Town of Medfield, MA
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2023-05-01
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 300 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils
- Ch 15 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 20 Civil Defense, Department of
- Ch 30 Finances
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 50 Police Department
- Ch 60 Purchasing and Contracts
- Ch 70 Town Elections and Meetings
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 80 Alarm Systems
- Ch 90 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 100 Animals
- Ch 110 Building Construction
- Ch 115 Cemetery Areas
- Ch 117 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 120 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 130 Fire Prevention
- Ch 140 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 150 Historic Preservation
- Ch 160 Junk, Old Metal and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 170 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 175 Marijuana and Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Ch 180 Noise
- Ch 190 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 195 Plastic Checkout Bag Prohibition
- Ch 200 Property Maintenance
- Ch 210 Scenic Roads
- Ch 220 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 230 Solid Waste
- Ch 235 Stormwater Management
- Ch 240 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 250 Taxation
- Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Water
- Ch 280 Wells and Cesspools
- Ch 290 Wetlands
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Ch 300 Art 1 Scope
- § 300-1.1 Title.
- § 300-1.2 Authority.
- § 300-1.3 Purpose.
- § 300-1.4 Planning Board.
- Ch 300 Art 2 Definitions
- § 300-2.1 Word usage; terms defined.
- Ch 300 Art 3 Establishment of Zoning Districts
- § 300-3.1 Division into districts.
- § 300-3.2 Zoning Map.
- § 300-3.3 Boundaries of districts.
- Ch 300 Art 4 Interpretation and Application
- § 300-4.1 Interpretation.
- § 300-4.2 Applicability.
- Ch 300 Art 5 Use Regulations
- § 300-5.1 Applicability of use regulations.
- § 300-5.2 Permitted uses.
- § 300-5.3 Uses subject to other regulations.
- § 300-5.4 Table of Use Regulations.
- § 300-5.5 Agricultural District.
- § 300-5.6 Historic properties.
- Ch 300 Art 6 Area, Height and Bulk Regulations
- § 300-6.1 Applicability of area, height and bulk regulations.
- § 300-6.2 Area regulations.
- § 300-6.3 Height and bulk regulations.
- Ch 300 Art 7 Open Space Residential Zoning
- § 300-7.1 Purpose; application process.
- § 300-7.2 Conditions for granting special permit.
- § 300-7.3 Ownership of and restrictions on open land.
- § 300-7.4 Compliance with subdivision regulations.
- § 300-7.5 Conditions on approval.
- § 300-7.6 Further subdivision prohibited.
- Ch 300 Art 8 Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
- § 300-8.1 Table of Off-Street Parking Standards.
- § 300-8.2 General parking and loading regulations.
- § 300-8.3 Parking and loading space standards.
- § 300-8.4 Downtown Parking District.
- Ch 300 Art 9 Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
- § 300-9.1 Application of nonconformity.
- § 300-9.2 Extension and alteration.
- § 300-9.3 Reduction or increase.
- § 300-9.4 Change.
- § 300-9.5 Restoration.
- § 300-9.6 Abandonment.
- § 300-9.7 Moving.
- § 300-9.8 Unsafe structures.
- Ch 300 Art 10 Floodplain District
- § 300-10.1 Purpose.
- § 300-10.2 Definition.
- § 300-10.3 Permitted uses.
- § 300-10.4 Application for special permit.
- § 300-10.5 Issuance of special permits.
- § 300-10.6 Limits of authority.
- § 300-10.7 Obligation of applicant.
- Ch 300 Art 11 Watershed Protection District
- § 300-11.1 Purpose.
- § 300-11.2 Location.
- § 300-11.3 Permitted uses.
- § 300-11.4 Application for special permit.
- § 300-11.5 Issuance of special permits.
- § 300-11.6 Water bodies.
- § 300-11.7 Limits of authority.
- § 300-11.8 Obligation of applicant.
- Ch 300 Art 12 Rules and Regulations Governing Earth Removal Uses
- § 300-12.1 Permit required.
- § 300-12.2 Application.
- § 300-12.3 Site plan.
- § 300-12.4 General requirements.
- § 300-12.5 Procedure.
- § 300-12.6 Publication and notices.
- § 300-12.7 Bond.
- § 300-12.8 Specifications.
- § 300-12.9 Removal of earth not intended for business.
- § 300-12.10 Definition of earth.
- § 300-12.11 Violations and enforcement.
- Ch 300 Art 13 Sign Bylaw
- § 300-13.1 Administration.
- § 300-13.2 Signing districts.
- § 300-13.3 Prohibited signs and signing limitations.
- § 300-13.4 Required signs.
- § 300-13.5 Temporary signs.
- § 300-13.6 Nonconforming signs.
- § 300-13.7 Location of signs.
- § 300-13.8 Sign surface area.
- § 300-13.9 Obsolete signs.
- § 300-13.10 Alteration, repair, and replacement of signs.
- Ch 300 Art 14 Administration and Enforcement
- § 300-14.1 Building Inspector and/or Zoning Enforcement Officer.
- § 300-14.2 Permits required.
- § 300-14.3 Previously approved permits.
- § 300-14.4 Certificate of use and occupancy required.
- § 300-14.5 Permit and certificate fees.
- § 300-14.6 Special permit time limits.
- § 300-14.7 Violations and penalties.
- § 300-14.8 Prosecution of violations.
- § 300-14.9 Board of Appeals.
- § 300-14.10 Special permits by Board of Appeals.
- § 300-14.11 Variances.
- § 300-14.12 Site plan approval by Planning Board.
- § 300-14.13 Appeal periods.
- § 300-14.14 Duty to supply plans and specifications.
- § 300-14.15 Special permits by Planning Board.
- § 300-14.16 Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw.
- Ch 300 Art 15 Amendment, Validity and Effective Date
- § 300-15.1 Amendment.
- § 300-15.2 Validity.
- § 300-15.3 Effective date.
- Ch 300 Art 16 Aquifer Protection District
- § 300-16.1 Purpose.
- § 300-16.2 Definitions.
- § 300-16.3 Establishment of Aquifer Protection District.
- § 300-16.4 Establishment of use regulations.
- § 300-16.5 Uses in Well Protection District (Zone 1).
- § 300-16.6 Uses in Primary Aquifer Zone.
- § 300-16.7 Uses in Secondary Aquifer Zone (Zone 2).
- § 300-16.8 Uses by special permit from Board of Appeals.
- Ch 300 Art 17 Personal Wireless Communications Facilities
- § 300-17.1 Purpose.
- § 300-17.2 Definitions.
- § 300-17.3 Location.
- § 300-17.4 General requirements.
- § 300-17.5 Application process.
- § 300-17.6 Design guidelines.
- § 300-17.7 Special permit review.
- § 300-17.8 Invalidity.
- Ch 300 Art 18 Adult Uses
- § 300-18.1 Purpose and intent.
- § 300-18.2 Definitions.
- § 300-18.3 Special permit.
- § 300-18.4 Nonconformity.
- § 300-18.5 Invalidity.
- Ch 300 Art 19 Solar Photovoltaic Facilities Overlay District (PVOD)
- § 300-19.1 Purpose.
- § 300-19.2 Applicability.
- § 300-19.3 Definitions.
- § 300-19.4 Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District.
- § 300-19.5 Scope of authority.
- § 300-19.6 Siting of solar energy systems.
- § 300-19.7 Dimension, density and parking requirements.
- § 300-19.8 Appurtenant structures.
- § 300-19.9 Design standards.
- § 300-19.10 Safety and environmental standards for all ground-mounted and parking canopy facilities.
- § 300-19.11 Monitoring and maintenance for all ground-mounted and parking canopy facilities.
- § 300-19.12 Contents of application for large- and medium-scale ground-mounted and parking canopy facilities.
- § 300-19.13 Review of application.
- § 300-19.14 As-built plans.
- § 300-19.15 Changes in ownership.
- § 300-19.16 Annual reporting.
- § 300-19.17 Severability.
- Ch 300 Art 20 Medfield State Hospital District
- § 300-20.1 Purposes.
- § 300-20.2 Definitions.
- § 300-20.3 Establishment of Medfield State Hospital District.
- § 300-20.4 Applicability of MSHD.
- § 300-20.5 Permitted uses.
- § 300-20.6 Housing and housing affordability.
- § 300-20.7 Dimensional requirements.
- § 300-20.8 Parking requirements.
- § 300-20.9 Application for plan approval.
- § 300-20.10 Plan review procedures.
- § 300-20.11 Plan approval decision.
- § 300-20.12 Change in plans after approval.
- § 300-20.13 Design guidelines.
- § 300-20.14 Signage.
- § 300-20.15 Severability.
- Division 2: Regulations
- Ch 310 Subdivision of Land
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Medfield 4-5-1938, as amended
through 4-29-2013.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table of Use Regulations
Attachment 2 - Table of Area RegulationsAttachment 3 - Table of Height and Bulk RegulationsAttachment 4 - Medfield State Hospital[1]
Editor's Note: At the 4-28-2014 ATM, by Art. 33, the Town
voted to make nonsubstantive, ministerial changes to this Bylaw and
to make the text gender-neutral. Other minor substantive changes were
also made and are noted in the text by the following history: "Amended
4-28-2014 ATM by Art. 33."
