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Town of Hopkinton, MA
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Zoning Bylaw
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Chapter 210 Zoning
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Chapter 210
Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Hopkinton
9-28-1959
STM by Art. 7
. The recodification of the Zoning Bylaw as Chapter 210 was approved
5-2-2000
ATM by Art. 21 (see Ch. 1, Art. IV)
. Amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Appendix A - Dimensional Requirements
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 210-1
Zoning districts.
§ 210-2
Zoning Map.
§ 210-3
General applicability.
§ 210-4
Definitions.
ARTICLE II
Residence A (RA) District
§ 210-5
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-6
Permitted uses.
§ 210-7
Uses allowed by special permit.
ARTICLE III
Residence B (RB) District
§ 210-8
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-9
Permitted uses.
§ 210-10
Uses allowed by special permit.
ARTICLE IV
Residence Lake Front (RLF) District
§ 210-11
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-12
Permitted uses.
§ 210-13
Uses allowed by special permit.
ARTICLE V
Agricultural (A) District
§ 210-14
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-15
Permitted uses.
§ 210-16
Uses allowed by special permit.
ARTICLE VI
Business (B) District
§ 210-17
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-18
Permitted uses.
§ 210-19
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-20
(Reserved)
ARTICLE VIA
Downtown Business (BD) District
§ 210-20.1
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-20.2
Permitted uses.
§ 210-20.3
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-20.4
Off-street parking.
ARTICLE VII
Rural Business (BR) District
§ 210-21
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-22
Dimensional requirements.
§ 210-23
Permitted uses.
§ 210-24
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-25
(Reserved)
§ 210-26
Design requirements.
ARTICLE VIII
Industrial A (IA) District
§ 210-27
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-28
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-29
Loading zone.
§ 210-30
Outdoor storage and/or display of merchandise or equipment.
§ 210-31
Landscaping and screening.
§ 210-32
Limitation on principal front of buildings.
§ 210-33
(Reserved)
§ 210-34
Uses permitted by right.
§ 210-35
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-36
(Reserved)
§ 210-37
(Reserved)
ARTICLE VIIIA
Industrial B (IB) District
§ 210-37.1
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-37.2
Size and setback requirements.
§ 210-37.3
Loading zone.
§ 210-37.4
Outdoor storage and/or display of merchandise or equipment.
§ 210-37.5
Landscaping and screening.
§ 210-37.6
Limitation on principal front of buildings.
§ 210-37.7
(Reserved)
§ 210-37.8
Uses permitted by right.
§ 210-37.9
Uses allowed by special permit.
ARTICLE IX
Professional Office (P) District
§ 210-38
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-39
Permitted uses.
§ 210-40
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-41
Prohibited uses.
§ 210-42
Dimensional requirements.
§ 210-43
Outdoor storage and/or display of merchandise or equipment.
§ 210-44
Off-street parking.
§ 210-45
Open land.
§ 210-46
(Reserved)
§ 210-47
Design.
§ 210-48
Site plan review.
ARTICLE X
Floodplain District
§ 210-49
Purpose.
§ 210-50
District delineation.
§ 210-50.1
Floodplain Administrator.
§ 210-51
Definitions.
§ 210-52
Use regulations.
§ 210-53
Permitted uses.
§ 210-54
Special Permits.
§ 210-55
Subdivision standards.
§ 210-56
Additional requirements, regulations, and duties.
ARTICLE XI
Inclusionary Development Bylaw
§ 210-57
Purpose and intent.
§ 210-58
Applicability.
§ 210-59
Administration.
§ 210-60
Mandatory provision of affordable units.
§ 210-61
Provisions applicable to affordable housing units on-and off-site.
§ 210-62
Fees-in-lieu-of affordable housing unit provision.
§ 210-63
Conflict with other bylaws.
§ 210-64
through § 210-66. (Reserved)
ARTICLE XII
Water Resources Protection Overlay District
§ 210-67
Purpose.
§ 210-68
Applicability and establishment of districts.
§ 210-69
Definitions.
§ 210-70
Use regulations.
§ 210-71
Special permits.
§ 210-71A
Use variances.
§ 210-71B
Enforcement.
ARTICLE XIII
Garden Apartments in Residential Districts
§ 210-72
Planning, design, conservation and development objectives.
§ 210-73
Definitions.
§ 210-74
Regulations and requirements.
§ 210-75
Administration.
ARTICLE XIIIA
Village Housing in Residential Districts
§ 210-75.1
Planning, design, conservation and development objectives.
§ 210-75.2
Definitions.
§ 210-75.3
Regulations and requirements.
§ 210-75.4
Administration.
ARTICLE XIV
Campus Style Development (CSD) District
§ 210-76
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-77
Applicability.
§ 210-78
General requirements.
§ 210-79
Dimensional requirements.
§ 210-80
Off-street parking.
§ 210-81
Permitted uses.
§ 210-82
(Reserved)
§ 210-83
Open land.
§ 210-84
Design.
§ 210-85
Application and review process.
§ 210-86
Special permit criteria.
§ 210-87
Fees.
§ 210-88
(Reserved)
ARTICLE XV
Adult Uses
§ 210-89
Preamble and purpose.
§ 210-90
Definitions.
§ 210-91
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-92
Applicability.
§ 210-93
General requirements.
§ 210-94
Application information.
§ 210-95
Hours of operation.
§ 210-96
Special permits.
§ 210-97
Use violative of other laws prohibited.
§ 210-98
Severability.
ARTICLE XVI
Wireless Communications Facilities
§ 210-99
Purpose.
§ 210-100
General requirements.
§ 210-101
Regulations.
§ 210-102
Design guidelines.
§ 210-103
Application procedure.
§ 210-104
Special permit criteria.
§ 210-105
Exemptions.
ARTICLE XVII
Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development
§ 210-106
Purpose.
§ 210-107
Applicability.
§ 210-108
General requirements.
§ 210-109
Permitted uses.
§ 210-110
Minimum requirements.
§ 210-111
Intensity regulations.
§ 210-112
Development standards.
§ 210-113
Open space use and design standards.
§ 210-114
Common open space ownership and management.
§ 210-115
Application and review process.
§ 210-116
(Reserved)
ARTICLE XVIII
Supplementary Regulations
§ 210-117
Minimum lot frontage and area.
§ 210-117.1
Lots in two or more residence.
§ 210-117.2
Lots with historic structures.
§ 210-118
Setbacks.
§ 210-119
Yards.
§ 210-119.1
Driveways.
§ 210-119.2
Highway buffer.
§ 210-120
Common driveways.
§ 210-121
Maximum heights.
§ 210-121.1
Buffers around nonresidential uses in residential districts.
§ 210-122
Earth removal.
§ 210-123
Trailers.
§ 210-124
Off-street parking.
§ 210-124.1
Electric vehicle parking.
§ 210-125
Conversions of residential property.
§ 210-126
Accessory dwelling unit.
§ 210-126.1
Residential subdivisions of 10 acres or more.
§ 210-126.2
Duplexes.
§ 210-126.3
Animal shelters.
§ 210-126.4
Dog day care facilities.
ARTICLE XIX
Nonconforming Lots, Uses and Structures
§ 210-127
Continued use of existing uses.
§ 210-128
Changes to existing lots, uses and structures.
§ 210-129
Abandonment.
§ 210-130
Reversion.
§ 210-131
Destruction.
§ 210-132
Existing special permit uses not nonconforming.
ARTICLE XX
Site Plan Review
§ 210-133
Purpose.
§ 210-134
Definitions.
§ 210-135
Procedure.
§ 210-136
(Reserved)
§ 210-136.1
Site plan standards.
§ 210-136.2
Decision criteria.
§ 210-137
Conditions of approval; building permits.
§ 210-138
Performance guarantee.
§ 210-139
Duration of approval.
§ 210-140
Fees.
ARTICLE XXI
Design Review
§ 210-141
Purpose.
§ 210-142
Design Review Board.
§ 210-143
Applicability and authority.
§ 210-144
Design criteria.
§ 210-145
Design guidelines.
ARTICLE XXII
Board of Appeals
§ 210-146
Board of Appeals.
§ 210-147
Filing of appeals and repetitive applications.
§ 210-148
Notice of appeals and petitions.
§ 210-149
Hearings.
§ 210-150
Voting.
§ 210-151
Decisions.
§ 210-152
Standards.
ARTICLE XXIII
Amendments
§ 210-153
Procedure.
§ 210-154
Conformance of permits to subsequent amendments.
ARTICLE XXIV
Administration and Enforcement
§ 210-155
Enforcement official.
§ 210-156
Investigation; notice to desist violation.
§ 210-157
Sketch plan; responsibility of Director of Municipal Inspections.
§ 210-158
Penalty.
ARTICLE XXV
Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 210-159
Repeal.
§ 210-160
Separability.
§ 210-161
When effective.
ARTICLE XXVI
Open Space Mixed Use Development Overlay District
§ 210-162
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-163
District and sub-district delineations; applicability.
§ 210-164
Definitions.
§ 210-165
Uses.
§ 210-166
Intensity of use limitations.
§ 210-167
Affordable housing.
§ 210-168
Dimensional requirements.
§ 210-169
Parking.
§ 210-170
Restricted land.
§ 210-171
Administration.
§ 210-172
Master plan special permit.
§ 210-173
Site plan review.
§ 210-174
Design guidelines.
§ 210-175
Modifications of zoning provision, applicability.
ARTICLE XXVII
Signs
§ 210-176
Purpose.
§ 210-177
Definitions.
§ 210-178
General regulations.
§ 210-179
Temporary signs.
§ 210-180
Sign regulations by zoning district.
§ 210-181
Special regulations.
§ 210-182
Nonconforming signs.
ARTICLE XXVIII
Office Park District
§ 210-183
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-184
Permitted uses.
§ 210-185
Uses allowed by special permit.
§ 210-186
Dimensional requirements.
§ 210-187
Open land.
§ 210-188
Design principles.
§ 210-189
Planned development.
§ 210-190
Signs.
ARTICLE XXIX
Hotel Overlay District
§ 210-191
Purpose.
§ 210-192
Applicability.
§ 210-193
Use regulations.
§ 210-194
Special permits.
ARTICLE XXX
Wind Energy Systems
§ 210-195
Purpose.
§ 210-196
Applicability.
§ 210-197
Definitions.
§ 210-198
Use regulations.
§ 210-199
Administration.
ARTICLE XXXI
Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Installations
§ 210-200
Purpose and intent.
§ 210-201
Applicability.
§ 210-202
Use regulations.
§ 210-203
Emergency services.
§ 210-204
(Reserved)
§ 210-205
Administration.
§ 210-206
Decommissioning and discontinuance.
ARTICLE XXXII
(Reserved)
§ 210-207
through § 210-218. (Reserved)
ARTICLE XXXIII
Registered Marijuana Dispensaries
§ 210-219
Special permit.
§ 210-220
Buffer zone.
§ 210-221
Requirements.
§ 210-222
Standards and procedures applicable to special permits for registered marijuana dispensaries.
ARTICLE XXXIIIA
Marijuana Establishments
§ 210-222.1
Prohibited.
ARTICLE XXXIV
Special Permit Granting Authority
§ 210-223
Special permits.
§ 210-224
through § 210-236. (Reserved)
ARTICLE XXXV
Neighborhood Mixed Use District
§ 210-237
Development and design objectives.
§ 210-238
Applicability.
§ 210-239
Definitions.
§ 210-240
Permitted uses.
§ 210-241
Intensity of use limitations.
§ 210-242
Affordable housing.
§ 210-243
Dimensional requirements.
§ 210-244
Parking.
§ 210-245
Open conserved land.
§ 210-246
Design principles.
§ 210-247
Master plan special permit.
§ 210-248
NMU site plan review.
§ 210-249
Signs.
§ 210-250
Miscellaneous.
Article XXXVI
MBTA Communities Multi-Family Overlay District (MCMOD) Bylaw
§ 210-251
Purpose and intent.
§ 210-252
Establishment and applicability.
§ 210-253
Definitions.
§ 210-254
Permitted uses.
§ 210-255
Dimensional standards.
§ 210-256
Off-street parking.
§ 210-257
General development standards.
§ 210-258
Affordability requirements.
§ 210-259
Site plan review.
§ 210-260
Severability.