[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting
of the Town of Lexington 6-4-1968 by Art. 10; amended in its entirety by the Annual Town
Meeting 3-20-2013 by Art. 34. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I, General Bylaws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 5 Alarms
- Ch 9 Animals
- Ch 12 Appeals, Board of
- Ch 19 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 20 Buildings, Energy Use
- Ch 25 Civil Defense
- Ch 29 Committees
- Ch 32 Contracts and Deeds
- Ch 35 Council on Aging
- Ch 43 Earth Fill and Removal
- Ch 46 Engine Operation of Stopped Vehicles
- Ch 48 Ethics
- Ch 52 Excavations
- Ch 63 Housing Conversion and Eviction
- Ch 76 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 78 Neighborhood Conservation Districts
- Ch 80 Noise Control
- Ch 81 Plastic Reduction
- Ch 90 Officers and Employees
- Ch 93 Parking
- Ch 97 Public Conduct
- Ch 100 Public Ways and Places
- Ch 106 Regulation of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
- Ch 107 Reports and Fees
- Ch 110 Revolving Funds
- Ch 114 Stormwater Management
- Ch 115 Specialized Energy Code
- Ch 116 Taxes
- Ch 118 Town Meetings
- Ch 120 Trees
- Ch 121 Trustees of Public Trusts
- Ch 130 Wetland Protection
- Ch 131 Running Bamboo Control
- Part II, Zoning Bylaw
- Ch 135 Zoning
- Ch 135 § 1.0 PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY
- § 1.1 TITLE.
- § 1.2 PURPOSE.
- § 1.3 AUTHORITY.
- § 1.4 APPLICABILITY.
- § 1.5 AMENDMENTS.
- § 1.6 SEVERABILITY.
- Ch 135 § 2.0 DISTRICTS
- § 2.1 ESTABLISHMENT.
- § 2.2 CLASSES OF DISTRICTS.
- § 2.3 ZONING MAP.
- Ch 135 § 3.0 USE REGULATIONS
- § 3.1 PRINCIPAL USES.
- § 3.2 ACCESSORY USES.
- § 3.3 TEMPORARY USES.
- § 3.4 TABLE 1, PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
- Ch 135 § 4.0 DIMENSIONAL CONTROLS
- § 4.1 GENERAL STANDARDS.
- § 4.2 DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS.
- § 4.3 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
- § 4.4 RESIDENTIAL GROSS FLOOR AREA.
- § 4.5 DISTANCE FROM BASEMENT, SLAB OR CRAWL SPACE AND GROUNDWATER.
- Ch 135 § 5.0 GENERAL REGULATIONS
- § 5.1 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
- § 5.2 SIGNS.
- § 5.3 LANDSCAPING, TRANSITION AND SCREENING.
- § 5.4 OUTDOOR LIGHTING.
- § 5.5 TRAFFIC STANDARDS.
- Ch 135 § 6.0 SPECIAL REGULATIONS
- § 6.1 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
- § 6.2 HISTORIC PRESERVATION INCENTIVES.
- § 6.3 NURSERIES NOT EXEMPT BY STATUTE.
- § 6.4 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.
- § 6.5 BED-AND-BREAKFAST HOME.
- § 6.6 CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY.
- § 6.7 ACCESSORY APARTMENTS.
- § 6.8 HOME OCCUPATIONS.
- § 6.9 SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
- § 6.10 SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
- § 6.11 SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS.
- § 6.12 OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
- Ch 135 § 7.0 SPECIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
- § 7.1 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE (NFI) DISTRICT.
- § 7.2 TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT.
- § 7.3 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
- § 7.4 CM DISTRICT.
- § 7.5 VILLAGE AND MULTIFAMILY OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- Ch 135 § 8.0 NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- § 8.1 APPLICABILITY.
- § 8.2 NONCONFORMING USES.
- § 8.3 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES OTHER THAN ONE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
- § 8.4 NONCONFORMING ONE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
- § 8.5 NONCONFORMING LOTS.
- § 8.6 ABANDONMENT, DEMOLITION, OR NON-USE.
- § 8.7 NONCONFORMING OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
- Ch 135 § 9.0 ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES
- § 9.1 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; PENALTY; PERMITS; EXEMPTIONS.
- § 9.2 BOARD OF APPEALS.
- § 9.3 PLANNING BOARD.
- § 9.4 SPECIAL PERMITS.
- § 9.5 SITE PLAN REVIEW.
- Ch 135 § 10.0 DEFINITIONS
- § 10.1 DEFINITIONS.
- Part III, Regulations
- Ch 138 Appeals, Board of
- Ch 142 Cemeteries
- Ch 144 Condominium Conversion Board
- Ch 145 Conservation Commission
- Ch 155 Health, Board of
- Ch 158 Housing Assistance Board
- Ch 160 Housing Authority
- Ch 175 Planning Board Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 176 Planning Board Zoning Regulations
- Ch 178 Public Safety
- Ch 181 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 187 Select Board
- Ch 192 Traffic Rules and Orders
- Appendix
- Ch A200 Acceptances of General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A201 Special Acts
- Ch A202 Additional Town Actions
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
