Town of Brewster, MA
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2023-01-05
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 179 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 6 Boards, Commissions and Authorities
- Ch 7 Festivals
- Ch 8 Bylaws
- Ch 9 Cemetery, Town
- Ch 10 Civil Defense
- Ch 12 Committees
- Ch 15 Council on Aging
- Ch 16 Health and Human Services Committee
- Ch 17 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 20 Fees
- Ch 21 Finances
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Personnel
- Ch 38 Public Meetings, Minutes of
- Ch 39 Property, Sale of
- Ch 41 Regional School District
- Ch 42 Select Board
- Ch 43 Town Property, Disposal of
- Ch 46 Town Counsel
- Ch 48 Town Meetings
- Ch 49 Police Department
- Ch 53 Water Districts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Accommodations
- Ch 58 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Recreational Marijuana Retailers
- Ch 60 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 61 Ambulance Service
- Ch 62 Auctions
- Ch 65 Beaches
- Ch 69 Boats
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Camping
- Ch 83 Staff Review
- Ch 86 Dogs
- Ch 87 Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 89 Dredging and Soil Removal
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Erosion
- Ch 97 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 98 Hunting in the Punkhorn Parklands
- Ch 100 Flooding
- Ch 106 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 112 Water
- Ch 115 Illicit Connections and Discharges
- Ch 119 Fertilizer Nutrient Control
- Ch 122 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 125 Noise
- Ch 128 Numbering of Property
- Ch 130 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 132 Peeping or Spying
- Ch 135 Pollution and Environmental Hazards
- Ch 146 Secondhand Articles, Sale of
- Ch 150 Sewers
- Ch 152 Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- Ch 155 Streetlighting
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 159 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 171 Water Betterments
- Ch 172 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Ch 179 Art I General Provisions
- § 179-1 Authority; purpose.
- § 179-2 Definitions.
- Ch 179 Art II Establishment of Districts
- § 179-3 Districts enumerated.
- § 179-4 Zoning Map established.
- § 179-5 Determination of boundaries.
- § 179-6 Wetlands Conservancy District.
- § 179-7 Floodplain District.
- Ch 179 Art III Interpretation and Application
- § 179-8 Interpretation.
- § 179-9 Application.
- Ch 179 Art IV Use Regulations
- § 179-10 Applicability of use regulations.
- § 179-11 Table of Use Regulations.
- § 179-12 Uses permitted by right.
- § 179-13 Regulations effective in all districts.
- § 179-14 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Art V Area and Bulk Regulations
- § 179-15 Applicability of regulations.
- § 179-16 Tables of regulations.
- § 179-17 Fences, walls and other enclosures.
- Ch 179 Art VI Signs
- § 179-18 Purpose and scope.
- § 179-19 Definitions.
- § 179-20 General requirements.
- § 179-20.1 Sign area regulations.
- § 179-20.2 Construction and maintenance.
- § 179-20.3 Exemptions from permit requirements.
- § 179-20.4 Prohibited signs.
- § 179-20.5 Additional regulations for specific types of signs.
- § 179-20.6 Off-premises signs.
- § 179-20.7 Enforcement; violations and penalties; abandoned signs; appeals.
- Ch 179 Art VII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- § 179-21 Policy.
- § 179-22 General requirements.
- § 179-23 Parking and loading lot standards.
- Ch 179 Art VIII Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 179-24 Applicability.
- § 179-25 Extensions and alterations.
- § 179-26 Residential lots of record.
- § 179-27 Reduction or increase.
- § 179-28 Change of nonconforming uses.
- § 179-29 Rebuilding and restoration.
- § 179-30 Abandonment.
- § 179-31 Moving.
- § 179-32 Unsafe structures.
- Ch 179 Art IX Special Regulations
- § 179-33 General provisions.
- § 179-34 Multifamily dwellings.
- § 179-35 Cluster Residential Development.
- § 179-35.1 (Reserved)
- § 179-35.2 Major residential development.
- § 179-36 Planned Residential Development.
- § 179-37 Home occupations.
- § 179-38 Planned business development or row commercial.
- § 179-38.1 Medical marijuana dispensaries.
- § 179-38.2 Recreational marijuana establishments.
- § 179-38.3 Recreational marijuana establishments applicability of regulations.
- § 179-38.4 Recreational marijuana establishments definitions.
- § 179-38.5 Recreational marijuana establishments general requirements.
- § 179-39 Sand and gravel operations general provisions.
- § 179-39.1 Sand and gravel operations definitions.
- § 179-39.2 Sand and gravel operations procedures; application information.
- § 179-39.3 Sand and gravel operations permit limitations.
- § 179-39.4 Sand and gravel operations conditions and restrictions.
- § 179-39.5 Sand and gravel operations security for mining operations.
- § 179-39.6 Sand and gravel operations special permit renewal.
- § 179-40 Manufacturing.
- § 179-40.1 Personal wireless services and communications facilities.
- § 179-40.2 Wind energy turbines.
- § 179-41 Environmental performance standards.
- § 179-42 Subsidized elderly housing.
- § 179-42.1 Affordable housing.
- § 179-42.2 Accessory single-family dwelling units (ADUs).
- § 179-42.3 Accessory commercial dwelling units (ACDUs).
- Ch 179 Art X Administration and Enforcement
- § 179-43 Enforcement.
- § 179-44 Action by Zoning Agent.
- § 179-45 Previously approved permits.
- § 179-46 Establishment of fees.
- § 179-47 Conformance to subsequent amendments.
- § 179-48 Notice of violation and order.
- § 179-49 Violations and penalties.
- § 179-50 Board of Appeals.
- § 179-51 Special permits.
- § 179-52 Variances.
- Ch 179 Art XI Water Quality Protection District
- § 179-53 Purpose.
- § 179-54 Scope of authority; overlay district.
- § 179-55 Definitions.
- § 179-56 Use regulations.
- § 179-57 Performance standards.
- § 179-58 Prohibited uses within Pleasant Bay Watershed.
- § 179-58.1 Uses/structures allowed by special permit within the Pleasant Bay Watershed.
- § 179-58.2 Performance standards within Pleasant Bay Watershed.
- § 179-59 Prohibited uses within the watersheds of surface water bodies other than Pleasant Bay.
- § 179-59.1 Uses/structures allowed by special permit within watersheds of surface water bodies other than Pleasant Bay.
- § 179-59.2 Performance standards within watersheds of surface water bodies other than Pleasant Bay.
- § 179-60 (Reserved)
- § 179-61 Water quality review.
- § 179-62 Enforcement.
- Ch 179 Art XII Site Plan Review
- § 179-63 Purpose.
- § 179-64 Applicability.
- § 179-65 Regulations.
- § 179-66 Site Plan Review standards.
- § 179-67 Waivers; severability.
- § 179-68 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Art XIII Natural Resource Protection Design
- § 179-69 Purpose
- § 179-70 Applicability.
- § 179-71 Development impact statement and natural resource analysis.
- § 179-71.1 Natural resource analysis and findings.
- § 179-71.2 Minimum preserved open space.
- § 179-72 Allowable residential units.
- § 179-72.1 Net acreage calculation.
- § 179-72.2 Unit count calculation.
- § 179-72.3 Density bonuses.
- § 179-72.4 Maximum density bonus.
- § 179-72.5 Lots in more than one district.
- § 179-73 Types of residential development.
- § 179-74 Dimensional and design requirements.
- § 179-74.1 Minimum lot sizes in NRPDs.
- § 179-74.2 Setbacks, road frontage and road requirements.
- § 179-74.3 Arrangement of lots.
- § 179-75 Permanent open space.
- § 179-75.1 Permanent preservation of open space land.
- Ch 179 Art XIV Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations
- § 179-75.2 Purpose.
- § 179-75.3 Applicability.
- § 179-75.4 Definitions.
- § 179-75.5 General requirements for all large-scale ground-mounted solar power generation installations.
- Ch 179 Art XV Amendment and Validity
- § 179-76 Amendments.
- § 179-77 Validity.
- Ch 272 Stormwater Management
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch SR Select Board Regulations
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch BOH Board of Health Regulations
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 290 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A295 General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A296 Committees, Boards and Councils
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted 5-14-1979 Annual Town Meeting. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Accommodations — See Ch. 56.
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 60.
Beaches — See Ch. 65.
Boats — See Ch. 69.
Building construction — See
Ch. 72.
Camping — See Ch. 77.
Staff review — See Ch. 83.
Dredging and soil removal — See Ch. 89.
Erosion — See Ch. 93.
Flooding — See Ch. 100.
Noise — See Ch. 125.
Sewers — See Ch. 150.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 157.
Wetlands protection — See Ch. 172.
Subdivision rules and regulations — See Ch. 290.
