There are hereby established in the Town of Norton Wetland Protection Districts as delineated on the Zoning Map and described below. The purposes of the Wetland Protection District are as follows:
A. 
To protect the health and safety of the residents by maintaining and protecting against depletion or pollution of water supplies and water recharges areas within the Town.
B. 
To provide that lands in the Town of Norton subject to periodic or seasonal flooding shall not be used for residence or other purposes in such a manner as to endanger the health or safety of the occupants thereof.
C. 
To protect persons and property against the hazards of flood inundation by providing for the unimpeded natural flow of watercourses and for adequate and safe flood storage capacity.
The Wetland Protection Districts shall be considered as overlying other zoning districts as defined in Article III hereof. All requirements, regulations, and uses applicable to such underlying districts remain in force in Wetland Protection Districts, except to the extent that greater or additional requirements and restrictions are imposed by this Article V due to the special character of Wetland Protection Districts, such greater requirements and restrictions shall prevail.
In Wetland Protection Districts, no dumping, filling, earth transfer or relocation shall be permitted, nor shall any new building or structure be erected, constructed or moved, except for one or more of the following purposes or in accordance with a special permit by the Planning Board:
A. 
Public parks and playgrounds, public educational and religious facilities and uses.
B. 
Agricultural, orchard, plant nursery and other farming uses as permitted in Residential-Agricultural Districts, but provided that new buildings and structures pertaining to such uses shall not be located within the Wetland Protection District, except as provided in § 175-5.4.
C. 
Outdoor recreational uses as permitted in the underlying district and subject to all restrictions thereof, but provided new buildings and structures pertaining to such uses shall not be located within the Wetland Protection District, except as provided in § 175-5.4.
D. 
Accessory signs as permitted in the underlying district and subject to all restrictions thereof.
E. 
Nature study and conservation areas, including the preservation and management of plants and wildlife.
F. 
Existing homes, buildings and uses, including additions to and alterations of existing buildings.
G. 
Construction of a single-family home on a frontage lot.
The Planning Board may, after a duly advertised public hearing, and as provided in § 175-10.7 hereof, grant a special permit for any building, structure or use in a Wetland Protection District, provided such building, structure or use is permitted in the Wetland Protection District or in the underlying zoning district or accessory to one or more of the uses so permitted and subject to such conditions, limitations and safeguards as the Planning Board shall impose and the following:
A. 
The Planning Board shall refer the application for the special permit to the Board of Health and the Conservation Commission and receive advisory reports or 35 days shall elapse following such referral.
B. 
The Planning Board shall find that the proposed buildings, structures or uses will not be detrimental to public health, safety and welfare and that the granting of the special permit will not be contrary to the purposes of the Wetland Protection District or that the land with respect to which the special permit is sought is not subject to periodic or seasonal flooding or inundation.
The Wetland Protection Districts shall include all the lands bounded and described as follows, the elevations referring to mean sea level (MSL) as used on United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Maps:
1. 
All that land at or below the elevation 110 feet MSL draining to Wading River east of North Worcester Street between the Mansfield Town line and the center line of Sanlin Street extended easterly.
2. 
All that land at or below the elevation 100 feet MSL draining to Wading River between the center line of Sanlin Street extended easterly and a line parallel to and 525 feet northwesterly from the center line of West Main Street.
3. 
All that land at or below the elevation 110 feet MSL draining to the Read Tributary of Wading River between the Attleboro city line and North Worcester Street.
4. 
All that land at or below the elevation 106 feet MSL draining to Chartley Pond between the Attleboro city line and South Worcester Street.
5. 
All that land at or below the elevation 96 feet MSL draining to Wading River and Barrowsville Pond between the line parallel to and 525 feet northerly from West Main Street and Barrows Street.
6. 
All that land at or below the elevation 100 feet MSL draining to Wading River at Barrowsville via an unnamed brook and located between the Penn Central Railroad and Harvey Street west of South Worcester Street and Dean Street.
7. 
All that land at or below the elevation 100 feet MSL west of Dean Street and draining to Goose Branch.
8. 
All that land at or below the elevation 90 feet MSL south and west of South Worcester Street draining to Goose Branch.
9. 
All that land at or below the elevation 70 feet MSL draining to Wading River west of the pipeline.
10. 
All that land at or below the elevation 60 feet MSL draining to Wading, Rumford and Three Mile Rivers east of the pipeline, southwest of Pine Street and extending southerly to the Taunton city line.
11. 
All that land located at or below the elevation 70 feet MSL and draining to Rumford River west of the pipeline and south of East Main Street.
12. 
All that land located at or below the elevation 80 feet MSL draining to Rumford River between East Main Street and Cross Street.
13. 
All that land at or below the elevation 90 feet MSL and draining to Rumford River north of Cross Street.
14. 
All that land lying at or below the elevation 90 feet MSL and draining to Canoe River between the Mansfield town line and the line parallel to and 3,000 feet northeasterly from the baseline of the Penn Central Railroad.
15. 
All that land at or below the elevation 90 feet MSL draining to a tributary of Canoe River running generally parallel to North Washington Street and Essex Street between the Mansfield town line and a line parallel to and 2,020 feet southeasterly from the center line of Newcomb Street.
16. 
All that land lying at or below the elevation 80 feet MSL and draining to Canoe River directly or via tributaries, between the line parallel to and 2,020 feet southeasterly from the Newcomb Street center line and East Main Street.
17. 
All that land lying at or below the elevation 70 feet MSL and draining to Canoe River, Mulberry Meadow Brook, Winnecunnet Pond and their tributaries between East Main Street and the Taunton city line.
18. 
All that land at or below the elevation of 80 feet MSL northeast of Pine Street, south of Plain Street and north of Briggs Street and physically draining to either Canoe River or Rumford River.
19. 
All that land at or below the elevation of 100 feet MSL draining to Birch Brook and located west of East Hodges Street.
20. 
All that land located between East Hodges Street and a line parallel to and 820 feet northeasterly from its center line, draining to Birch Brook and lying at or below the elevation 100 feet MSL north of said brook and the elevation 96 feet MSL south of said Birch Brook.
21. 
All that land lying at or below the elevation 90 feet MSL north of the Taunton city line and south of East Hodges Street and southwest of South Worcester Street.
22. 
All that land at or below the elevation of 80 feet MSL draining to Meadow Brook north of East Hodges Street and southwest of South Worcester Street.
23. 
All that land lying at the elevation 70 feet MSL draining to Meadow Brook and Meadow Brook Pond, between South Worcester Street and Taunton Avenue.
24. 
All that land at or below the elevation 105 feet MSL draining to the Norton Reservoir or being a part thereof.
25. 
All that land at or below elevation 110 feet MSL located south of Union Street beginning at the intersection of the Attleboro-Norton boundary line and the electric power line, southeasterly along said power line to a point 425 feet from Maple Street and thence westerly 425 feet from and parallel to said street to the Town line, thence northerly along the Town line to the point of beginning.
26. 
All that land known as "Hemlock Swamp" and/or "Hemlock Island" located at or below elevation 110 feet MSL and bounded by a line beginning at a point on the Attleboro-Norton boundary line 425 feet south of West Hodges Street and thence easterly 425 feet from and parallel to said street to the electric power line and thence southeasterly along said power line to a point 425 feet from Dean Street, thence east and south 425 feet from and parallel to Dean Street to the Rehoboth-Norton town boundary, thence westerly along said boundary to the Attleboro-Norton boundary, thence northerly along said boundary to the point of beginning.
27. 
All that land at or below the elevation 100 feet MSL southerly of South Worcester Street, northerly from Penn Central Railroad, being part of the wetland described in Subsection 6 of this § 175-5.5, draining via an unnamed brook into the Wading River at Barrowsville.
28. 
All that land at or below the elevation 90 feet MSL draining via an unnamed brook in an east-northeast direction to the Wading River at Barrowsville; the unnamed brook located southeasterly of Dean Street and South Worcester Street intersection, and then east of South Worcester Street and south of Penn Central Railroad.
29. 
All that land at or below the elevation 106 feet MSL draining to the Barrowsville Pond via Log Run Brook and an unnamed brook to Norton Reservoir located south of Baker Street, west of Freeman Street, north of West Main Street, east of Valentine Tool Company and Messenger Street.
30. 
All that land at or below the elevation 75 feet MSL northwest of John Scott Boulevard, Eddy Street and South Worcester Street intersection that drains into an unnamed brook to Meadowbrook Pond, being a portion of the wetland prior to the construction of John Scott Boulevard.