total requirements for off-street parking space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various buildings and uses computed separately. Required parking spaces shall be located, graded, drained and otherwise constructed in accordance with the site plan hereinafter required, shall be provided and maintained with a dust-free surface, and shall be permanently available for use by the customers, patrons, and employees of the establishment with which connected.
6.3.4. 
Table of Parking Requirements.
Use
Number of Spaces Required
Retail stores, showrooms or salesrooms, wholesale showrooms, consumer, professional or commercial service establishments, offices or banks
At least one off-street parking space for each 180 square feet of ground floor area of the building plus one additional space for each 360 square feet of floor area in all stories above the first story
Restaurants and other places for the serving of food or beverages and theaters and other places of amusement or assembly
At least one off-street parking space for each 180 square feet of ground floor area of the building plus one additional space for each 360 square feet of floor area in all stories above the first story, or at least one off-street parking space for each three seats provided for patron use, whichever requires the greater number of parking spaces
Shops of the building trades, printing and publishing establishments, and all storage, manufacturing or other uses first specifically listed herein in a Commercial or Limited Industrial District
At least one off-street parking space for each two persons employed or anticipated being employed, on the largest shift
Motor vehicle service stations, drive-in establishments, open-air retail businesses (including open-air amusements)
Sufficient off-street parking spaces to accommodate the automobiles of customers, patrons and employees (Frequent parking of such automobiles within a public or private way adjacent to the premises will be considered as evidence of the inadequacy of the off-street spaces provided in connection therewith.)
6.3.5. 
Elderly Housing District. In an Elderly Housing District, no housing shall be constructed unless there is provided on the lot or land associated therewith off-street parking totaling at least four parking spaces as above defined for each three units contained in such residence buildings.
6.4.1. 
General. All vehicular access to and from any lot on which a business or commercial building or use is located (including accessory off-street parking spaces) shall be through designated driveway openings.
6.4.2. 
Dimensions. Driveway openings shall have a width of not more than 20 feet at the exterior line of the public or private way, and not more than one opening for entrance and one opening for exit (which may be contiguous with a total width of 40 feet) shall be permitted along any way for each 200 feet of lot frontage on said way, if in a Limited Business District, or for each 300 feet of lot frontage on said way, if in a General Business, Commercial, Office Park of Limited Industrial District.
6.4.3. 
Lots with Deficient Frontage. In the case of a lot having less than the specified frontage along the exterior line of a way, a total of not more than two designated driveway openings shall be permitted (one of which shall be for entrance and the other for exit), provided that:
1. 
Said lot was laid out by deed or conveyance or shown on a duly recorded plan prior to the effective date of the bylaw, provided that on such date said lot did not adjoin other land of the same owner available for use in connection with said lot; or
2. 
Said driveway openings are used or to be used in common by two or more lots having a total continuous frontage on the way of at least the amount specified for a single lot; or
3. 
Said driveway openings are at the exterior line of a private way whose primary function, in the opinion of the Board of Appeals, is to provide access to premises located in nonresidential districts, and a variance from these requirements is accordingly authorized by said Board.
6.4.4. 
Elderly Housing District. In a Housing for the Elderly District, driveways within each lot, including those for ingress and egress, shall be 30 feet in width, with 20 feet paved for the use of vehicles and with two sidewalks each five feet in width. Adequate lighting shall be provided for driveways, and driveways and parking areas shall be suitably graded and provided and maintained with permanent dust-free surface, adequate drainage and bumper guards when needed for safety. Off-street parking shall not be allowed between buildings and side lot lines.
6.5.1. 
Purpose. For reasons of safety and the reduction of light trespass, glare and light pollution, all outdoor lighting fixtures except those installed for municipal purposes, and with the further exception of lighting regulated by the Off-Street Parking section,[1] whether ground, pole, or wall-mounted, shall be subject to the following regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.3.
6.5.2. 
Definitions. See Definitions section under "Outdoor Lighting."[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Section 11.5.
6.5.3. 
Residential Districts. Residential lighting shall be steady, stationary, and when necessary shielded so as to avoid causing glare for motorists, pedestrians, or neighboring premises. The marginal increase in light, as measured at a property line other than a street line, shall not exceed 0.5 footcandle.
6.5.4. 
All Other Districts (Excluding Overlay Districts); Height. The following limitations on height shall be observed by all uses except illuminations for public recreation on public land.
Maximum Luminaire Mounting Height (to Bottom of Luminaire)
LB District
All Other Districts
Fixture Type I
15 feet
Fixture Type II
20 feet
20 feet
Fixture Type III
25 feet
30 feet
6.5.5. 
All Other Districts (Excluding Overlay Districts); Overspill Limitations. The following limitations on illumination overspill shall be observed by all uses except illuminations for public recreation on public land.
Maximum Off-Site Overspill (footcandles, FC)
LB District
All Other Districts
Fixture Type I
0.2 FC
Fixture Type II
0.5 FC
0.5 FC
Fixture Type III
0.5 FC
1.0 FC
6.5.6. 
All Other Districts (Excluding Overlay Districts); Maximum Light. In all nonresidential districts (except Housing for the Elderly and overlay districts) the amount of light under any fixture shall not exceed 20 footcandles.
6.6.1. 
General. The districts' respective uses (whether or not requiring Board of Appeals authorization), and all uses accessory thereto, shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except as follows.
6.6.2. 
Residential Districts.
1. 
All those uses permitted in Residence A, B, C and D Districts unless specified elsewhere.
6.6.3. 
Limited Business District.
1. 
All those uses listed in "Residential districts."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.6.2.
2. 
Accessory outdoor dining areas.
3. 
Plants growing in the soil.
4. 
Parking lots for passenger automobiles.
5. 
Exterior signs, as hereinafter permitted.
6. 
Exterior lights installed in compliance with the Outdoor lighting section.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.5.
7. 
The dispensing of fuels, lubricants or fluids at automobile service stations.
6.6.4. 
General Business District.
1. 
All those uses listed in "Limited Business District."[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.6.3.
2. 
The service of food or beverages or the dispensing of merchandise from a completely enclosed building to persons outside at drive-in establishments.
6.6.5. 
Commercial District. In a Commercial District all open storage of junk, scrap metal, rags, waste paper, and similar used materials shall be completely screened from view at normal eye level from any public or private way or from any premises. Any other use conducted outside a completely enclosed building, except an open use permitted in General Business Districts, shall, if visible at normal eye level from any point within a Single Residence A, B, C and D District and less than 200 feet distant, be completely screened from such view, unless separated from said district by a railroad or by a public or private way having a width of 40 feet or more. Screening required under this subsection shall be by an evergreen planting, fence, or other attractive suitable visual barrier.
6.6.6. 
Industrial District. The open storage of goods, products, materials or equipment, where accessory to a permitted main use conducted in a completely enclosed building on the same premises, subject to the condition that the total ground area devoted to such open use does not exceed 25% of the ground area covered by said building and that this open use does not come nearer than 100 feet from the boundary of a Single Residence A, B, C or D District.
1. 
In a Limited Industrial District all open storage of junk, scrap metal, rags, waste paper, and similar used materials shall be completely screened from view at normal eye level from any public or private way or from any premises. Any other use conducted outside a completely enclosed building, except an open use permitted in General Business Districts, shall, if visible at normal eye level from any point within a Single Residence A, B, C and D District and less than 200 feet distant, be completely screened from such view, unless separated from said district by a railroad or by a public or private way having a width of 40 feet or more. Screening required under this subsection shall be by an evergreen planting, fence, or other attractive suitable visual barrier.
6.6.7. 
Housing for the Elderly Districts. None, unless specified elsewhere in the bylaw.
6.6.8. 
Office Park Districts. None unless specified elsewhere in the bylaw.
1. 
There shall be provided a landscaped buffer strip of 50 feet on all sides of the property, except where the development adjoins existing development within a Single Residence A, B, C or D District, such buffer strip shall be increased to 100 feet. A landscaped buffer shall consist of existing natural vegetation or new plantings, or combinations thereof, which will form a year-round dense screen at least six feet high within three years.