A.
Any building or structure or use of a building, structure or land hereafter located, erected, commenced, expanded, altered or relocated, the lot on which it is to be located and the location of said building, structure or use on said lot shall comply with the requirements of this Article IV and of other applicable sections hereof. No lot shall be reduced in size, altered or subdivided and no part thereof conveyed or transferred if said lot or the buildings or structures thereon and the uses thereof already are or will be caused thereby to be not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
If land is subdivided, transferred or conveyed in
violation of this section, in addition to other remedies provided
by law, no zoning, special, building or occupancy permit or variance
shall be granted for either the land subdivided or conveyed or for
the remainder of the original parcel until both meet the requirements
of this section.
The requirements of the following Schedule of
Dimensional Regulations, including the footnotes thereto, apply to
each district and to specific uses or structures within certain districts
as indicated in said schedule.[1] The height limitations of said schedule do not apply to
antennas, chimneys, silos, skylights, tanks, towers, ventilators and
similar building features extending not more than 20 feet above the
height permitted in the district in which they are located and not
used for human occupancy.
[1]
Editor's Note: This reference to the Schedule
of Dimensional Regulations was superseded 4-12-1993 ATM by Art. 43.
Any lot lawfully in existence on March 16, 1966,
located in a Residence C District and conforming to the requirements
for said districts then in effect, may be built upon for a one-family
house and the uses and buildings accessory thereto, or the one-family
use of such lot may be added to, expanded or structurally altered,
provided that all said uses, buildings, expansion or alterations conform
to the requirements of the bylaw for Residence C Districts in effect
on March 16, 1966.
As provided by MGL c. 40A, § 6, certain
previously recorded lots may be built upon during the period of time
specified or forever, even though such lots do not meet the dimensional
requirements of this chapter.
A.
Any lot which was in ownership separate from adjoining
land at the time the dimensional requirements of this chapter were
adopted and has not been since consolidated, altered or combined with
other lots may be built upon for a one-family residence, provided
that such a lot has at least 5,000 square feet in area and 50 feet
in frontage.
B.
The use of lots shown on a plan endorsed by the Planning
Board as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law[1] shall be governed by the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw
in effect at the time of submission of such a plan for a period of
three years from the date of Planning Board endorsement, even if such
endorsement is delayed pending disposition of a court appeal.
C.
If a definitive subdivision plan or a preliminary
plan followed within seven months by a definitive plan is submitted
for Planning Board approval and written notice of such submission
is given to the Town Clerk, the land shown on such plan shall be governed
by the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw in effect at the time of first
submission while the plan is being processed and for eight years from
the date of Planning Board endorsement of plan approval (seven years
for plans submitted and approved prior to January 1, 1976), even if
said endorsement is delayed pending the disposition of a court appeal.
