Town of Weymouth, MA Article V Resident District R-3

[Amended June 1976 STM by Art. 26, approved 10-18-1976]

§ 120-14 Intent.

The R-3 Resident District is intended to establish and preserve a multiple-family dwelling district whose density would be compatible with existing multiple-family dwelling characteristics within the Town of Weymouth and to provide varied housing opportunities. It is further intended that the R-3 District provide for low-rise structures with appropriate landscaping and site planning to allow for garden-apartment types of developments. It is further intended to exclude uses which are not compatible with residential uses but permit certain nonresidential uses which are compatible in the district and which are of particular convenience to the residents of the district.

§ 120-15 Permitted uses.

[Amended June 1978 STM by Art. 2, approved 11-2-1978; May 1987 ATM by Art. 52, approved 8-27-1987; May 1992 ATM by Art. 46, approved 10-1-1992; May 1993 ATM by Arts. 55 and 56, approved 7-9-1993; May 1997 ATM by Art. 43, approved 8-11-1997]

See Article XXVA, § 120-123E, for site plan review applicability for any of the permitted uses listed in this section. In a Resident District R-3, no buildings or premises shall be erected, altered or used for any purpose except:

A. Any use permitted in Resident District R-1.

B. A building or group of buildings for occupancy by two or more families in separate dwelling units.

C. Nursing home or convalescent home.

§ 120-16 Accessory uses.

[Amended June 1978 STM by Art. 2, approved 11-2-1978; May 1992 ATM by Art. 46, approved 10-1-1992; May 1993 ATM by Arts. 55 and 56, approved 7-9-1993; May 1997 by Art. 43, approved 8-11-1997]

See Article XXVA, § 120-123E, for site plan review applicability for any of the permitted uses listed in this section. Uses on the same lot with and customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses, as follows:

A. Accessory uses under § 120-12 of this bylaw for single-family dwellings.

B. Accessory uses and structures customarily associated with apartment developments, including swimming pools, recreation facilities, garages and the like, and also including convenience grocery stores, newsstands, barbers, hairdressers, drugstores and like facilities primarily for the use of on-site residents. Home occupations are prohibited for multifamily dwellings in the R-3 District.

C. Accessory uses and structures customarily associated with nursing homes and convalescent homes.

§ 120-17 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.

[Amended June 1978 STM by Art. 2, approved 11-2-1978]

Any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, on approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:

A. Any use requiring a special permit in the Resident District R-1, § 120-13.

B. Private club or lodge operated for members only.

C. Clinic or office of an architect, attorney, physician, dentist or other similar professional person or firm, not accessory to a main residential use.

§ 120-18 Special permit uses by Planning Board.

[Amended June 1978 STM by Art. 2, approved 11-2-1978]

The following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, may be granted as special permit by the Planning Board, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:

A. Planned unit development as defined in § 120-6 of this bylaw and subject to the district regulations in § 120-63 of this bylaw.

B. Hotel, motel or apartment hotel.

C. A building or group of buildings for occupancy by 20 or more families in separate dwelling units.

[Added May 1987 ATM by Art. 52, approved 8-27-1987]

§ 120-18.1 Special permit uses by Board of Selectmen.

[Added October 1982 STM by Art. 3, approved 1-11-1983]

The following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, may be granted as a special permit use by the Board of Selectmen, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:

A. Lodging house, not to exceed 10 lodgers.