For the purpose of this chapter, the City of Haverhill is hereby
divided into zoning districts to be designated as follows:
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Residential
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Rural Special
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RS
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Rural Density
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RR
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Low Density
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RL
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Medium Density
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RM
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High Density
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RH
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Urban Density
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RU
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Commercial
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Neighborhood
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CN
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Highway
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CH
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General
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CG
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Central
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CC
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Medical Services
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CM
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Business
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Business Park
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BP
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Business General
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BG
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Office Park
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OP
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[Amended 7-13-2021 by Doc. 69-B; 11-1-2022 by Doc. 108]
The following special/overlay districts are also hereby established
and described in Section 9.0 of this chapter:
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Floodplain Overlay District
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FPOD
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Watershed Protection Overlay District
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WPOD
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Downtown Smart Growth Overlay District
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DSGOD
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Merrimack Street Gateway Renaissance Overlay District
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MSGROD
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Campus Area Development District
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CADD
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Licensed Marijuana Establishment Overlay Zone
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LMEOZ
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Medical Marijuana Overlay District
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MMOD
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Water Supply Protection Overlay District
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WSPOD
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Waterfront District
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WD
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Boston Road Planned Residential Development District
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BRPRD
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Oxford Crossing Planned Residential Development District
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OCPRD
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The location and boundaries of the zoning districts are hereby
established as shown on a map entitled "Zoning with Watershed &
Index Map," dated 2017, prepared by the City's Engineering Department,
as may be amended, which accompanies and is hereby declared to be
a part of this chapter. The authenticity of the Zoning Map shall be
identified by the signature of the City Clerk and the imprinted Seal
of the City.
The abbreviation "PL" means property line (lot line) as lawfully
recorded and in effect at the effective date of this chapter. The
abbreviation "CL" means center line and "CI" means center of intersection.
1.
Any change in the location of boundaries of a zoning district
hereafter made through the amendments of this chapter shall be indicated
by the alteration of such map, and the map thus altered is declared
to be part of the chapter thus amended. The Zoning Map shall be drawn
at a scale of one inch to 1,200 feet with ink on stable material.
The Planning Board and the City Council shall, prior to their hearing
on any amendment to this chapter where there is a change to the Map,
cause notice of such hearing to be published and sent to parties of
interest pursuant to § 1.6.
2.
In order to maintain the up-to-date Zoning Map, the following
procedures shall be followed. The Zoning Map shall be the original
Mylar which shall be placed in the vault under the custody of the
City Clerk, and the official copy of which shall be located in the
office of the Building Commissioner. Upon passage of a zoning amendment
affecting district boundaries, the City Engineer, at the direction
of the Building Commissioner, shall make permanent changes to the
original reproducible Zoning Map Mylar and provide copies of the corrected
map to the Building Commissioner, City Clerk, City Engineer, City
Council office and Planning Department. The date of all changes and
the authority for such changes shall be noted on the map, and copies
provided to each of the cited offices.
Where any uncertainty exists with respect to the boundary of
any district as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules apply:
1.
Where a boundary is indicated as a street, alley, railroad,
watercourse or other body of water, it shall be construed to be the
center line or middle thereof, or where such boundary approximates
a City boundary, then to the limits of the City boundary.
2.
Where a boundary is indicated as following approximately or
parallel to a street, railroad, watercourse or other body of water,
it shall be construed to be parallel to the center line thereof and
at such distance from such center line as shown on the Zoning Map.
If no dimension is given, such distance shall be determined by the
use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.
3.
Where a dimensioned boundary coincides within 20 feet or less
with a lot line, the boundary shall be construed to be the lot line.
4.
Where a boundary is indicated as intersecting the center line
of a street, railroad, watercourse or other water body, and unless
it is otherwise indicated, it shall be construed to intersect at right
angles to the tangent to the curve at the point of intersection.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot of record at the
time such line is adopted, the regulations for the less restricted
portion of such lot shall extend not more than 30 feet into the more
restricted portion by special permit from the City Council.
