Town of Barnstable, MA
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2023-07-20
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The Code
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Part I: General Ordinances
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Chapter 240 Zoning
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: General Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Affordable Housing
- Ch 13 Airport
- Ch 17 Alarm Systems
- Ch 20 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 24 Animals
- Ch 32 Beaches and Waterways
- Ch 37 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 40 Boats
- Ch 43 Body-Piercing Businesses
- Ch 47 Building Construction
- Ch 51 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 54 Building and Premises Maintenance
- Ch 57 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 59 Comprehensive Occupancy
- Ch 68 Electrical Standards
- Ch 76 Fees
- Ch 78 Fertilizer Nitrogen and Phosphorous Control
- Ch 80 Fire Lanes
- Ch 86 Funds
- Ch 89 Gambling
- Ch 93 Garage and Barn Sales
- Ch 96 Gas Piping and Appliances
- Ch 100 Handbills
- Ch 104 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 108 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 112 Historic Properties
- Ch 115 Hours of Operation of Businesses
- Ch 121 Licensing
- Ch 125 Loitering
- Ch 128 Motorized Conveyances
- Ch 130 Newsracks
- Ch 133 Noise
- Ch 138 Officers and Employees
- Ch 141 Outdoor Businesses
- Ch 147 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 150 Peddling and Hawking
- Ch 160 Problem Properties, Chronic
- Ch 162 Public Hearings
- Ch 166 Raffles and Bazaars
- Ch 168 Regulatory Agreements
- Ch 170 Rental Properties
- Ch 173 Roller-Skating and Skateboarding
- Ch 177 Sandy Neck
- Ch 180 Scenic Roads
- Ch 183 Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Abatement Program
- Ch 184 Sewers and Water
- Ch 188 Shellfisheries
- Ch 192 Signs
- Ch 195 Single-Use Plastic Carry-Out Bags
- Ch 198 Soil, Sand and Gravel Pits
- Ch 202 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 208 Substance Controls
- Ch 210 Swimming Pools
- Ch 217 Tourist Camps
- Ch 220 Town Council
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 224 Vacant and Foreclosing Properties
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Boats, Storage of
- Ch 232 Wastewater Discharge
- Ch 237 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Ch 240 Art I Introduction
- § 240-1 Title.
- § 240-2 Purpose.
- § 240-3 Interpretation.
- § 240-4 Severability.
- Ch 240 Art II General Provisions
- § 240-5 Establishment of districts.
- § 240-6 Zoning Map.
- § 240-7 Application of district regulations.
- § 240-8 Exempt uses.
- § 240-9 Temporary uses.
- § 240-10 Prohibited uses.
- Ch 240 Art III District Regulations
- § 240-11 RB, RD-1 and RF-2 Residential Districts.
- § 240-12 Pond Village (Barnstable) District of Critical Planning Concern (PVDCPC) R-2C
- § 240-13 RC, RD, RF-1 and RG Residential Districts.
- § 240-14 RC-1 and RF Residential Districts.
- § 240-15 RC-2 Residential District.
- § 240-16 RAH Residential District.
- § 240-16.1 MAH Residential District.
- § 240-17 Open space residential development.
- § 240-17.1 Private-initiated affordable housing development.
- § 240-18 (Reserved)
- § 240-19 (Reserved)
- § 240-20 West Barnstable Village Business District.
- § 240-21 B, BA and UB Business Districts.
- § 240-22 (Reserved)
- § 240-23 MB-A1, MB-A2 and MB-B Business Districts.
- § 240-24 VB-A Business District.
- § 240-24.1 Downtown Hyannis Zoning Districts.
- § 240-24.1.1 Downtown Hyannis Zoning Districts.
- § 240-24.1.2 Title.
- § 240-24.1.3 General provisions.
- § 240-24.1.4 Definitions.
- § 240-24.1.5 Standards for all Districts.
- § 240-24.1.6 Downtown Main Street District (DMS).
- § 240-24.1.7 Downtown Village District (DV).
- § 240-24.1.8 Downtown Neighborhood District (DN).
- § 240-24.1.9 Downtown Hospital District (DH).
- § 240-24.1.10 Hyannis Harbor District (HH).
- § 240-24.1.11 Transportation Center District (TC).
- § 240-24.1.12 Highway Commercial District (HC).
- § 240-24.1.13 Tables.
- § 240-24.2 Marstons Mills Village Zoning District.
- § 240-25 HB Business District.
- § 240-26 HO Highway Office.
- § 240-27 S&D Service and Distribution District.
- § 240-28 SD-1 Service and Distribution District.
- § 240-29 SCCRCOD Senior Continuing Care Retirement Community Overlay District.
- § 240-29.1 Purpose.
- § 240-29.2 Definitions.
- § 240-29.3 Description of district.
- § 240-29.4 Location.
- § 240-29.5 Concept plan.
- § 240-29.6 Map amendment.
- § 240-29.7 Application for special permit.
- § 240-29.8 Joint Cape Cod Commission Review.
- § 240-29.9 Standards.
- § 240-29.10 Decision.
- § 240-29.11 Transferability.
- § 240-30 Medical Marijuana Overlay District.
- § 240-31 Registered recreational marijuana cultivators, research facilities and testing laboratories.
- § 240-32 IND Limited Industrial District.
- § 240-33 IND Industrial District.
- § 240-34 Floodplain District.
- § 240-35 Groundwater Protection Overlay Districts.
- § 240-36 RPOD Resource Protection Overlay District.
- § 240-37 Dock and Pier Overlay District.
- § 240-37.1 Recreational Shellfish Area and Shellfish Relay Area Dock and Pier Overlay District.
- § 240-38 Medical Services Overlay District.
- § 240-38.1 Mixed-Use Subzone of Medical Services Overlay District.
- § 240-39 Shopping Center Redevelopment Overlay District.
- § 240-40 Adult Use Overlay District.
- § 240-40.1 Former Grade 5 School Planned Unit Development Overlay District.
- Ch 240 Art IV Supplemental Provisions
- § 240-41 Vision clearance on corner lots.
- § 240-42 Planning Board standards/certain subdivisions.
- Ch 240 Art V Accessory Uses
- § 240-43 Incidental and subordinate nature of accessory uses.
- § 240-44 Accessory uses permitted with special permit.
- § 240-44.1 Land-based wind energy conversion facilities (WECFs).
- § 240-44.2 Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District.
- § 240-45 Off-street storage of trailers.
- § 240-46 Home occupation.
- § 240-47 Shared elderly housing.
- § 240-47.1 Family apartments.
- § 240-47.2 Accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
- Ch 240 Art VI Off-Street Parking Regulations
- § 240-48 Purpose.
- § 240-49 Applicability.
- § 240-50 Computation.
- § 240-51 Location of parking spaces.
- § 240-52 Design and screening standards.
- § 240-53 Landscape requirements for parking lots.
- § 240-54 Location of parking lot in relationship to buildings.
- § 240-55 Conflicting provisions.
- § 240-56 Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements.
- § 240-57 Circumstances warranting reduction of requirements.
- § 240-58 Reduction of parking within the MA-1 and MA-2 Business Districts.
- Ch 240 Art VII Sign Regulations
- § 240-59 Statement of intent.
- § 240-60 Definitions.
- § 240-61 Prohibited signs.
- § 240-62 Determination of area of a sign.
- § 240-63 Signs in residential districts.
- § 240-64 Signs in Downtown Hospital District.
- § 240-65 Signs in B, UB, HB, HO, S&D, and SD-1 Districts.
- § 240-65.1 Signs in BA Districts.
- § 240-66 Signs in industrial districts.
- § 240-67 Signs in CVD, HC, TC, VB-A, WBVBD and MMV Districts.
- § 240-68 Signs in MB-A1, MB-A2, MB-B and HH Districts.
- § 240-69 Gasoline station signs.
- § 240-70 Shopping center signs.
- § 240-71 Signs DMS District.
- § 240-71.1 Signs in Downtown Village (DV) District.
- § 240-72 Trade flags.
- § 240-73 Construction signs.
- § 240-74 Temporary signs.
- § 240-75 Directional or safety signs.
- § 240-76 Business area signs.
- § 240-77 Movie houses and places of entertainment.
- § 240-78 Illumination.
- § 240-79 Signs in Old King's Highway Historic District.
- § 240-80 Relocating or changing signs.
- § 240-81 Transfer of permits prohibited.
- § 240-82 Protection of subsequent purchasers.
- § 240-83 Illegal signs.
- § 240-84 Abandoned signs.
- § 240-85 Permit required; identification stickers.
- § 240-86 Violations and penalties.
- § 240-87 Safety and maintenance.
- § 240-88 Appeals.
- § 240-89 Enforcement.
- Ch 240 Art VIII Nonconformities
- § 240-90 Intent.
- § 240-91 Nonconforming lot.
- § 240-92 Nonconforming buildings or structures used as single- and two-family residences.
- § 240-93 Nonconforming buildings or structures not used as single- or two-family dwellings.
- § 240-94 Nonconforming use.
- § 240-95 Reestablishment of damaged or destroyed nonconforming use, building or structure.
- § 240-96 Variance situations.
- § 240-97 Abandonment; nonuse.
- Ch 240 Art IX Site Plan Review
- § 240-98 Findings.
- § 240-99 Purposes.
- § 240-100 Scope of application.
- § 240-101 Site plan approval required.
- § 240-102 Contents of site plan.
- § 240-103 Site development standards.
- § 240-104 Minimum parking lot design standards.
- § 240-105 Required procedures for site plan review.
- Ch 240 Art X Personal Wireless Communication
- § 240-106 Purpose and intent.
- § 240-107 Requirements for all personal wireless facilities in all zoning districts.
- § 240-108 Antennas permitted by special permit in all zoning districts.
- § 240-109 Antennas permitted as of right in all zoning districts.
- Ch 240 Art XI Growth Management
- § 240-110 Authority.
- § 240-111 Purposes.
- § 240-112 Definitions.
- § 240-113 Effective date and applicability.
- § 240-114 Rate of residential development.
- § 240-115 Issuance of residential building permits.
- § 240-116 Exemptions.
- § 240-117 Hardship procedure.
- § 240-118 Determination of buildability.
- § 240-119 Violations and penalties.
- § 240-120 Review of provisions.
- § 240-121 Scope and validity.
- § 240-122 Severability.
- Ch 240 Art XII (Reserved)
- Ch 240 Art XIII Administration and Enforcement
- § 240-123 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 240-124 Bonds and permits.
- § 240-125 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 240-126 Variance provisions.
- Ch 240 Art XIV Amendment; Definitions; Moratorium
- § 240-127 Zoning amendment procedures
- § 240-128 Definitions.
- § 240-129 (Reserved)
- Ch 240 Art XV District of Critical Planning Concern Regulations
- § 240-130 Centerville Village District.
- § 240-130.1 Purposes and intent.
- § 240-130.2 Definitions.
- § 240-130.3 Permitted uses.
- § 240-130.4 Continuation; changes to use; damaged structures.
- § 240-130.5 Additional provisions.
- § 240-130.6 Dimensional, bulk and other requirements.
- § 240-130.7 Design guidelines.
- § 240-130.8 Site development standards.
- § 240-131 Craigville Beach District; statutory authority.
- § 240-131.1 Purposes and intent.
- § 240-131.2 District boundaries.
- § 240-131.3 Definitions.
- § 240-131.4 Craigville Beach District use regulations.
- § 240-131.5 Dimensional, bulk, and other requirements.
- § 240-131.6 Coverage limitations.
- § 240-131.7 Neighborhood Overlay regulations.
- § 240-131.8 Additional provisions.
- Part II: Appendix to the General Ordinances
- Ch 241 Administrative Code
- Ch 242 Personnel
- Part III: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 307 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 318 Fee Schedule
- Ch 322 Food Establishments
- Ch 326 Fuel and Chemical Storage Tanks
- Ch 332 Herbicides
- Ch 335 Housing
- Ch 346 Massage Establishments
- Ch 353 Nuisances
- Ch 360 On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 365 Sale of Tobacco Products, Restricting the
- Ch 371 Smoking
- Ch 373 Solid Waste
- Ch 376 Stables
- Ch 378 Swimming Pools
- Ch 381 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 385 Variance Requests
- Ch 392 Waterfowl
- Ch 397 Wells
- Part IV: Town Manager Regulations
- Ch 401 Administrative Procedures
- Ch 401A Bathing Beaches
- Ch 402 Cemeteries
- Ch 403 Dog Control
- Ch 404 Excavations
- Ch 404A Fees
- Ch 405 Marinas
- Ch 406 Mooring
- Ch 406A Open Air Private Parking Lots
- Ch 406B Pedicabs and Pedicab Operators
- Ch 407 Shellfish
- Ch 408 Roller Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 430 Vessels on Town Property
- Part V: Licensing Authority Rules and Regulations
- Ch 501 General Rules for All Licensed Businesses
- Ch 502 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 503 Entertainment
- Ch 504 Common Victuallers
- Ch 505 Innholders/Hotels
- Ch 506 Lodging, Bed-And-Breakfast, and Guesthouse Licenses
- Ch 507 Nonintoxicating Beverages
- Ch 508 Secondhand/Junk Dealers
- Ch 509 Automobile Sales
- Ch 510 Fortune Tellers
- Part VI: Marine and Environmental Affairs Division Regulations
- Ch 601 Sandy Neck Beach Park
- Part VII: Conservation Commission Regulations
- Ch 701 Property Use Violations
- Ch 702 Shooting Range
- Ch 703 Private Docks and Piers
- Ch 704 Wetlands Buffer Zone Activity
- Ch 705 Coastal Banks
- Ch 706 Abutter Notification
- Ch 707 Submission Requirements for Notice of Intent Applications
- Ch 708 Outside Consultants
- Ch 709 Noncriminal Disposition of Wetlands Violations
- Ch 710 Requests for Determination of Applicability
- Ch 711 Shore Outhauls
- Part VIII: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 801 Subdivision Regulations
- Part IX: Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch 901 Sewers Connections
- Ch 902 Hyannis Water System
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Barnstable 4-7-1987 STM by Art.
4; readopted 9-27-1990 by Order No. 90-65[1] (Art. III of Ch. III of the General Ordinances, as updated
through 4-10-2003). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Affordable housing — See Ch. 9.
Airport — See Ch. 13.
Building construction — See Ch. 47.
Comprehensive occupancy — See Ch. 59.
Fees — See Ch. 76.
Historic properties — See Ch. 112.
Outdoor businesses — See Ch. 141.
Signs — See Ch. 192.
Tourist camps — 217.
Wetlands protection — See Ch. 237.
Food establishments — See Ch. 322.
On-site sewage disposal systems — See Ch. 360.
Wells — See Ch. 397.
Marinas — See Ch. 405.
Secondhand dealers and secondhand collectors — See Ch. 508.
Subdivision Regulations — See Ch. 801.
[1]
Editor's Note: The readoption of the Zoning
Ordinance on 9-27-1990 was its conversion from bylaw adopted by the
former Town Meeting to an ordinance adopted by the present Town Council.
The amendment dates noted in the text of the chapter include amendments
to the original bylaw.
