Zoning Bylaws
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Art. l. Administration and Procedure, Sec. ll. - l9
Art. 2. District Regulations, Sec. 2l - 27 Art. 3. General Regulations, Sec. 3l - 36 Art. 4. Special Regulations, Sec. 4l - 49 Art. 5. Definitions |
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The intent of Residential Districts is to provide for a range of dwelling types in areas having existing development at relatively high densities and having public utility service, and in residential office overlay districts, to additionally provide for a limited range of compatible business uses.
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The intent of Suburban Districts is to provide for low-density one and two family development at moderate density where public services are provided and at low density where they are not.
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The intent of Business Districts is to provide for commercial service in a pattern compatible with existing high-density commercial development (Business I) or appropriate for auto orientation where space permits.
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The intent of industrial districts is to provide exclusively for environmentally compatible industry in areas suited to that use by access, absence of conflicting use, and services.
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The Town recognizes the quasi-public nature of wireless communications systems and finds that these regulations are necessary to protect public safety, to protect the ecological, scenic, historical and recreational values of the Town and to ensure that adverse visual and operational effects will not contribute to blighting, deterioration or other deleterious effects upon the surrounding neighborhood.
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The intent of Open Space Communities is to allow relatively intensive use of land, while at the same time preserving open space for conservation and recreation; to introduce variety and choice into residential development; and to facilitate economical and efficient provision of public services.
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The intent of the Aquifer and Watershed Protection District is:
A. To promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the community; B. To preserve and maintain the existing and potential groundwater supplies, aquifers, and groundwater recharge areas within the district overlay and to protect them from adverse development or land use practices; C. To preserve and protect present and potential sources of drinking water supply for the public health and safety; D. To conserve the natural resources of the Town of Millbury; E. To prevent blight and the pollution of the environment. |
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The purpose of the Route 146 Highway Corridor Overlay District (the "146 HCOD") is to: provide for orderly development that is conductive at highway interchanges; encourage economic growth while avoiding serious negative effects locally and in the region by encouragement of the most appropriate use of adjacent corridor lands; maintain the scenic natural and historical features of the area; and maintain the safe, efficient movement of traffic throughout the corridor by the orderly development of the land, in order to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of present and future generations of Millbury citizens
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Purpose.
1. Ways will be recommended for designation as scenic road on stated criteria; 2. Ways so designated will not be altered without following proper procedures and without adherence to proper considerations; and 3. Ways so designated will not be altered by the decision of any person, organization, or agency other than the Planning Board. |
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In this bylaw the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless a contrary meaning is required by the context or is specifically prescribed.
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