[Amended 6-16-1997, AG approved 8-11-1997; 6-16-2003, AG approved 9-9-2003; 10-10-2006 STM, AG approved 11-6-2006; 6-23-2020 STM, AG approved 9-18-2020]
For the purposes of this bylaw, the Town of Lakeville is hereby divided into the following types of use districts:
A. 
Residential.
B. 
Business.
C. 
Industrial.
D. 
Floodplain Protection (Overlay).
E. 
Water Resource Protection (Overlay).
F. 
Planned Special Purpose (Overlay).
G. 
Industrial-B.
H. 
Mixed Use Development District (Overlay).
I. 
The Residences at Lakeville Station Smart Growth Overlay District (SGOD).
J. 
Marijuana Overlay District.
[Amended 6-16-1997, AG approved 8-11-1997; 6-16-2003, AG approved 9-9-2003; 10-10-2006 STM, AG approved 11-6-2006; 6-15-2015, AG approved 9-11-2015; 6-23-2020 STM, AG approved 9-18-2020]
A. 
The Residential, Business and Industrial Districts shall be shown on a map entitled "Map of the Town of Lakeville, Massachusetts, to accompany Protective Bylaw," dated March 10, 1958, as adopted and amended by vote of the Town. Said map, identified as to the date of adoption and the dates of adoption of any amendments and certified by the Town Seal and signature of the Town Clerk, together with any other maps which may be adopted as parts thereof by vote of the Town, shall be a part of this bylaw.
B. 
The original of said map shall be kept in the custody of the Town Clerk, who may cause to be made and, if necessary, certify as to correctness copies thereof for use by the Town or for sale.
C. 
The Floodplain District is herein established as an overlay district. The district includes all special flood hazard areas within Town of Lakeville designated as Zone A, AE, AH, AO, A99, V, or VE on the Plymouth County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) dated July 6, 2021, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program. The exact boundaries of the district shall be defined by the 1%-chance base flood elevations shown on the FIRM and further defined by the Plymouth County Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report dated July 6, 2021. The FIRM and FIS report are incorporated herein by reference and are on file with the Town Clerk, Planning Board, Building Official and Conservation Commission.
[Amended 5-10-2021 ATM by Art. 7, AG approved 8-16-2021]
D. 
The Water Resource Protection District shall be considered to be superimposed over the entire Town.
E. 
The Planned Special Purpose District shall be bounded as follows:
(1) 
Northerly by Middleborough/Lakeville Town Line.
(2) 
Easterly by Route 18, Bedford Street.
(3) 
Southerly by Taunton Street.
(4) 
Westerly by Cross Street.
F. 
Industrial-B.
(1) 
Any area rezoned industrial which, at the time of acceptance of this zone, having one-third or more of all existing road frontage through the zone currently in lesser use.
(2) 
To change any currently zoned land to Industrial-B shall require the use of all rules and regulations as presently established by the Lakeville Zoning Bylaw.
G. 
Mixed Use Development District (Lakeville Hospital). Refer to § 270-7.5A for district designation.
H. 
"The Residences at Lakeville Station Smart Growth Overlay District" and Zoning Map by placing the parcels of land comprised of approximately 10.87 acres, more or less, and shown of Lakeville Assessor's maps as Parcels 62-3-7A, 62-3-7B, 62-3-7G, 62-3-101, and 62-3-10J within the newly created "The Residences at Lakeville Station Smart Growth Overlay District."
I. 
The Marijuana Overlay District shall be comprised of parcels located within the Town's Industrial District as shown on the Town's Zoning Map.
Whenever a road, way, right-of-way, railroad or comparable man-made or man-designed area or feature, or any pond, stream, river, swamp, bog, marsh, or other body of water or comparable natural or quasi-natural geographic features are shown on the Zoning Map as a boundary between districts of different zoning, the geographic district boundary shall be on the center line of such feature. Any such feature lying totally within a designated zone shall be zoned as the other land around it. No part of the land or water area within the Town shall be unzoned.