Town of Weymouth, MA Article VIC Medical Services District MS

[Added May 1990 STM by Art. 3, approved 8-29-1990]

§ 120-22.9 Purpose.

The purpose of the Medical Services District is to:

A. Provide for the health and care needs of the community within a district designed for a hospital and the customary supporting facilities and uses that develop around such a regional facility.

B. Allow hospitals, clinics, treatment facilities, offices, laboratories, sale of materials and supplies of a medical nature and similar related uses.

C. Maintain the neighborhood scale and ensure compatibility between uses within the Medical Services District and abutting districts through density and dimensional requirements.

§ 120-22.10 Permitted uses.

[Amended 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. The following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, are permitted, provided that, in connection with such use, any new construction or addition to a structure lawfully existing at the time this section is adopted shall not exceed 20,000 square feet of gross floor area:

A. Detached single-family dwelling.

B. Hospital.

C. Nursing home.

D. Medical office.

E. Outpatient clinic.

F. Medical laboratory.

§ 120-22.11 (Reserved) [1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former § 120-22.11, Site plan review, was repealed May 1993 ATM by Art. 56, approved 7-9-1993.

§ 120-22.12 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.

In a Medical Services District, any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, are permitted on approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:

A. Funeral home.

B. Alteration of a dwelling existing at the time this bylaw is adopted for a two-family dwelling.

C. Sale or lease of medical supplies and/or equipment.

D. Any special permit use which, in addition, requires a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals.

E. Ambulance station.

§ 120-22.13 Special permit uses by Planning Board.

In a Medical Services District, any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, are permitted on approval of the Planning Board, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:

A. Any uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, permitted in § 120-22.10, where any building, group of buildings, premises or addition to a structure lawfully existing at the time this section is adopted exceeds 20,000 square feet or more of gross floor area.

B. Parking plans that provide for required off-street parking to be located on more than one lot for any permitted or specially permitted use.