[Amended 3-13-2001 by Amdt. No. 3]
For the purposes of this chapter, the Town of Hudson is divided
into the following districts as shown and defined on the Official
Zoning Map. The Official Zoning Map is made a part of this chapter,
by reference, for the purpose of designating the boundaries of districts.
The Zoning Map is available in the offices of the Town Planner and
Zoning Administrator.
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Full Name
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Short Name
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Residential – One
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R-1 (formerly A-1SF)
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Residential – Two
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R-2 (formerly A-1 and A-2)
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Town Residence
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TR
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Business
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B (formerly B-1 and B-2)
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Industrial District
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I
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General
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G (formerly D, Rural)
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General-One
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G-1
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A.
Residential - One (R-1). The R-1 Residential District is established
to provide for the development of single-family detached homes and
customary accessory uses and structures at low densities. The district
is intended to be strictly residential in character with a minimum
of disturbances due to traffic or overcrowding.
B.
Residential - Two (R-2). The R-2 Residential District is established
to provide for the development of single-family and/or two-family
(duplex) residences and customary accessory uses and structures and
complementary nonresidential uses. The district is intended to provide
a diversity of housing types, community facilities, recreational uses
and other uses which benefit and are enhanced by the predominantly
residential character of the district.
C.
Town Residence (TR). The TR District encompasses established residential
neighborhoods which have been developed on smaller lots than the lot
size established in other residential districts. The setbacks and
use densities reflect traditional New England town or village lot
development patterns. The district is intended to permit the continued
use, maintenance and vitality of these unique residential areas, protecting
their residential character, while simultaneously limiting the expansion
of these neighborhoods into adjacent, undeveloped lands.
D.
Business (B). The B District is established to provide for the development
of general wholesale and retail commercial uses, services, offices
uses, multifamily dwellings and customary accessory uses and structures.
[2-2-2019 ATM, Art. 02, adopted 3-12-2019]
E.
Industrial (I). The I District is established to provide for industrial
development, warehousing, limited business and commercial uses and
customary accessory uses and structures. The district is intended
to be strictly nonresidential in character.
F.
General (G). The G District includes all areas not specifically designated
as being within an R-1, R-2, TR, B or I District. The district is
designed to permit a wide diversity of land uses. Most uses permitted
in the other five districts are permitted in the G District. The G
District is intended to allow natural constraints, such as infrastructure
development and market forces to determine the most appropriate use
of land. It is also intended that the G District will eventually be
absorbed by the expansion of other existing districts or replaced
by newly created districts. The Planning Board will be responsible
for maintaining sound planning concepts in this district and shall
ensure that conflicting land uses do not abut each other without appropriate
buffers.
[Amended 3-8-2016 by Amdt. No. 3]
G.
General-One (G-1). The G-1 District includes all areas not specifically
zoned as being within an R-1, R-2, TR, B, or I District located outside
the right-of-way of the Circumferential Highway as depicted on the
Town Zoning Map. The District is designed to permit a wide diversity
of land uses at a density appropriate to the rural nature of the area,
the natural constraints of the land and the lack of infrastructure.
Uses permitted in this District are the same as those permitted in
the G District.
[Added 3-13-2001 by Amdt. No. 3; amended 3-8-2016 by Amdt. No. 3]
Where appropriate and unless otherwise indicated, zoning district
boundaries shown on the Zoning Map are the center lines of streets,
power line rights-of-way, the middle of the channel of waterways or
other bodies of water or the Town boundary line. Where a boundary
is so indicated that it parallels the center line of a street, such
boundary shall be considered to be parallel thereto at the distance
therefrom shown on the Zoning Map. Any boundary within 10 feet of
a property line shall be considered to coincide with such property
line. Where no distance is stated on the Zoning Map, the distance
shall be determined by the use of the scale on the map. In any instance
where there is doubt as to the location of a zoning district boundary,
the Zoning Administrator shall determine the location of such boundary,
consistent with the intent of this chapter and the Zoning Map. Boundaries
defined by the overlay Wetland District are excluded from this section.
