For the purpose of this section, the following uses shall be
considered as business or commercial uses, and all buildings designed,
arranged or constructed for, or occupied by, one or more of such uses
shall be considered as business or commercial buildings.
1.
Any of the uses permitted in Limited Business, General Business,
Commercial, Office Park or Limited Industrial Districts but not permitted
in Single Residence A, B, C and D Districts (with or without Board
of Appeals authorization).
2.
Any of the following single residence district uses, where permitted,
in a Limited Business, General Business, Commercial or Limited Industrial
District:
6.2.1.
Signs in Single Residence Districts.
In a Single Residence A, B, C, and D District, the following exterior
signs are permitted:
1.
One sign for each dwelling unit on the premises indicating the
owner or occupant or pertaining to a permitted home occupation provided
that such sign does not exceed six inches in width and 24 inches in
length. Such sign may be white lighted but shall not be flashing.
2.
One sign not over nine square feet in area pertaining only to
permitted uses and buildings on the premises as listed in "Single
Residential District Uses" Section of the Lynnfield Zoning bylaws
but specifically not including number 1, 9, and 10 of that "Single
Residential District Uses" Section.[1] Provided that no such sign is located within 20 feet of
any exterior way line or lot line. Such sign may be white lighted
but shall not be flashing.
[1]
Editor's Note: So in original.
3.
One temporary unlighted sign not over nine square feet in area
pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises provided that no such
sign is located within 10 feet of any exterior way line or lot line.
6.2.2.
Signs in Limited Business Districts. In a Limited
Business, Limited Industrial and Office Park District, two exterior
signs pertaining to permitted buildings, structures and uses existing
at the time on the premises is permitted, provided that:
1.
One sign attached flat against a wall of the building and fronting
on the principal way, a parking space in the rear, or, in the case
of a building on a corner lot, on that portion of the side of the
wall within 50 feet of the exterior line of the principal way. In
no case shall such sign project above the roof line. Such sign may
be white lighted but shall not be flashing. Such sign may not exceed
in total area two square feet for each linear foot of store front.
In any case, such sign may not exceed 75 square feet.
2.
A directory-type sign for identification of the several tenants
or occupants in the area may be placed in a prominent place for the
benefit of foot vehicular traffic. Each tenant will be allotted for
his identification on the sign an area not in excess of 24 inches
horizontally and six inches vertically (144 square inches) and the
total area of the sign shall not exceed 10 square feet. Other ornaments
may not protrude from the sign more than four inches in any direction
with the exception of hardware necessary to attach the sign to a post.
Such a sign should be in good taste and may be white lighted indirectly,
but may not be lighted by flashing or intermittent lights. Said sign
shall be placed in a safe location at the normal entrance to the area
in which the tenants or occupants are located and also be located
so as not to obstruct the normal vision of traffic. Said sign shall
not be suspended or placed so as to overhang a public or private way
and will be no higher at its lower extremity than three feet above
the ground. Permission for the installation of any directory sign
not attached to a building will be in writing from the fee holder
of title and accompany any request for a permit or variance. Said
request to include a scale drawing of the proposed sign and said permit,
when issued, shall indicate that the permit for said sign may be revoked
by the Building Inspector if it is not properly maintained.
6.2.3.
Signs in General Business and Commercial Districts.
In a General Business and Commercial District, exterior signs pertaining
to permitted buildings, structures and uses existing at the time on
the premises are permitted, provided that:
1.
One sign is attached flat against a wall of the building and
fronts on the principal way, a parking space in the rear, or in the
case of a building on a corner lot, on that portion of the side of
the wall within 50 feet of the exterior line of the principal way.
Such sign may not exceed in total area three square feet for each
linear foot of store front, and in no case may exceed 100 square feet.
2.
One additional sign not attached to the building, which may
be double faced. Each face may not exceed the lesser of one square
foot for each two linear feet of lot frontage or one square foot for
each 100 square feet of ground floor area in the building or buildings
located on the premises. In no case is this sign to be larger than
150 square feet per side nor to exceed 15 feet in height including
standard.
6.2.5.
Signs in Housing for the Elderly Districts.
1.
One sign at each vehicular entrance to the district provided
that such sign does not exceed six inches in width and 24 inches in
length. Such sign may be nonflashing white lighted.
2.
One sign attached flat against the wall of one building and
fronting on the principal way. Such sign shall not exceed nine square
feet and may be nonflashing white lighted.
6.2.7.
Standards Applicable in All Districts. The sections
on sign regulations are intended to ensure that all signs are located,
designed, sized, constructed, installed, and maintained in a way that
protects and promotes safety, health, aesthetics, and the public welfare,
including impact upon residential property value, while allowing adequate
communication.
1.
Signs shall neither contain moving elements nor convey the appearance
of movement, whether by changing pixilation or any other physical
or electronic representation of movement.
6.3.1.
General. In all districts, except
the Elderly Housing District, no business or commercial building shall
be constructed or externally enlarged, and no business or commercial
use shall be established or expanded in ground area, unless there
is provided on the lot or land associated therewith and within 300
feet of such building or use, off-street automobile parking spaces
in compliance with the following.
6.3.2.
Parking Space Dimensions. For the purposes of this
section, an off-street parking space shall contain 180 square feet
of appropriate dimensions for the parking of an automobile, exclusive
of access drives or aisles.
6.3.3.
Computation. In the case of mixed uses in the same
building or on the same lot, or the joint use of spaces by two or
more separate buildings or uses, the total requirements for off-street
parking space shall be the sum of the requirements of the various
buildings and uses computed separately. Required parking spaces shall
be located, graded, drained and otherwise constructed in accordance
with the site plan hereinafter required, shall be provided and maintained
with a dust-free surface, and shall be permanently available for use
by the customers, patrons, and employees of the establishment with
which connected.
6.3.4.
Table of Parking Requirements.
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Use
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Number of Spaces Required
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Retail stores, showrooms or salesrooms, wholesale showrooms,
consumer, professional or commercial service establishments, offices
or banks
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At least one off-street parking space for each 180 square feet
of ground floor area of the building plus one additional space for
each 360 square feet of floor area in all stories above the first
story
|
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Restaurants and other places for the serving of food or beverages
and theaters and other places of amusement or assembly
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At least one off-street parking space for each 180 square feet
of ground floor area of the building plus one additional space for
each 360 square feet of floor area in all stories above the first
story, or at least one off-street parking space for each three seats
provided for patron use, whichever requires the greater number of
parking spaces
|
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Shops of the building trades, printing and publishing establishments,
and all storage, manufacturing or other uses first specifically listed
herein in a Commercial or Limited Industrial District
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At least one off-street parking space for each two persons employed
or anticipated being employed, on the largest shift
|
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Motor vehicle service stations, drive-in establishments, open-air
retail businesses (including open-air amusements)
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Sufficient off-street parking spaces to accommodate the automobiles
of customers, patrons and employees (Frequent parking of such automobiles
within a public or private way adjacent to the premises will be considered
as evidence of the inadequacy of the off-street spaces provided in
connection therewith.)
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6.3.5.
Elderly Housing District. In an Elderly Housing
District, no housing shall be constructed unless there is provided
on the lot or land associated therewith off-street parking totaling
at least four parking spaces as above defined for each three units
contained in such residence buildings.
6.4.1.
General. All vehicular access to
and from any lot on which a business or commercial building or use
is located (including accessory off-street parking spaces) shall be
through designated driveway openings.
6.4.2.
Dimensions. Driveway openings shall have a width
of not more than 20 feet at the exterior line of the public or private
way, and not more than one opening for entrance and one opening for
exit (which may be contiguous with a total width of 40 feet) shall
be permitted along any way for each 200 feet of lot frontage on said
way, if in a Limited Business District, or for each 300 feet of lot
frontage on said way, if in a General Business, Commercial, Office
Park of Limited Industrial District.
6.4.3.
Lots with Deficient Frontage. In the case of a
lot having less than the specified frontage along the exterior line
of a way, a total of not more than two designated driveway openings
shall be permitted (one of which shall be for entrance and the other
for exit), provided that:
1.
Said lot was laid out by deed or conveyance or shown on a duly
recorded plan prior to the effective date of the bylaw, provided that
on such date said lot did not adjoin other land of the same owner
available for use in connection with said lot; or
2.
Said driveway openings are used or to be used in common by two
or more lots having a total continuous frontage on the way of at least
the amount specified for a single lot; or
3.
Said driveway openings are at the exterior line of a private
way whose primary function, in the opinion of the Board of Appeals,
is to provide access to premises located in nonresidential districts,
and a variance from these requirements is accordingly authorized by
said Board.
6.4.4.
Elderly Housing District. In a Housing for the
Elderly District, driveways within each lot, including those for ingress
and egress, shall be 30 feet in width, with 20 feet paved for the
use of vehicles and with two sidewalks each five feet in width. Adequate
lighting shall be provided for driveways, and driveways and parking
areas shall be suitably graded and provided and maintained with permanent
dust-free surface, adequate drainage and bumper guards when needed
for safety. Off-street parking shall not be allowed between buildings
and side lot lines.
6.5.1.
Purpose. For reasons of safety
and the reduction of light trespass, glare and light pollution, all
outdoor lighting fixtures except those installed for municipal purposes,
and with the further exception of lighting regulated by the Off-Street
Parking section,[1] whether ground, pole, or wall-mounted, shall be subject
to the following regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Section 6.3.
6.5.3.
Residential Districts. Residential lighting shall
be steady, stationary, and when necessary shielded so as to avoid
causing glare for motorists, pedestrians, or neighboring premises.
The marginal increase in light, as measured at a property line other
than a street line, shall not exceed 0.5 footcandle.
6.5.4.
All Other Districts (Excluding Overlay Districts);
Height. The following limitations on height shall be observed by all
uses except illuminations for public recreation on public land.
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Maximum Luminaire Mounting Height (to Bottom of Luminaire)
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|---|---|---|
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LB District
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All Other Districts
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Fixture Type I
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15 feet
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Fixture Type II
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20 feet
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20 feet
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Fixture Type III
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25 feet
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30 feet
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6.5.5.
All Other Districts (Excluding Overlay Districts);
Overspill Limitations. The following limitations on illumination overspill
shall be observed by all uses except illuminations for public recreation
on public land.
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Maximum Off-Site Overspill (footcandles, FC)
| ||
|---|---|---|
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LB District
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All Other Districts
| |
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Fixture Type I
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0.2 FC
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Fixture Type II
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0.5 FC
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0.5 FC
|
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Fixture Type III
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0.5 FC
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1.0 FC
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6.5.6.
All Other Districts (Excluding Overlay Districts);
Maximum Light. In all nonresidential districts (except Housing for
the Elderly and overlay districts) the amount of light under any fixture
shall not exceed 20 footcandles.
6.6.1.
General. The districts' respective
uses (whether or not requiring Board of Appeals authorization), and
all uses accessory thereto, shall be conducted wholly within a completely
enclosed building, except as follows.
6.6.2.
Residential Districts.
1.
All those uses permitted in Residence A, B, C and D Districts
unless specified elsewhere.
6.6.3.
6.6.5.
Commercial District. In a Commercial District all
open storage of junk, scrap metal, rags, waste paper, and similar
used materials shall be completely screened from view at normal eye
level from any public or private way or from any premises. Any other
use conducted outside a completely enclosed building, except an open
use permitted in General Business Districts, shall, if visible at
normal eye level from any point within a Single Residence A, B, C
and D District and less than 200 feet distant, be completely screened
from such view, unless separated from said district by a railroad
or by a public or private way having a width of 40 feet or more. Screening
required under this subsection shall be by an evergreen planting,
fence, or other attractive suitable visual barrier.
6.6.6.
Industrial District. The open storage of goods,
products, materials or equipment, where accessory to a permitted main
use conducted in a completely enclosed building on the same premises,
subject to the condition that the total ground area devoted to such
open use does not exceed 25% of the ground area covered by said building
and that this open use does not come nearer than 100 feet from the
boundary of a Single Residence A, B, C or D District.
1.
In a Limited Industrial District all open storage of junk, scrap
metal, rags, waste paper, and similar used materials shall be completely
screened from view at normal eye level from any public or private
way or from any premises. Any other use conducted outside a completely
enclosed building, except an open use permitted in General Business
Districts, shall, if visible at normal eye level from any point within
a Single Residence A, B, C and D District and less than 200 feet distant,
be completely screened from such view, unless separated from said
district by a railroad or by a public or private way having a width
of 40 feet or more. Screening required under this subsection shall
be by an evergreen planting, fence, or other attractive suitable visual
barrier.
6.6.7.
Housing for the Elderly Districts. None, unless
specified elsewhere in the bylaw.
6.6.8.
Office Park Districts. None unless specified elsewhere
in the bylaw.
1.
There shall be provided a landscaped buffer strip of 50 feet
on all sides of the property, except where the development adjoins
existing development within a Single Residence A, B, C or D District,
such buffer strip shall be increased to 100 feet. A landscaped buffer
shall consist of existing natural vegetation or new plantings, or
combinations thereof, which will form a year-round dense screen at
least six feet high within three years.
