For the purpose of this Bylaw, the Town is divided into the
zoning districts set forth below:
RESIDENTIAL:
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RR - Rural Residential
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BUSINESS:
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BA - Business A
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BB - Business B
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INDUSTRIAL:
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M - Manufacturing
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[Amended 3-20-2023 STM by Art. 1]
In addition, the following overlay districts are also hereby established in Articles
VII,
XVI,
XVII, and
XX:
FOD - Floodplain Overlay District
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APOD - Aquifer Protection Overlay District
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WCOD - Wireless Communication Overlay District
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MEOD - Marijuana Establishment Overlay District
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The boundaries of each of the said districts are hereby established
as shown on the map entitled, Swansea, Massachusetts, Zoning District
Map, with revisions as of September 26, 1953 and adopted October 26,
1953, or as thereafter amended, which map is attached to and made
a part of this bylaw as if fully described and detailed herein. The
said map shall be filed in the custody of the Town Clerk of Swansea
and may be examined by the public, subject to any reasonable regulations
established by the town clerk.
The following provisions shall govern interpretation of the
Zoning Map:
A. Whenever zoning areas are set forth or described in more than one
manner, the worded description of said area will govern and control.
B. Where the boundary lines are shown upon said map within the street
lines of public or private ways, the center lines of such ways shall
be the boundary lines.
C. Where the boundary lines are shown approximately at the location
of property or lot lines, and the exact location of property, lot
or boundary lines is not indicated by means of figures, then the property
or lot lines shall be the boundary lines. However, no subsequent property
or lot changes after the adoption of this bylaw will change the zoning
district's boundaries without a corresponding zoning map amendment.
D. Boundary lines located outside of such street lines and shown approximately
parallel thereto shall be regarded as parallel to such street lines;
and figures placed upon said map between such boundary lines and street
lines are the distances in feet of such boundary lines from street
lines, such distances being measured at right angles to such street
lines unless otherwise indicated.
E. In all cases which are not covered by the other provisions of this
section, the location of boundary lines shall be determined by the
distance in feet, if given, from other lines upon said map, or, if
distances are not given, then by the scale of said map.
F. Where a boundary line divides a lot, the regulations for the less
restricted portion of such lot may extend 30 feet into the more restricted
portion by special permit granted by the Board of Appeals, if the
lot has a street frontage in the less restricted district; otherwise,
there shall be no extension.
G. Whenever any uncertainty exists as to the exact location of a boundary
line, the location of such line shall be interpreted by the building
inspector provided, however, that any person aggrieved by this decision
may appeal to the board of appeals in interpreting the line.