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Zoning Bylaws Section 3: Use Regulations
SECTION 3.      USE REGULATIONS

3.1     Basic Requirements

No building, structure, or land shall be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as permitted and set forth in Section 3.2, Schedule of Use Regulations, of this By-Law and in accordance with the following notation:

Y       (Yes)                   - User permitted as a matter of right.

Sp      (Special Permit)        - Use allowed as an exception under Special Permit
   by the Board of Appeals as provided hereafter.

                N       (No)                    - Use prohibited.

Uses permitted as a matter of right and uses allowed by the Board of Appeals shall be in conformity with all dimensional requirements, off-street parking requirements, and any other pertinent requirements of this By-Law.

3.2Schedule of Use Regulations


Use
R-A
R-B
G-B
LI-A
LI-B
B
V-C
I
W
WSP
3.21Public, Semi Public and Institutional
a. Church or other place of worship, parish house, rectory, convent, and other religious institutions.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
b. Schools, public, private, religious, sectarian, or denomination.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
c.Colleges or junior colleges and buildings accessory thereto.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
d.  Nursery school or other use for the care of children or a privately organized camp.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
e. Library, Museum or civic center.
SP
SP
SP
N
N
SP
Y
N
N
N
f. Public buildings and premises for government use.
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
Y
Y
SP
SP
SP
g. Public utility buildings and structures.
SP
SP
SP
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
SP
SP
h. Hospital, sanitarium, nursing, rest or convalescent home, charitable institution or other non-correctional use.
SP
SP
N
N
N
Y
SP
N
N
N
i. Flood control or water supply use.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
j. Country or tennis club, or other non-profit social, civic, or recreational lodge or club, but not including any use, the principal activity of which is one customarily conducted as a business.
SP
SP
SP
N
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
k. Conservation or preservation of land or water-bodies in an essentially natural condition.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
l. Cemetery.
SP
SP
SP
N
N
N
SP
N
N
N
m. Road and/or railroad.
Y
Y
SP
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
SP
SP
3.22 Residence
a. Single-family detached dwelling other than a mobile home.
Y
Y
Y
N
N
SP
SP
SP
N
Y
b.Conversion of a single-family dwelling existing prior to the adoption of this By-Law to accommodate not more than two (2) families.
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
N
SP
c. Cellar hole or basement area used as a dwelling for not more than two (2) years.
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
N
SP
N
SP
d. Two (2) family or semi-detached dwelling.
SP
SP
N
N
N
SP
N
SP
N
SP
e. Mobile home park not including mobile home sales except to renters of lots within the park.
N
SP
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
f. Family type campground.
N
SP
SP
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
g. Mobile home used as a dwelling within a mobile home park.
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
h. Renting of one (1) or two (2) rooms with or without the furnishing of board by a resident family to not more than three (3) non-transient persons.
Y
Y
N
N
N
SP
SP
SP
N
SP
i. Professional office or studio of a resident physician, dentist, attorney, architect, artist, musician, engineer, or other member of a recognized profession.
Y
Y
Y
SP
SP
Y
Y
Y
N
SP
j. Customary home occupation conducted on the premises by a resident of the premises provided that not more than one (1) full-time employee, or equivalent thereof, excluding immediate family, is employed therein in connection with such use and that there is no exterior storage of material or equipment and no display of products visible from the street.
Y
Y
Y
SP
SP
Y
Y
SP
N
SP
k. Accessory use, including storage of a recreation vehicle, trailer and boat on the premises.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
SP
SP
l. Assisted Elderly or Supportive Housing
SP
SP
N
N
N
SP
SP
N
N
N
m.Accessory Dwelling Unit within an existing or new owner-occupied, single-family dwelling when the conditions outlined in §5.16.3, a, 1-9 have been met.
SP
SP
SP
N
N
N
SP
N
N
N
n. Accessory Dwelling Unit in a detached structure on a single-family home lot only when the conditions outlined in§5.16.3, a, 1-9 have been met.
SP
SP
SP
N
N
N
SP
N
N
N
3.23 Agriculture