A.
In this chapter, the following terms and construction shall apply
unless a contrary meaning is required by the context or is specifically
prescribed in the text of this chapter. Words used in the present
tense include the future. The singular includes the plural, and the
plural includes the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory, and "may"
is permissive or discretionary. The word "and" includes "or" unless
the contrary is evident from the text. The word "includes" or "including"
shall not limit a term to specified examples but is intended to extend
its meaning to all other instances, circumstances, or items of like
character or kind. The word "lot" includes "plot," and the word "used"
or "occupied" shall be considered as though followed by the words
"or intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied." The word
"building," "structure," "lot" or "parcel" shall be construed as being
followed by the words "or any portion thereof." The word "person"
includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, company,
or corporation as well as an individual. Terms and words not defined
herein but defined in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Building
Code shall have the meaning given therein unless a contrary intention
is clearly evident in this chapter.
B.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
ACCESSORY USE
ADULT DAY-CARE SERVICES
ADULT USE
AGRICULTURAL USE, EXEMPT
AGRICULTURAL USE, NONEXEMPT
ALTERATION
ANIMAL CLINIC or VETERINARY HOSPITAL
ANTENNA
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE
BED-AND-BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT
BOARDING HOUSE
BUILDING
BUILDING COVERAGE
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
CAR WASHING ESTABLISHMENT
CHILD-CARE FACILITY
CLUB OR LODGE, PRIVATE
COMMERCIAL RECREATION, INDOOR
COMMERCIAL RECREATION, OUTDOOR
COMMON OPEN SPACE
CONTINUING CARE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY (CCSLC)
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
CONVENIENCE RETAIL
DRIVE-THROUGH or DRIVE-IN
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE OR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
EARTHMOVING AND ALTERATION
EDUCATIONAL USE, EXEMPT
(1)
(2)
EDUCATIONAL USE, NONEXEMPT
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
FAMILY
FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME, LARGE
FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME, SMALL
FARM STAND, NONEXEMPT
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
HOME OCCUPATION
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
INCIDENTAL
INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS
JUNK
JUNKYARD or AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL
LIGHT MANUFACTURING
LIVE-WORK UNIT
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT LINE
LOT WIDTH
LOT, CORNER
LOT, COVERAGE
LOT, DEPTH OF
LOT, FRONTAGE OF
LOT, FRONTAGE STREET
MANUFACTURED HOME
MANUFACTURING
MARIJUANA
(1)
(2)
(3)
MARIJUANA CULTIVATOR
MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT
MARIJUANA PRODUCT MANUFACTURER
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS
MARIJUANA RETAILER
MARIJUANA TESTING FACILITY
MARIJUANA TRANSPORTATION OR DISTRIBUTION FACILITY
MEDICAL CLINIC OR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL FACILITY
MEDICAL OFFICE
MIXED USE
MOBILE HOME
MOTEL or HOTEL
MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPAIR
MOTOR VEHICLE GENERAL REPAIRS
MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHT SERVICE
MUNICIPAL USE
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
NURSING OR CONVALESCENT HOME
OFFICE BUILDING
OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (OSRD)
PARKING STRUCTURE or PARKING AREA
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
ROOMING HOUSE
SETBACK, FRONT, REAR AND SIDE
SIGN
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
SPECIAL PERMIT
STORY
STREET
STREET CENTER
STREET LINE
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW
TEMPORARY STORAGE UNIT
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE
TRAILER
TRAILER OR MOBILE HOME COURT
TRANSIENT BUSINESS
TRANSIENT VENDOR
TRANSPORT TERMINAL
USE
WAREHOUSE
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A subordinate building located on the same lot as the main
or principal building or principal use, the use of which is customarily
incidental to that of the principal building or use of the land.
A use customarily incidental to that of the main or principal
building or use of the land.
Individualized programs of activities and services provided
to adult clients who require daytime supervision at sites other than
their homes. Activities include assistance with walking, grooming
and eating; provision of one meal and two snacks per day; and planned
recreational and social activities suited to the needs of the participants
and designed to encourage physical and mental exercise and stimulate
social interaction.
Shall be defined in § 675-1020 of this chapter.
Agricultural use of property which is on a parcel of over
five acres and which is exempted by MGL c. 40A, § 3.
Agricultural use of property which is on a parcel of five
acres or less which is not exempted by MGL c. 40A, § 3.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the exit facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extending a side or by increasing in height, or the moving
from one location or position to another.
A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical
treatment and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care
incidental to the clinic or hospital use.
Any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, television,
personal communications services (PCS), pager network, or any electromagnetic
waves of any bandwidth. An antenna can either be attached to a tower
or attached to a building.
A long-term senior residential facility that provides personal
care support services such as meals, medication management, bathing,
dressing, and transportation, principally for people age 55 years
and over, and certified by the Massachusetts Office of Elder Affairs.
(651 CMR 12.02).
Accommodations with not more than six bedrooms occupied by
bed-and-breakfast guests in which the owner of the establishment resides.
Bed-and-breakfasts are intended for guests on intermittent visits
and shall not be used as long-term rental units or apartments. All
parking for residents and guests shall be off street.
See definition for "rooming house."
A structure, enclosed within exterior walls or fire walls,
built, erected, and framed of a combination of any materials, whether
portable or fixed, having a roof, to form a structure for the shelter
of persons, animals, or property. For the purposes of this definition,
"roof" shall include an awning or any similar covering, whether or
not permanent in nature.
That percentage of the lot area covered by the roof area
of a building or buildings.
The vertical dimension measured from the average elevation
of the finished lot grade at the front of the building at all points
surrounding the building to the highest point of ceiling of the top
story in the case of a flat roof, to the deck of a mansard roof and
to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip
or gambrel roof. Not included are spires, cupolas, antennas, or similar
parts of structures which do not enclose potentially habitable floor
space.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is situated.
A building or part thereof for the transaction of business
or the provision of services, exclusive of the receipt, sale, storage,
or processing of merchandise. See "office building" for related definition.
Any commercial facility with one or more bays, its structures,
accessory uses, paved areas or grounds used wholly or partly to wash,
clean and dry the exterior and/or interior of passenger automobiles,
vans, pickup and/or panel trucks and which is open to the public,
including both automatic and/or self-service car washes.
A day-care center or school-age child-care program, as those
terms are defined in MGL c. 15D, § 1A.
Buildings, structures and premises used by a nonprofit social
or civic organization, or by an organization catering exclusively
to members and their guests, for social, civic, recreational, or athletic
purposes which are not conducted primarily for gain and provided that
there are no vending stands, merchandising, or commercial activities
except as may be required generally for the membership and purposes
of such organization.
A structure for recreational, social or amusement purposes,
which may include as an accessory use the consumption of food and
drink, including all connected rooms or space with a common means
of egress and entrance. Places of assembly shall include theaters,
concert halls, dance halls, skating rinks, bowling alleys, health
clubs, dance studios, or other commercial recreational centers conducted
for or not for profit.
A drive-in theater, driving range, bathing beach, sports
club, horseback riding stable, boathouse, game preserve, marina or
other commercial recreation carried on in whole or in part outdoors,
except those activities more specifically designated in this chapter.
Described in § 675-810G of this chapter.
A senior residential development that provides a continuum
of senior housing and care services principally for people age 55
years and over, operated or sponsored as a coordinated unit by a corporation
or organization, having among its principal purposes the provision
of housing and associated services for senior citizens. A CCRC shall
include a variety of housing types and may also include semi-institutional
facilities such as skilled nursing care or a rehabilitation facility.
Premises used by a building contractor or subcontractor for
storage of equipment and supplies, fabrication of subassemblies, and
parking of wheeled equipment.
A small retail establishment of less than 2,500 gross square
feet, usually located within or associated with another use that offers
for sale convenience goods such as prepackaged food, tobacco, periodicals,
and other household items.
A type of business or part of a business designed to accommodate
customers in their vehicles. Orders are taken and the customer is
served at an appurtenant structure or building without the customer
needing to leave his or her vehicle.
A building designed and occupied as the living quarters of
one or more families on one lot. Single- and two-family dwellings
shall be designed for and occupied by not more than one or two families,
respectively, on one lot. Three- and four-family dwellings shall be
designed for and occupied by not more than three or four families,
respectively, on one lot. A multifamily dwelling shall be one designed
for and occupied by five or more families on one lot.
One or more rooms providing complete living facilities for
one family, including equipment for cooking or provisions for the
same, and including a room or rooms for bathrooms, living, sleeping,
and eating.
A building designed or intended or used as the residence
of three or more families, each occupying a separate dwelling unit
and living independently of each other, and who may have a common
right in halls and stairways; with the number of families in residence
not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.
A dwelling other than a mobile home, singly and apart from
any other building, designed or intended or used exclusively as the
residence of one family.
A residential building of at least three but not more than
eight single-family dwelling units sharing at least one common or
party or fire wall, and with each building having at least one floor
at ground level with a separate entrance.
A detached residential building designed or intended or used
exclusively as the residence of two families. A two-family dwelling
shall not include a detached single-family dwelling with an accessory
apartment.
Shall be defined as set forth in § 675-1070 herein.
Use of land or structures for educational purpose exempt from
regulation pursuant to MGL c. 40A, § 3.
Those educational facilities which are located on land owned
or leased by the commonwealth, or any of its agencies or subdivisions
or body politic, or by a religious sect or denomination, or by a nonprofit
educational corporation.
Educational facilities not exempted from regulation by MGL
c. 40A, § 3.
Services provided by a public service corporation or by governmental
agencies through erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance
of gas, electrical, steam, or water transmission systems and collection,
communication, supply, or disposal systems, whether underground or
overhead, but not including wireless communications facilities or
local distribution to end users.
Any number of individuals living and cooking together as
a single housekeeping unit and including necessary domestic help such
as nurses or servants.
Any private residence operating a facility as defined in
MGL c. 15D, § 1A, as amended, which, on a regular basis,
receives for temporary custody and care during part or all of the
day children under seven years of age or children under 16 years of
age if such children have special needs and receives for temporary
custody and care, for a limited number of hours, children of school
age in accordance with regulations promulgated by the office; provided,
however, that the number of children under the age of 16 in a large
family day-care home shall not exceed 10, including participating
children living in the residence. "Large family day-care home" shall
not mean a private residence used for an informal cooperative arrangement
among neighbors or relatives or the occasional care of children with
or without compensation therefor.
Any private residence operating a facility as defined in
MGL c. 15D, § 1A, as amended. Any private residence which,
on a regular basis, receives for temporary custody and care during
part or all of the day children under seven years of age or children
under 16 years of age if such children have special needs; provided,
however, in either case, that the total number of children under 16
in a family day-care home shall not exceed six, including participating
children living in the residence. "Small family day-care home" shall
not mean a private residence used for an informal cooperative arrangement
among neighbors or relatives or the occasional care of children with
or without compensation therefor.
A facility for the sale of produce, wine and dairy products
on property where the majority of such products sold during the months
of June, July, August and September, or the harvest season for that
particular crop sold, are not produced or raised on the land of the
owner or lessee during the aforementioned months or harvest every
year, or such parcel upon which the crops or products are produced
does not exceed five acres, is not exempt as more fully defined by
MGL c. 40A, § 3.
The total square feet of floor space within the outside dimensions
of a building, including each floor level, without deduction for hallways,
stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other features.
Any substance which is listed in, but not limited to, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) priority pollutants as described
in Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act, as amended. See 33 U.S.C.
§ 1317.
A vocation, trade, small business, craft, art or profession which can be conducted in its entirety within the main (principal) or accessory building of a property by a bona fide resident of that main building and no more than one other person and which, by nature of its limited size and scope, does not cause any outward manifestation (such as traffic generation, parking congestion, noise or air pollution, materials storage, and public service or utility demand) which is uncharacteristic of or an additional disturbance to the residential neighborhood in which said property is located. See § 675-830, Home occupations, for additional regulations related to this use.
Any surface which reduces or prevents the absorption of stormwater
into previously undeveloped land. Examples are buildings, structures,
parking lots, driveways, streets, sidewalks, and areas surfaced with
asphalt or concrete.
A use or activity that is not primary but which is subordinate
and minor in significance.
Multifamily buildings in a senior residential development
that are designed and intended for occupancy principally by people
age 55 years and over, with units that may include some basic services
such as meals, housekeeping, grounds maintenance, security, and common
areas and common facilities for events and activities benefiting residents
of the development.
Any article or material or collection thereof which is worn
out, cast off or discarded and which is ready for destruction or has
been collected or stored for salvage or conversion. Any article or
material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning,
cannot be used for its original purpose as readily as when new shall
be considered junk.
The use of any area or any lot, whether inside or outside
of a building, for the storage, keeping, or abandonment of junk, scrap
or discarded materials or the dismantling, demolition, or abandonment
of automobiles, other vehicles, machinery, or parts thereof.
A commercial establishment in which four or more dogs or
domesticated animals are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or
sold.
Fabrication, assembly, processing, finishing work or packaging
that does not cause excessive noise, vibration, electromagnetic disturbance,
or noxious odors or emissions.
A live-work unit may be used as both living accommodation,
which has a kitchen and washroom, and a business operated by one or
more people who live in the unit.
A continuous parcel of land with legally definable boundaries.
The horizontal area of the lot exclusive of any area in a
street or recorded way open to public use. At least 80% of the lot
area required for zoning compliance shall be land other than that
under any water body, bog, swamp, wet meadow, marsh, or other wetland,
as defined in MGL c. 131, § 40, as amended.
A line dividing one lot from another or from a street or
any public place.
Lot width shall be determined such that the center of a circle
having a minimum diameter of at least 80% of the required frontage
of the lot can be passed along a continuous line from the front lot
line along which the frontage of the lot is measured to all points
of the principal structure on the lot without the circumference intersecting
any side lot lines.
A lot with two adjacent sides abutting upon streets.
The percentage of lot area covered by buildings and impervious
surfaces.
The mean distance from the street line from which frontage
is determined of the lot to its opposite rear line measured in the
general direction of the side lines of the lot.
The continuous portion of the line separating a lot from
a street to which the owner of the lot has a legal right of access
and to which the owner could provide for vehicular access from the
principal building or a required parking space. When a lot is bounded
by more than one street, both frontages and setbacks shall meet the
minimum frontage and front yard setbacks. However, in the case of
a lot bounded by two streets forming an interior angle of more than
135°, their combined frontage between lot lines may be used to
satisfy the lot frontage requirement.
A street to which the owner of a lot has a legal right of
access and which provides the required lot frontage.
A single-family structure produced by companies on the commonwealth's
list of approved manufactured home builders and certified by the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. Also, a dwelling unit that is factory fabricated
and transportable, designed to be permanently located on a permanent
foundation. For the purpose of this chapter, a modular unit shall
not be deemed a mobile home but shall be regarded as a conventional
dwelling, subject to the rules and regulations contained herein.
A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of
materials, or the manufacture from previously prepared materials,
of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication,
assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales and distribution
of such products.
All parts of any plant of the genus Cannabis, not excepted
below and whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; and resin extracted
from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin,
including tetrahydrocannabinol as defined in MGL c. 94G, § 1,
provided that "marijuana" shall not include:
The mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks,
oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound,
manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature
stalks, fiber, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant or the
sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination;
Hemp; or
The weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to
prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink or other products.
An entity licensed to cultivate, process and package marijuana,
to deliver marijuana to marijuana establishments and to transfer marijuana
to other marijuana establishments, but not to consumers.
A marijuana cultivator, marijuana testing facility, marijuana
product manufacturer, marijuana retailer, any other type of licensed
marijuana-related business, or combination thereof for recreational
and/or medical use.
An entity licensed to obtain, manufacture, process and package
marijuana and marijuana products, to deliver marijuana and marijuana
products to marijuana establishments and to transfer marijuana and
marijuana products to other marijuana establishments, but not to consumers.
Products that have been manufactured and contain marijuana
or an extract from marijuana, including concentrated forms of marijuana
and products composed of marijuana and other ingredients that are
intended for use or consumption, including edible products, beverages,
topical products, ointments, oils and tinctures.
An entity licensed to purchase and deliver marijuana and
marijuana products from marijuana establishments and to deliver, sell
or otherwise transfer marijuana and marijuana products to marijuana
establishments and to consumers.
An entity licensed to test marijuana and marijuana products,
including certification for potency and the presence of contaminants.
An entity with a fixed location that delivers marijuana and
marijuana products to marijuana establishments and transfers marijuana
and marijuana products to other marijuana establishments, but not
to consumers. This shall include the temporary storage of marijuana
products on premises associated with their transportation and distribution.
A private or public health care clinic or other similar community
health care facility providing diagnosis and ambulatory emergency
medical care to persons on an exclusively outpatient basis as a principal
use. A medical clinic or outpatient medical facility may also be accessory
to a hospital.
A medical, dental, or psychiatric practice offering medical
or dental services on an outpatient basis. A medical or dental office
may also contain associated in-house ancillary services such as diagnostic
testing facilities, counseling services, chiropractic, physical therapy,
massage therapy, acupuncture, holistic therapy, and/or similar service.
A structure or structures featuring nonresidential uses on
the first floor of the building or buildings which front the public
way or other frequently trafficked pedestrian travel routes and one
or more residential or other permitted uses on any other floor or
in any other structure on the same lot. In the case of mixed occupancy,
the regulation for each use shall apply to the portion of the building
or land so used.
A dwelling built upon a chassis, containing complete electrical,
plumbing and sanitary facilities, and designed without necessity of
a permanent foundation for year-round living, irrespective of whether
actually attached to a foundation or otherwise permanently located.
A building or buildings intended and designed for transient,
overnight or extended occupancy, divided into separate units within
the same building, with or without a public dining facility. If such
hotel or motel has independent cooking facilities, such unit shall
not be occupied by any guest for more than four continuous months,
nor may the guest reoccupy any unit within 30 days of a continuous
four-month stay, nor may the guest stay more than six months in any
calendar year. No occupant of such hotel or motel may claim residency
at such location.
An establishment, garage or work area enclosed within a building
where repairs are made or caused to be made to motor vehicle bodies,
including fenders, bumpers and similar components of motor vehicle
bodies, but does not include the storage of vehicles for the cannibalization
of parts.
Premises for the servicing and repair of autos, but not to
include fuel sales.
Premises for the supplying of fuel, oil, lubrication, detailing
or minor repair services, but not to include body work, painting,
or general repairs.
Facilities owned or operated by the City.
Any structure which does not conform to dimensional regulations
or to the parking and loading requirements of this chapter for the
district in which it is located, provided that such structure was
in existence and lawful at the time of the publication of the first
notice of the public hearing before the City Council or Planning Board
respecting the regulation to which it does not conform.
A use of a building, structure or lot that does not conform
to the use regulations of this chapter for the district in which it
is located, provided that such use was in existence and lawful at
the time the applicable provisions of this chapter or prior zoning
ordinances became effective.
Any building with sleeping rooms where persons are housed
or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.
A principal building, not attached to any other building,
designed and used for office use.
The parts of a lot designed and developed for pleasant appearance
in trees, shrubs, ground cover and grass, including other landscaped
elements, such as natural features of the site, walks and terraces.
Such space shall not include rooftops or areas of a lot used for parking,
access drives or other hard-surfaced areas except walks, and terraces
as noted above, designed and intended for nonvehicular use. Such hard-surfaced
walks and terraces shall not exceed 25% of the total required landscaped
open space.
A residential development in which the building and accessory
uses are clustered together, with reduced lot sizes, into one or more
groups in order to preserve open space and common open space and protect
natural resources. The land not included in the building lots and
streets shall be permanently preserved as common open space.
A structure, building or lot or part of a lot which is accessory
to a residential, commercial or industrial establishment and is primarily
for the parking and storage of vehicles operated by the occupants,
customers, visitors and employees of such an establishment or residence.
A facility providing personal services, such as hair salon,
barbershop, tanning beds, dry cleaning, print shop, photography studio,
and the like.
A mixed residential, business, and institutional development
with extensive open space where the uses are integrated with each
other.
A building, or portion thereof, containing tables and/or
booths for at least 2/3 of its legal capacity which is designed, intended
and used for the indoor sale and consumption of food prepared on the
premises, except that food may be consumed outdoors in landscaped
terraces, designed for dining purposes, which are adjunct to the main
indoor restaurant facility. The term "restaurant" shall not include
a fast-food restaurant.
An establishment whose principal business is the sale of
pre-prepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in
a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within the restaurant
building or off premises, and usually requires ordering food at a
fast-food counter.
A house for which the principal use is the renting of room(s)
to transient persons. This may include shared bathroom facilities.
The minimum distance required from the property line to the
principal structure in the front, side and rear yards, respectively.
Any device designed to inform or attract the attention of
persons not on the premises on which the device is located. Any building
surfaces other than windows which are internally illuminated or decorated
with gaseous tube or other lights are considered signs. The following,
however, shall not be considered signs within the context of this
chapter:
Flags and insignia of any government.
Legal notices or informational devices erected or required by
public agencies.
Temporary devices with a display area no larger than three square
feet erected, promoting or concerning an event, provided that they
are placed no more than 30 days before the event and removed within
seven days after the event.
Temporary displays inside windows, covering not more than 30%
of window area, illuminated by building illumination only.
Standard gasoline pumps bearing thereon in usual size and form
the name, type, and price of gasoline.
Integral decorative or architectural features of a building,
except letters, trademarks, moving parts, or parts internally illuminated
or decorated with gaseous tube or other lights.
Devices identifying a building as distinct from one or more
of its occupants, such device being carved into or attached in such
a way as to be an integral part of the building, not illuminated separate
from building illumination, without color contrasting with sign background,
and not exceeding four square feet in area.
Address identification through numerals or letters not exceeding
three inches in height.
The portion of a building which is between one floor level
and the next higher floor level or the roof. If a mezzanine floor
area exceeds 1/3 of the area of the floor immediately below, it shall
be deemed to be a story. A basement shall be deemed to be a story
when its ceiling is four or more feet above the finished grade. A
cellar shall not be deemed to be a story. An attic shall not be deemed
a story if unfinished and without human occupancy.
An accepted City way, or a way established by or maintained
under county, state, or federal authority, or a way established by
a subdivision plan approved in accordance with the Subdivision Control
Law (MGL c. 41, § 81) built to specifications or construction
guaranteed by adequate security, or a way determined by the Planning
Board to have sufficient width, suitable grades, and adequate construction
to provide for the needs of vehicular traffic in relation to the proposed
use of the land and for the installation of municipal services to
serve such land and the buildings erected or to be erected thereon.
Center line of a street.
Edge of right-of-way of a street.
The property in which a street is built. Also, the property
held by the City adjoining the pavement and shoulders of a street.
A combination of materials assembled at a fixed location
to give support or provide shelter or satisfy other purposes.
MGL c. 41, §§ 81 K to 81GG.
A reusable vessel, container or pod, having interior dimensions
of not less than 200 cubic feet, that is designed or used for packing,
shipping, storing, moving or transporting freight, articles, goods,
personal property, or commodities and is capable of being mounted
on or moved by rail car, truck, or trailer. A temporary storage unit
shall not consist of any reusable vessel defined above being utilized
in connection with an active and valid building permit.
A structure, without any foundation or footings, to be removed
in accordance with the time set forth in the building permit, but
in no event longer than within a twelve-month time period.
A highway vehicle designed, constructed and equipped for
use as a dwelling and which is capable of being hauled or towed, or
is self-propelled, including any such vehicle so converted as would
make it immobile.
A parcel of land on which there is located or intended to
be located two or more trailers or mobile homes occupied for living
purposes where all utility service is supplied.
A temporary exhibition and sale of goods, wares or merchandise
which is carried on in a tent, booth, vehicle, building or other structure.
A person, either principal or agent, who engages in a temporary
or transient business in the commonwealth selling goods, wares or
merchandise, either in one locality or in traveling from place to
place; provided, however, that this shall not include a person operating
under a written agreement with a licensed promoter.
Terminal facilities and/or yard for storage of or servicing
trucks and/or freight trains with or without a warehouse for the temporary
storage of goods in transit and with or without maintenance facilities.
The purpose for which a building or land is designed, arranged,
or intended or for which a building or a tract of land is or may be
occupied or maintained.
A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials
for distribution but not for sale on the premises.
A space open to the sky, located between a building or structure
and a lot line, unoccupied except by fences, walls, poles, paving,
and other customary yard accessories.
A yard extending the full width of the lot and situated between
the street line and the nearest point of the building.
A yard the full width of the lot and situated between the
rear line of the lot and the nearest part of the main building projected
to the side line of the lot.
A yard situated between the nearest point of the building
and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to
the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall
be deemed a side line.
