Boston City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 73

TABLES

TABLE A - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District - Use Regulations

Key: A = Allowed, C = Conditional, F = Forbidden

For definitions of use categories and certain specific uses, see Article 2.

For requirements applicable to Institutional Uses, see Note 1.

TABLE B - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District - Dimensional Regulations

See Table Footnote: (1)

Maximum Floor Area Ratio	4.0 ⁽²⁾
Maximum Building Height	155 feet
Other Use
Minimum Lot Size	none
Minimum Lot Width	none
Minimum Lot Frontage	none
Minimum Front Yard	none
Minimum Side Yard	none
Minimum Rear Yard	none

(As amended on May 9, 1996)

This Table B sets forth the underlying zoning dimensions for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District. For applicability of the dimensional regulations of this Table B to buildings and structures used for Institutional Uses, see Section 73-3 (Applicability), Section 73-6 (Dimensional Regulations), Section 80D-2.4 (Regulations Applicable to Exempt Projects), and Section 80D-11 (Institutional Master Plan Review: Effect on Applicability of Other Zoning Requirements). See also Section 73-7 (Institutional Master Plan Review Requirement) and Section 80D-2 (Applicability of Institutional Master Plan Review) concerning the applicability of Institutional Master Plan Review to such buildings and structures.

Not applicable to Proposed Institutional Projects described in Section 73-7.2 (Exempt Projects).

Banking and Postal Uses

Automatic teller machine	A
Bank	A
Drive-in bank	C
Post office	A

Community Uses

Adult education center	A
Community center	A
Child care center	A
Day care center, elderly	A
Library	A
Place of worship; monastery; convent; parish house	A

(Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3k., 3l., 11-8-2023.)

Cultural Uses

Art gallery	A
Art use	A
Auditorium	C
Cinema	C
Concert hall	A
Museum	A
Public art, display space	A
Studios, arts	A
Studios, production	A
Theatre	A
Ticket sales	A

Dormitory and Fraternity Uses

Dormitory not accessory to a use	C
Fraternity	C

Educational Uses

College or university ⁽¹⁾	A
Elementary or secondary school ⁽²⁾	A
Kindergarten	A
Professional school	A
Trade school	A

Entertainment and Recreational Uses

Adult entertainment	F
Amusement game machines in commercial establishment	F
Amusement game machines in noncommercial establishment	C
Bar ⁽³⁾	C
Bar with live entertainment ⁽³⁾	F
Bowling alley	F
Billiard parlor	F
Dance hall	F
Drive-in theatre	F
Fitness center or gymnasium	A
Private club not serving alcohol	C
Private club serving alcohol	C
Restaurant with live entertainment, not operating after 10:30 p.m. ⁽³⁾	C
Restaurant with live entertainment, operating after 10:30 p.m. ⁽³⁾	F

Funerary Uses

Cemetery	F
Columbarium	F
Crematory	F
Funeral home	C
Mortuary chapel	A

Health Care Uses

Clinic	A
Custodial care facility	C
Group care residence, general	C
Hospital ⁽¹⁾	A
Nursing or convalescent home ⁽¹⁾	A

(Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018; Text Amd. No. 459, § A.17., 4-14-2023)

Hotel and Conference Center Uses

Bed and breakfast	C
Conference center	C
Executive suites	C
Hotel	C
Motel	C

Industrial Uses

Artists' mixed-use	F
Cleaning plant	F
General manufacturing use	F
Light manufacturing use	C
Printing plant	F
Restricted industrial use	F

Office Uses

Agency or professional office	A
General office	A
Office of wholesale business	A

Open Space Uses

Golf driving range	F
Grounds for sports, private	A
Open space	A
Open space recreational building	A
Outdoor place of recreation for profit	F
Stadium	F

Public Service Uses

*Automatic telephone exchange or telecommunications data distribution center	C
Courthouse ⁽²⁾	F
Fire station ⁽²⁾	A
‡Outdoor payphone	C
Penal institution ⁽²⁾	F
Police station ⁽²⁾	A
Pumping station ⁽²⁾	C
Recycling facility (excluding facilities handling toxic waste)	F
Solid waste transfer station	F
Substation ⁽²⁾	C
Telephone exchange	C

(*As amended on October 20, 2000.)

(‡As inserted on March 15, 2006.)

Research and Development Uses

See Table Footnote: (4)

Research laboratory

(Text Amd. No. 459, § A.17., 4-14-2023)

Residential Uses

Congregate living complex	C
Elderly housing	C
Group residence, limited	A
Lodging house	A
Mobile home	F
Mobile home park	F
Multifamily dwelling	A
One family detached dwelling	C
One family semi-attached dwelling	C
Orphanage	A
Rowhouse	A
Temporary dwelling structure	C
Three-family detached dwelling	A
Townhouse	A
Transitional housing or homeless shelter	A
Two-family detached dwelling	A
Two-family semi-attached dwelling	A

Restaurant Uses

Drive-in restaurant	F
Restaurant	A
Take-out restaurant Small ⁽⁵⁾	A
Large ⁽⁶⁾	C

Retail Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Adult bookstore	F
Bakery	A
Cannabis establishment ¹⁴ (Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018)	C
*General retail business ^(7a)	A
Liquor store	A
Local retail business	A
Outdoor sale of garden supplies	F
†Pawnshop	C

(*As amended on December 19, 1994.)

(†As inserted on February 16, 2001.)

Service Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Animal hospital	C
Barber or beauty shop	A
‡Body art establishment	C
Caterer's establishment	A
*Check cashing business	F
†Container redemption center ^(7b)	C
Dry-cleaning shop	A
Kennel	F
Laundry, retail service	A
Laundry, self-service	A
Photocopying establishment	A
Shoe repair	A
Tailor shop	A

*As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

(†As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

(‡As inserted on April 9, 2001.)

Storage Uses, Major

Enclosed storage of solid fuel or minerals	F
Outdoor storage of solid fuel or minerals	F
Outdoor storage of new materials	F
Outdoor storage of damaged or disabled vehicles	F
Outdoor storage of junk and scrap	F
Storage of flammable liquids and gases Small ⁽⁸⁾	A
Large ⁽⁸⁾	C
Storage or transfer of toxic waste	C
*Storage of dumpsters not accessory or ancillary to a main use, nor used in conjunction with the ongoing operation of a permitted site with explicit legal use and occupancy as a dumpster repair facility, waste hauling contractor yard, or site assigned and licensed waste management facility	C
Warehousing	C
Wrecking yard	F

(*As inserted on September 18, 2000)

Trade Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Carpenters shop	A
Electrician's shop	A
Machine shop	A
Photographer's studio	A
Plumber's shop	A
Radio/television repair	A
Upholsterer's shop	A
Welder's shop	A

Transportation Uses

Airport	F
Bus terminal	C
Garage with dispatch	F
Helicopter landing facility	C
Motor freight terminal	F
Rail freight terminal	F
Railroad passenger station	F

Vehicular Uses

*Airport-related remote parking facility	C
Bus servicing or storage	F
Carwash ⁽⁹⁾	F
Gasoline station ⁽⁹⁾	F
†Indoor sale, with or without installation, of automotive parts, accessories and supplies	F
‡Indoor sale of motor vehicles	F
‡Outdoor sale of new and used motor vehicles	F
Parking garage	C
Parking lot	C
Rental agency for cars	F
Rental agency for trucks	F
Repair garage	F
Truck servicing or storage	F

(†As inserted on November 21, 1996.)

(*As amended on November 7, 1996.)

(‡As amended on March 15, 2006)

Wholesale Uses

Wholesale business

Accessory and Ancillary Uses

In the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District, an accessory use ordinarily incident to a lawful main use is allowed, subject to the provisions of Section 8-2.5 (Accessory Uses) and Section 23-9.a (Location of Accessory Parking), unless such use is (i) specifically forbidden as a main use for such subdistrict in this Table A and (ii) not designated "A" or "C" in the accessory use table below. In any event, an accessory use shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions, limitations, provisos and safeguards as the use to which it is accessory.

Accessory amusement game machines (not more than four) in commercial or noncommercial establishment	C
Accessory art use	A
Accessory automatic teller machine	A
Accessory bus servicing or storage	A
Accessory cafeteria	A
Accessory cultural uses	A
Accessory dormitory	C
Accessory drive-through restaurant	F
Accessory drive-through retail	F
Accessory family child care home	A
Accessory home occupation	A
‡Accessory indoor maintenance and operation of a payphone ⁽¹³⁾	A
Accessory industrial use	C
Accessory keeping of laboratory animals ⁽⁴⁾	A
Accessory keeping of animals, other than laboratory animals	F
Accessory machine shop	A
Accessory manufacture of products	C
Accessory offices	A
Accessory outdoor cafe	A
Accessory parking	C ⁽¹⁰⁾
Accessory personnel quarters	A
Accessory printing	A
Accessory professional office in a dwelling	A
Accessory railroad storage yard	F
Accessory recycling	A
Accessory repair garage	A
Accessory retail	A
Accessory services for apartment and hotel residents	A
Accessory services incidental to educational uses other than college or university use	A
Accessory service uses	A
Accessory storage of flammable liquids and gases Small ⁽⁸⁾	A
Large ⁽⁸⁾	A
Accessory storage or transfer of toxic waste	A
Accessory swimming pool or tennis court ⁽¹¹⁾	A
Accessory trade uses	A
Accessory truck servicing or storage	A
Accessory wholesale business	A
Ancillary use ⁽¹²⁾	C

Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3n., 3o., 11-8-2023; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14c., 4-3-2024.)

Note regarding Institutional Uses. The Institutional Use categories "College or University Use," "Hospital Use," and "Nursing or Convalescent Home Use," are defined in Article 2 to include subuses (office, parking, etc.) that also appear as main uses in this Table A. If part of an Institutional Use, pursuant to the provisions of this Article and Article 2, any such subuse shall be regulated as the pertinent Institutional Use and not as an accessory or ancillary use subject to Section 8-2.5 (Accessory Uses) and Section 23-9.a (Location of Accessory Parking) or as an independent use. To determine whether the substitution of one such subuse for another constitutes a Proposed Institutional Project, and to determine whether a subuse is a High Impact Subuse, see the definition of the pertinent Institutional Use in Article 2.

See Section 73-3 (Applicability), Section 73-5 (Use Regulations), Section 80D-2.4 (Regulations Applicable to Exempt Projects), and Section 80D-11 (Institutional Master Plan Review: Effect on Applicability of Other Zoning Requirements) concerning the applicability of the use regulations of this Table A to Institutional Uses. See also Section 73-7 (Institutional Master Plan Review Requirement) and Section 80D-2 (Applicability of Institutional Master Plan Review) concerning the applicability of Institutional Master Plan Review to such uses.

(As amended on May 9, 1996.)

Provided that, where such use is located in an area where residential uses are permitted: (1) the requirements of St. 1956, c. 665, s.2, where applicable, are met; (2) the use is essential to service in the residential area in which it is located; and (3) in the case of a pumping station, sub-station, or automatic telephone exchange, no storage building or yard is maintained in connection with such use.

Provided that, where such use exists on the effective date of this Article and is designated "F," any expansion of seating or standing capacity of such use is forbidden, notwithstanding any contrary provision of Article 9.

Provided that such use shall comply with all the guidelines and standards promulgated by the National Institutes of Health concerning the care and use of laboratory animals.

Total gross floor area not more than 1,000 square feet per restaurant.

Total gross floor area exceeding 1,000 square feet per restaurant.

If a Retail, Service, or Trade Use is designated "A," it shall be conditional if merchandise is sold or displayed out-of-doors or if such establishment is open to the public after midnight or before 6:00 a.m. and such establishment has direct public access to a public way or sidewalk.

7a.

Where designated "A," provided that any Proposed Project for a General Retail Business shall be conditional if it: (a) establishes an occupancy for a General Retail Business having a gross floor area of seventy-five thousand (75,000) or more square feet; or (b) changes to a General Retail Business the use of a gross floor area of seventy-five thousand (75,000) or more square feet; or (c) enlarges a General Retail Business so as to result in a total gross floor area of seventy-five thousand (75,000) or more square feet.

(As inserted on December 19, 1994.)

7b.

Provided that all storage of beverage containers shall be located entirely within a building, and provided further that such use shall be forbidden within fifty (50) feet of any Residential District or Subdistrict, Open Space District or Subdistrict, or Conservation Protection Subdistrict.

(As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

Small: storage of less than thirty thousand (30,000) gallons of flammable liquids or less than ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet of gases; Large: storage of thirty thousand (30,000) gallons or more of flammable liquids or ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet or more of gases.

Where such use is designated "A," or "C," provided that all washing, painting, lubricating, and making of repairs is carried on inside a building; that such establishment is sufficiently sound insulated to confine all noise to the lot; that all flashing, fumes, gases, smoke and vapor are effectively confined to the lot; and that there is no outdoor storage of damaged, disabled or unregistered motor vehicles for a period of more than one month; otherwise forbidden.

10.

Except allowed if accessory to a residential use, dormitory or fraternity use, or hotel or conference center use (all as defined in Article 2, and including any dwelling converted for more families in separate dwelling units).

11.

Provided that such use is more than four (4) feet from every lot line, and in the case of a swimming pool, that it is protected by a fence at least six (6) feet in height with a gate locked from the outside, and that if the pool is within ten (10) feet of a lot line, the fence is concealing to a height of at least six (6) feet.

12.

Provided that any such use shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions, limitations, provisos and safeguards as the use to which it is ancillary.

13.

Provided that such use shall be forbidden unless located within a building and at least ten (10) feet from an entrance. (As inserted on March 15, 2006.)

14.

Cannabis Establishment, provided that any cannabis establishment shall be sited at least one-half mile or 2,640 feet from another existing cannabis establishment and at least 500 feet from a pre-existing public or private school providing education in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12. Distances shall be determined from the nearest lot line of the proposed establishment to the nearest lot line of an existing establishment or school. Use approval shall be applicable to the applicant only. (Text Amd. No. 421, § 2, 11-18-16; Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018)

(Text Amd. No. 471, § 14c., 4-3-2024)

Boston City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 73

TABLES

TABLE A - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District - Use Regulations

Key: A = Allowed, C = Conditional, F = Forbidden

For definitions of use categories and certain specific uses, see Article 2.

For requirements applicable to Institutional Uses, see Note 1.

TABLE B - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District - Dimensional Regulations

See Table Footnote: (1)

Maximum Floor Area Ratio	4.0 ⁽²⁾
Maximum Building Height	155 feet
Other Use
Minimum Lot Size	none
Minimum Lot Width	none
Minimum Lot Frontage	none
Minimum Front Yard	none
Minimum Side Yard	none
Minimum Rear Yard	none

(As amended on May 9, 1996)

Not applicable to Proposed Institutional Projects described in Section 73-7.2 (Exempt Projects).

Banking and Postal Uses

Automatic teller machine	A
Bank	A
Drive-in bank	C
Post office	A

Community Uses

Adult education center	A
Community center	A
Child care center	A
Day care center, elderly	A
Library	A
Place of worship; monastery; convent; parish house	A

(Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3k., 3l., 11-8-2023.)

Cultural Uses

Art gallery	A
Art use	A
Auditorium	C
Cinema	C
Concert hall	A
Museum	A
Public art, display space	A
Studios, arts	A
Studios, production	A
Theatre	A
Ticket sales	A

Dormitory and Fraternity Uses

Dormitory not accessory to a use	C
Fraternity	C

Educational Uses

College or university ⁽¹⁾	A
Elementary or secondary school ⁽²⁾	A
Kindergarten	A
Professional school	A
Trade school	A

Entertainment and Recreational Uses

Adult entertainment	F
Amusement game machines in commercial establishment	F
Amusement game machines in noncommercial establishment	C
Bar ⁽³⁾	C
Bar with live entertainment ⁽³⁾	F
Bowling alley	F
Billiard parlor	F
Dance hall	F
Drive-in theatre	F
Fitness center or gymnasium	A
Private club not serving alcohol	C
Private club serving alcohol	C
Restaurant with live entertainment, not operating after 10:30 p.m. ⁽³⁾	C
Restaurant with live entertainment, operating after 10:30 p.m. ⁽³⁾	F

Funerary Uses

Cemetery	F
Columbarium	F
Crematory	F
Funeral home	C
Mortuary chapel	A

Health Care Uses

Clinic	A
Custodial care facility	C
Group care residence, general	C
Hospital ⁽¹⁾	A
Nursing or convalescent home ⁽¹⁾	A

(Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018; Text Amd. No. 459, § A.17., 4-14-2023)

Hotel and Conference Center Uses

Bed and breakfast	C
Conference center	C
Executive suites	C
Hotel	C
Motel	C

Industrial Uses

Artists' mixed-use	F
Cleaning plant	F
General manufacturing use	F
Light manufacturing use	C
Printing plant	F
Restricted industrial use	F

Office Uses

Agency or professional office	A
General office	A
Office of wholesale business	A

Open Space Uses

Golf driving range	F
Grounds for sports, private	A
Open space	A
Open space recreational building	A
Outdoor place of recreation for profit	F
Stadium	F

Public Service Uses

*Automatic telephone exchange or telecommunications data distribution center	C
Courthouse ⁽²⁾	F
Fire station ⁽²⁾	A
‡Outdoor payphone	C
Penal institution ⁽²⁾	F
Police station ⁽²⁾	A
Pumping station ⁽²⁾	C
Recycling facility (excluding facilities handling toxic waste)	F
Solid waste transfer station	F
Substation ⁽²⁾	C
Telephone exchange	C

(*As amended on October 20, 2000.)

(‡As inserted on March 15, 2006.)

Research and Development Uses

See Table Footnote: (4)

Research laboratory

(Text Amd. No. 459, § A.17., 4-14-2023)

Residential Uses

Congregate living complex	C
Elderly housing	C
Group residence, limited	A
Lodging house	A
Mobile home	F
Mobile home park	F
Multifamily dwelling	A
One family detached dwelling	C
One family semi-attached dwelling	C
Orphanage	A
Rowhouse	A
Temporary dwelling structure	C
Three-family detached dwelling	A
Townhouse	A
Transitional housing or homeless shelter	A
Two-family detached dwelling	A
Two-family semi-attached dwelling	A

Restaurant Uses

Drive-in restaurant	F
Restaurant	A
Take-out restaurant Small ⁽⁵⁾	A
Large ⁽⁶⁾	C

Retail Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Adult bookstore	F
Bakery	A
Cannabis establishment ¹⁴ (Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018)	C
*General retail business ^(7a)	A
Liquor store	A
Local retail business	A
Outdoor sale of garden supplies	F
†Pawnshop	C

(*As amended on December 19, 1994.)

(†As inserted on February 16, 2001.)

Service Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Animal hospital	C
Barber or beauty shop	A
‡Body art establishment	C
Caterer's establishment	A
*Check cashing business	F
†Container redemption center ^(7b)	C
Dry-cleaning shop	A
Kennel	F
Laundry, retail service	A
Laundry, self-service	A
Photocopying establishment	A
Shoe repair	A
Tailor shop	A

*As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

(†As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

(‡As inserted on April 9, 2001.)

Storage Uses, Major

Enclosed storage of solid fuel or minerals	F
Outdoor storage of solid fuel or minerals	F
Outdoor storage of new materials	F
Outdoor storage of damaged or disabled vehicles	F
Outdoor storage of junk and scrap	F
Storage of flammable liquids and gases Small ⁽⁸⁾	A
Large ⁽⁸⁾	C
Storage or transfer of toxic waste	C
*Storage of dumpsters not accessory or ancillary to a main use, nor used in conjunction with the ongoing operation of a permitted site with explicit legal use and occupancy as a dumpster repair facility, waste hauling contractor yard, or site assigned and licensed waste management facility	C
Warehousing	C
Wrecking yard	F

(*As inserted on September 18, 2000)

Trade Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Carpenters shop	A
Electrician's shop	A
Machine shop	A
Photographer's studio	A
Plumber's shop	A
Radio/television repair	A
Upholsterer's shop	A
Welder's shop	A

Transportation Uses

Airport	F
Bus terminal	C
Garage with dispatch	F
Helicopter landing facility	C
Motor freight terminal	F
Rail freight terminal	F
Railroad passenger station	F

Vehicular Uses

*Airport-related remote parking facility	C
Bus servicing or storage	F
Carwash ⁽⁹⁾	F
Gasoline station ⁽⁹⁾	F
†Indoor sale, with or without installation, of automotive parts, accessories and supplies	F
‡Indoor sale of motor vehicles	F
‡Outdoor sale of new and used motor vehicles	F
Parking garage	C
Parking lot	C
Rental agency for cars	F
Rental agency for trucks	F
Repair garage	F
Truck servicing or storage	F

(†As inserted on November 21, 1996.)

(*As amended on November 7, 1996.)

(‡As amended on March 15, 2006)

Wholesale Uses

Wholesale business

Accessory and Ancillary Uses

Accessory amusement game machines (not more than four) in commercial or noncommercial establishment	C
Accessory art use	A
Accessory automatic teller machine	A
Accessory bus servicing or storage	A
Accessory cafeteria	A
Accessory cultural uses	A
Accessory dormitory	C
Accessory drive-through restaurant	F
Accessory drive-through retail	F
Accessory family child care home	A
Accessory home occupation	A
‡Accessory indoor maintenance and operation of a payphone ⁽¹³⁾	A
Accessory industrial use	C
Accessory keeping of laboratory animals ⁽⁴⁾	A
Accessory keeping of animals, other than laboratory animals	F
Accessory machine shop	A
Accessory manufacture of products	C
Accessory offices	A
Accessory outdoor cafe	A
Accessory parking	C ⁽¹⁰⁾
Accessory personnel quarters	A
Accessory printing	A
Accessory professional office in a dwelling	A
Accessory railroad storage yard	F
Accessory recycling	A
Accessory repair garage	A
Accessory retail	A
Accessory services for apartment and hotel residents	A
Accessory services incidental to educational uses other than college or university use	A
Accessory service uses	A
Accessory storage of flammable liquids and gases Small ⁽⁸⁾	A
Large ⁽⁸⁾	A
Accessory storage or transfer of toxic waste	A
Accessory swimming pool or tennis court ⁽¹¹⁾	A
Accessory trade uses	A
Accessory truck servicing or storage	A
Accessory wholesale business	A
Ancillary use ⁽¹²⁾	C

Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3n., 3o., 11-8-2023; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14c., 4-3-2024.)

(As amended on May 9, 1996.)

Provided that such use shall comply with all the guidelines and standards promulgated by the National Institutes of Health concerning the care and use of laboratory animals.

Total gross floor area not more than 1,000 square feet per restaurant.

Total gross floor area exceeding 1,000 square feet per restaurant.

7a.

(As inserted on December 19, 1994.)

7b.

(As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

10.

11.

12.

Provided that any such use shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions, limitations, provisos and safeguards as the use to which it is ancillary.

13.

Provided that such use shall be forbidden unless located within a building and at least ten (10) feet from an entrance. (As inserted on March 15, 2006.)

14.

(Text Amd. No. 471, § 14c., 4-3-2024)

Boston City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 73

TABLES

TABLE A - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District - Use Regulations

Key: A = Allowed, C = Conditional, F = Forbidden

For definitions of use categories and certain specific uses, see Article 2.

For requirements applicable to Institutional Uses, see Note 1.

TABLE B - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional District - Dimensional Regulations

See Table Footnote: (1)

Maximum Floor Area Ratio	4.0 ⁽²⁾
Maximum Building Height	155 feet
Other Use
Minimum Lot Size	none
Minimum Lot Width	none
Minimum Lot Frontage	none
Minimum Front Yard	none
Minimum Side Yard	none
Minimum Rear Yard	none

(As amended on May 9, 1996)

Not applicable to Proposed Institutional Projects described in Section 73-7.2 (Exempt Projects).

Banking and Postal Uses

Automatic teller machine	A
Bank	A
Drive-in bank	C
Post office	A

Community Uses

Adult education center	A
Community center	A
Child care center	A
Day care center, elderly	A
Library	A
Place of worship; monastery; convent; parish house	A

(Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3k., 3l., 11-8-2023.)

Cultural Uses

Art gallery	A
Art use	A
Auditorium	C
Cinema	C
Concert hall	A
Museum	A
Public art, display space	A
Studios, arts	A
Studios, production	A
Theatre	A
Ticket sales	A

Dormitory and Fraternity Uses

Dormitory not accessory to a use	C
Fraternity	C

Educational Uses

College or university ⁽¹⁾	A
Elementary or secondary school ⁽²⁾	A
Kindergarten	A
Professional school	A
Trade school	A

Entertainment and Recreational Uses

Adult entertainment	F
Amusement game machines in commercial establishment	F
Amusement game machines in noncommercial establishment	C
Bar ⁽³⁾	C
Bar with live entertainment ⁽³⁾	F
Bowling alley	F
Billiard parlor	F
Dance hall	F
Drive-in theatre	F
Fitness center or gymnasium	A
Private club not serving alcohol	C
Private club serving alcohol	C
Restaurant with live entertainment, not operating after 10:30 p.m. ⁽³⁾	C
Restaurant with live entertainment, operating after 10:30 p.m. ⁽³⁾	F

Funerary Uses

Cemetery	F
Columbarium	F
Crematory	F
Funeral home	C
Mortuary chapel	A

Health Care Uses

Clinic	A
Custodial care facility	C
Group care residence, general	C
Hospital ⁽¹⁾	A
Nursing or convalescent home ⁽¹⁾	A

(Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018; Text Amd. No. 459, § A.17., 4-14-2023)

Hotel and Conference Center Uses

Bed and breakfast	C
Conference center	C
Executive suites	C
Hotel	C
Motel	C

Industrial Uses

Artists' mixed-use	F
Cleaning plant	F
General manufacturing use	F
Light manufacturing use	C
Printing plant	F
Restricted industrial use	F

Office Uses

Agency or professional office	A
General office	A
Office of wholesale business	A

Open Space Uses

Golf driving range	F
Grounds for sports, private	A
Open space	A
Open space recreational building	A
Outdoor place of recreation for profit	F
Stadium	F

Public Service Uses

*Automatic telephone exchange or telecommunications data distribution center	C
Courthouse ⁽²⁾	F
Fire station ⁽²⁾	A
‡Outdoor payphone	C
Penal institution ⁽²⁾	F
Police station ⁽²⁾	A
Pumping station ⁽²⁾	C
Recycling facility (excluding facilities handling toxic waste)	F
Solid waste transfer station	F
Substation ⁽²⁾	C
Telephone exchange	C

(*As amended on October 20, 2000.)

(‡As inserted on March 15, 2006.)

Research and Development Uses

See Table Footnote: (4)

Research laboratory

(Text Amd. No. 459, § A.17., 4-14-2023)

Residential Uses

Congregate living complex	C
Elderly housing	C
Group residence, limited	A
Lodging house	A
Mobile home	F
Mobile home park	F
Multifamily dwelling	A
One family detached dwelling	C
One family semi-attached dwelling	C
Orphanage	A
Rowhouse	A
Temporary dwelling structure	C
Three-family detached dwelling	A
Townhouse	A
Transitional housing or homeless shelter	A
Two-family detached dwelling	A
Two-family semi-attached dwelling	A

Restaurant Uses

Drive-in restaurant	F
Restaurant	A
Take-out restaurant Small ⁽⁵⁾	A
Large ⁽⁶⁾	C

Retail Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Adult bookstore	F
Bakery	A
Cannabis establishment ¹⁴ (Text Amd. No. 432, § 3, 4-13-2018)	C
*General retail business ^(7a)	A
Liquor store	A
Local retail business	A
Outdoor sale of garden supplies	F
†Pawnshop	C

(*As amended on December 19, 1994.)

(†As inserted on February 16, 2001.)

Service Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Animal hospital	C
Barber or beauty shop	A
‡Body art establishment	C
Caterer's establishment	A
*Check cashing business	F
†Container redemption center ^(7b)	C
Dry-cleaning shop	A
Kennel	F
Laundry, retail service	A
Laundry, self-service	A
Photocopying establishment	A
Shoe repair	A
Tailor shop	A

*As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

(†As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

(‡As inserted on April 9, 2001.)

Storage Uses, Major

Enclosed storage of solid fuel or minerals	F
Outdoor storage of solid fuel or minerals	F
Outdoor storage of new materials	F
Outdoor storage of damaged or disabled vehicles	F
Outdoor storage of junk and scrap	F
Storage of flammable liquids and gases Small ⁽⁸⁾	A
Large ⁽⁸⁾	C
Storage or transfer of toxic waste	C
*Storage of dumpsters not accessory or ancillary to a main use, nor used in conjunction with the ongoing operation of a permitted site with explicit legal use and occupancy as a dumpster repair facility, waste hauling contractor yard, or site assigned and licensed waste management facility	C
Warehousing	C
Wrecking yard	F

(*As inserted on September 18, 2000)

Trade Uses

See Table Footnote: (7)

Carpenters shop	A
Electrician's shop	A
Machine shop	A
Photographer's studio	A
Plumber's shop	A
Radio/television repair	A
Upholsterer's shop	A
Welder's shop	A

Transportation Uses

Airport	F
Bus terminal	C
Garage with dispatch	F
Helicopter landing facility	C
Motor freight terminal	F
Rail freight terminal	F
Railroad passenger station	F

Vehicular Uses

*Airport-related remote parking facility	C
Bus servicing or storage	F
Carwash ⁽⁹⁾	F
Gasoline station ⁽⁹⁾	F
†Indoor sale, with or without installation, of automotive parts, accessories and supplies	F
‡Indoor sale of motor vehicles	F
‡Outdoor sale of new and used motor vehicles	F
Parking garage	C
Parking lot	C
Rental agency for cars	F
Rental agency for trucks	F
Repair garage	F
Truck servicing or storage	F

(†As inserted on November 21, 1996.)

(*As amended on November 7, 1996.)

(‡As amended on March 15, 2006)

Wholesale Uses

Wholesale business

Accessory and Ancillary Uses

Accessory amusement game machines (not more than four) in commercial or noncommercial establishment	C
Accessory art use	A
Accessory automatic teller machine	A
Accessory bus servicing or storage	A
Accessory cafeteria	A
Accessory cultural uses	A
Accessory dormitory	C
Accessory drive-through restaurant	F
Accessory drive-through retail	F
Accessory family child care home	A
Accessory home occupation	A
‡Accessory indoor maintenance and operation of a payphone ⁽¹³⁾	A
Accessory industrial use	C
Accessory keeping of laboratory animals ⁽⁴⁾	A
Accessory keeping of animals, other than laboratory animals	F
Accessory machine shop	A
Accessory manufacture of products	C
Accessory offices	A
Accessory outdoor cafe	A
Accessory parking	C ⁽¹⁰⁾
Accessory personnel quarters	A
Accessory printing	A
Accessory professional office in a dwelling	A
Accessory railroad storage yard	F
Accessory recycling	A
Accessory repair garage	A
Accessory retail	A
Accessory services for apartment and hotel residents	A
Accessory services incidental to educational uses other than college or university use	A
Accessory service uses	A
Accessory storage of flammable liquids and gases Small ⁽⁸⁾	A
Large ⁽⁸⁾	A
Accessory storage or transfer of toxic waste	A
Accessory swimming pool or tennis court ⁽¹¹⁾	A
Accessory trade uses	A
Accessory truck servicing or storage	A
Accessory wholesale business	A
Ancillary use ⁽¹²⁾	C

Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3n., 3o., 11-8-2023; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14c., 4-3-2024.)

(As amended on May 9, 1996.)

Provided that such use shall comply with all the guidelines and standards promulgated by the National Institutes of Health concerning the care and use of laboratory animals.

Total gross floor area not more than 1,000 square feet per restaurant.

Total gross floor area exceeding 1,000 square feet per restaurant.

7a.

(As inserted on December 19, 1994.)

7b.

(As inserted on August 22, 1996.)

10.

11.

12.

Provided that any such use shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions, limitations, provisos and safeguards as the use to which it is ancillary.

13.

Provided that such use shall be forbidden unless located within a building and at least ten (10) feet from an entrance. (As inserted on March 15, 2006.)

14.

(Text Amd. No. 471, § 14c., 4-3-2024)