City of Chicopee, MA Zoning

City of Chicopee, MA

Hampden County

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Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 3 City Council
Ch 5 Assessors
Ch 8 Data Processing
Ch 9 Emergency Management, Department of
Ch 11 Clerk, City
Ch 13 Collector
Ch 16 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities
Ch 18 Community Development
Ch 22 Department of Human Resources Administration
Ch 24 Documents, Execution of
Ch 26 Elections
Ch 28 Engineer
Ch 32 Finances
Ch 34 Fire Department
Ch 37 Flood Control Department
Ch 39 Forestry Department
Ch 46 Law Department
Ch 48 Library Trust Account
Ch 53 Maintenance Garage
Ch 56 Mayor
Ch 58 Meetings, Notices of
Ch 61 Messenger, City
Ch 64 (Reserved)
Ch 67 Officers and Employees
Ch 69 Page Trust Fund
Ch 75 Planning Department
Ch 77 Police Department
Ch 80 Public Works Department
Ch 82 Purchasing
Ch 87 Seal and Flag
Ch 89 Sealer of Weights and Measures
Ch 95 Vehicles, City
Ch 97 Veterans' Services, Department of
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages and Amusement Devices
Ch 110 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
Ch 122 Building Construction
Ch 129 Cemeteries
Ch 132 Code Enforcement
Ch 136 Community Standards
Ch 139 Curfews
Ch 142 Dike System
Ch 144 Dogs and Other Animals
Ch 146 Drive-In Restaurants
Ch 151 Electrical Standards
Ch 157 Fees
Ch 160 Fire Prevention
Ch 169 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
Ch 172 Golf Course, Municipal
Ch 185 Laser Devices
Ch 186 Drones; Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Ch 188 Licenses
Ch 189 License and Permit Revocation or Suspension
Ch 190 Motorized Scooters
Ch 195 Mobile Home Parks
Ch 198 Motor Vehicles on City Property
Ch 200 Noise
Ch 206 Parks and Recreation
Ch 211 Pornography
Ch 217 Radioactive Waste, Storage or Disposal of
Ch 223 Recycling
Ch 230 Sewers
Ch 231 Stormwater Management
Ch 238 Graffiti
Ch 239 Spray Paint and Indelible Markers
Ch 243 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 244 Tag Sales/Yard Sales
Ch 250 Taxicabs
Ch 256 Tobacco Vending Machines
Ch 257 Trees
Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 260R Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 262 Vehicles, Unregistered and Abandoned
Ch 266 Wastewater Treatment
Ch 269 Water
Ch 272 Wetlands
Ch 275 Zoning
Ch 275 Art I General Provisions
§ 275-1 Purpose.
§ 275-2 Establishment of districts.
§ 275-3 Applicability of other laws.
§ 275-4 Terms defined; word usage.
Ch 275 Art II Administration and Enforcement
§ 275-5 Enforcement authority.
§ 275-6 Site plan review.
§ 275-7 Certificate of occupancy required.
§ 275-8 Board of Appeals.
§ 275-9 Special permits.
§ 275-10 Notice of hearing.
§ 275-10.1 Filing of decisions for variances and special permits.
§ 275-11 Approved applications.
§ 275-12 Reconsideration of action.
§ 275-13 Revocation suspension and alteration of special permits.
§ 275-14 Adoption or amendment of Zoning Ordinance.
§ 275-15 Petition for leave to withdraw.
§ 275-16 Copy of Zoning Map on file.
§ 275-17 Interpretation.
§ 275-18 Validity.
§ 275-19 Violations and penalties.
§ 275-20 Filing fees.
Ch 275 Art III Regulations Applicable to All Districts
§ 275-21 Conformance required.
§ 275-22 Nonconforming uses.
§ 275-23 Restoration of damaged buildings.
§ 275-24 Restoration of unsafe buildings.
§ 275-25 Preservation of lot size.
§ 275-26 Minimum lot frontage.
§ 275-27 Height exceptions.
§ 275-27.1 Wireless communications.
§ 275-28 Projections and encroachments in yards.
§ 275-29 Property maintenance.
§ 275-30 Storage of trucks and other equipment.
§ 275-31 Soil removal and landfill.
§ 275-32 Swimming pools.
§ 275-33 Corner view clearance.
§ 275-34 Applicability of State Building Code.
§ 275-35 Subjects not regulated or restricted.
§ 275-36 Placement of residential structures.
§ 275-37 Nonconforming lots.
§ 275-38 (Reserved)
§ 275-39 Drive-in restaurants.
§ 275-40 Parking and loading.
§ 275-41 Home occupation.
§ 275-42 Corner lots.
§ 275-43 Governmental services.
§ 275-44 Fences.
§ 275-45 (Reserved)
§ 275-46 Keeping of horses.
§ 275-47 Scientific research and development.
§ 275-48 Lots without sanitary sewers.
§ 275-49 Smokehouse.
§ 275-50 Signs.
§ 275-50.1 (Reserved)
§ 275-50.2 (Reserved)
§ 275-51 Motor vehicle repair and storage.
§ 275-51.1 Membrane-covered structures.
Ch 275 Art IV District Regulations
§ 275-52 Residential A Districts.
§ 275-53 Residential B Districts.
§ 275-54 Residential C Districts.
§ 275-55 Residential D Districts.
§ 275-56 Commercial A Districts.
§ 275-57 Commercial A-1 Districts.
§ 275-58 Business A Districts.
§ 275-59 Business B Districts.
§ 275-60 Business C Districts.
§ 275-61 Central Business District.
§ 275-62 Industrial Districts.
§ 275-63 Garden Industrial Planned Unit Development (IPUD).
§ 275-63.1 Garden Industrial Planned Unit Development (IPUD), Type II.
§ 275-64 Floodplain Overlay District.
§ 275-65 Mixed Use MXD District.
§ 275-66 Burnett Road.
§ 275-67 Mill Conversion and Commercial Center Overlay District.
§ 275-68 Chicopee Center 40R Smart Growth Overlay District (CC40R).
§ 275-69 Senior Housing Overlay Zone.
Ch 275 Art V Additional Regulations
§ 275-70 Medical marijuana facilities.
§ 275-71 Renewable energy.
§ 275-72 Adult use of marijuana.
Ch 276 Telecommunications Rights-Of-Way
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 275 Zoning

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New Laws

Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
Ord. No. 19-37	2019-06-18	Zoning Amendment	Ch 275

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Aldermen (now City Council of the City of Chicopee 8-1-1978. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Development and Industrial Commissions — See Ch. 16, Art. III.

Historical and Historic District Commissions — See Ch. 16.

Planning Department — See Ch. 75.

Building construction — See Ch. 122.

Code enforcement — See Ch. 132.

Fees — See Ch. 157.

Mobile home parks — See Ch. 195.

Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 243.

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