Town of Great Barrington, MA Zoning

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Town of Great Barrington, MA

Berkshire County

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Table of Contents

The Charter
Ch C Charter
Division 1 Town Meeting Enactments
Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 2 Affordable Housing Trust
Ch 4 Boards and Commissions
Ch 7 Committees
Ch 10 Council on Aging
Ch 17 Fire Department
Ch 18 (Reserved)
Ch 29 Manager, Town
Ch 33 Police Department
Ch 34 Public Meetings
Ch 35 Public Works, Department of
Ch 36 Revolving Funds
Ch 37 Selectmen
Ch 39 Town Counsel
Ch 41 Town Meetings
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 48 Alarm Systems
Ch 49 Licenses
Ch 50 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 51 Cable Television
Ch 55 Automobiles or Boats, Junk
Ch 57 Beverages, Nonalcoholic
Ch 59 Boats
Ch 62 Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 81 Animal Control
Ch 83 Energy Code, Stretch
Ch 85 Farming
Ch 91 Fees
Ch 94 Fire Regulations
Ch 95 Fire Protection Systems
Ch 102 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
Ch 109 Hawkers, Peddlers, Vendors and Vending Machines
Ch 112 Health Requirements
Ch 113 Historic Districts and Commission
Ch 115 Noise Control
Ch 120 Pawnbrokers and Dealers in Secondhand Goods, Precious Metals or Gems, and Secondhand Electronic Products
Ch 129 Peace and Good Order
Ch 135 Plastic Reduction
Ch 138 Rent Control
Ch 142 Sales, Special
Ch 144 (Reserved)
Ch 145 Short-Term Rental of Residential Properties
Ch 146 Signs
Ch 153 Streets and Ways
Ch 158 Tax Agreements
Ch 160 Tobacco
Ch 161 Traffic
Ch 163 Trees
Ch 166 Vehicles, Recreational
Ch 168 Wetlands
Ch 171 Zoning
Ch 171 § 1.0 Purpose and Authority
§ 171-1.1 Title.
§ 171-1.2 Authority.
§ 171-1.3 Purpose.
§ 171-1.4 Applicability.
§ 171-1.5 Other laws.
§ 171-1.6 Amendment.
§ 171-1.7 Severability.
Ch 171 § 2.0 Districts
§ 171-2.1 Establishment.
§ 171-2.2 Overlay districts.
§ 171-2.3 Zoning Map.
§ 171-2.4 District boundaries.
§ 171-2.5 Split lots.
Ch 171 § 3.0 Use Regulations
§ 171-3.1 Principal uses.
§ 171-3.2 Accessory uses.
§ 171-3.3 Home occupations.
Ch 171 § 4.0 Dimensional Requirements
§ 171-4.1 General.
§ 171-4.2 Special regulations.
§ 171-4.3 Rear lots.
Ch 171 § 5.0 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
§ 171-5.1 Applicability.
§ 171-5.2 Nonconforming uses.
§ 171-5.3 Nonconforming structures.
§ 171-5.4 Variance required.
§ 171-5.5 Nonconforming single- and two-family residential structures.
§ 171-5.6 Abandonment or non-use.
§ 171-5.7 Reconstruction after catastrophe or demolition.
§ 171-5.8 Reversion to nonconformity.
Ch 171 § 6.0 General Regulations
§ 171-6.1 Off-street parking and loading.
§ 171-6.2 Route 7 landscaping requirements.
§ 171-6.3 General landscaping requirements.
§ 171-6.4 Performance standards.
§ 171-6.5 Common driveway.
Ch 171 § 7.0 Special Regulations
§ 171-7.1 Satellite television antennas.
§ 171-7.2 Aviation fields.
§ 171-7.3 Certain B2A uses.
§ 171-7.4 Camping facilities.
§ 171-7.5 Removal of earth materials.
§ 171-7.6 Private schools, other educational uses and group residences.
§ 171-7.7 Fast-food eating establishments.
§ 171-7.8 Motor vehicle fuel station.
§ 171-7.9 High-impact commercial uses.
§ 171-7.10 Hotels and motels.
§ 171-7.11 Municipal sanitary landfill.
§ 171-7.12 Large-scale commercial development.
§ 171-7.13 Certain R2 or R4 uses.
§ 171-7.14 Professional buildings in residential districts.
§ 171-7.15 Low-power FM broadcast radio station and antenna.
§ 171-7.16 Tourist homes for transient guests.
§ 171-7.17 Kennels.
§ 171-7.18 Marijuana establishments and medical marijuana treatment centers.
§ 171-7.19 Design review.
Ch 171 § 8.0 Special Residential Regulations
§ 171-8.1 Two- and three-unit residential uses.
§ 171-8.2 Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).
§ 171-8.3 Multi-unit dwellings.
§ 171-8.4 Mixed-use development.
§ 171-8.5 Planned Unit Residential Development (PURD).
§ 171-8.6 Trailers or mobile homes.
§ 171-8.7 Open space residential development (OSRD).
§ 171-8.8 Assisted living residence.
§ 171-8.9 Publicly financed nonprofit age-restricted housing.
§ 171-8.10 Conversion to multifamily use.
Ch 171 § 9.0 Special Districts
§ 171-9.1 Flood Plain Overlay District (FPOD).
§ 171-9.2 Water Quality Protection Overlay District (WQPOD).
§ 171-9.3 Wireless Telecommunication Overlay District (WTOD).
§ 171-9.4 Downtown Mixed-Use B3 District.
§ 171-9.5 Downtown Business B District.
§ 171-9.6 Village Center Overlay District (VCOD).
§ 171-9.7 Downtown Business Parking District.
§ 171-9.8 Housatonic Mills Revitalization Overlay District.
§ 171-9.9 Housatonic Village Center (HVC).
§ 171-9.10 Housatonic Village Overlay District (HVOD).
§ 171-9.11 Mixed Use Transitional Zone (MXD).
§ 171-9.12 Solar energy systems.
§ 171-9.13 Smart Growth Overlay Districts (SGODs).
§ 171-9.14 State Road Mixed Use (B2X).
Ch 171 § 10.0 Administration and Procedures
§ 171-10.1 Enforcement.
§ 171-10.2 Zoning Board of Appeals.
§ 171-10.3 Planning Board.
§ 171-10.4 Special permits.
§ 171-10.5 Site plan review.
§ 171-10.6 Final unfavorable decisions.
Ch 171 § 11.0 Definitions
§ 171-11.1 Definitions
Division 2 Selectmen's Regulations
Ch 175 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 178 Fees
Ch 189 Policies and Procedures
Ch 195 (Reserved)
Ch 197 Smoking
Ch 199 (Reserved)
Ch 204 Traffic Rules and Regulations
Division 3 Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
Ch 210 Board of Health
Ch 214 Cemetery Commission
Ch 217 Conservation Commission
Ch 219 Council on Aging Bylaws
Ch 225 Finance Committee
Ch 234 Library Trustees
Ch 238 (Reserved)
Ch 240 Planning Board's Subdivision Regulations
Ch 241 (Reserved)
Ch 245 Zoning Board of Appeals
Appendix
Ch A248 General Laws and Special Acts
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Public Documents

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Chapter 171 Zoning

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[HISTORY: Adopted 6-7-2021 ATM by Art. 24[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 - Table of Use Regulations

Attachment 2 - Schedule of Dimensional Requirements

Zoning Map

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Editor's Note: This bylaw superseded former Ch. 171, Zoning, adopted 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 19, as amended.