Boxford City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Establishment of Districts
§ 196-2 Classes of districts and Zoning Map.
[Amended 5-14-1986 ATM, Art. 38; 5-22-1991 ATM, Art. 51; 5-13-2014 ATM, Art. 24]
The Town of Boxford is hereby divided as shown on the Zoning Map August 2012, and including subsequent amendments, filed with the Town Clerk and hereby made part of this bylaw, into eight classes of districts designated as follows:
Residence-Agricultural District | |
R-A Residence-Agricultural District | (§ 196-13) |
Business Districts | |
B-1 Retail Business District | (§ 196-14) |
B-2 General and Highway Business | (§ 196-15) |
Manufacturing or Industrial District | |
M Manufacturing or Industrial District | (§ 196-16) |
Special Districts | |
O Official or Open Space District | (§ 196-18) |
Special Uses | |
E-H Elderly Housing District | (§ 196-20) |
Pond Watershed Overlay District | (§ 196-21) |
Wireless Communications Services District | (§ 196-22) |
§ 196-3 Boundaries of districts.
A.
Where the boundary lines are shown upon said Map within the street lines of public or private ways, the center lines of such ways shall be the boundary lines.
B.
Where the boundary lines are shown approximately on the location of property or lot lines, and the exact location of property, lot or boundary lines is not indicated by means of dimensions shown in figures, then the property or lot lines shall be the boundary lines.
C.
Boundary lines located outside of such street lines and shown approximately parallel thereto shall be regarded as parallel to such street lines, and dimensions shown in figures placed upon said Map between such boundary lines and street side lines are the distances in feet of such boundary lines from such street side lines, such distances being measured at right angles to such street lines unless otherwise indicated.
D.
In all cases which are not covered by other provisions of this section, the location of boundary lines shall be determined by the distance in feet, if given, from other lines upon said Map, by the use of identifications as shown on the Map, or by the scale of the Map.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section IIB, Subsection 5, which immediately followed this section and dealt with district boundary lines dividing existing lots, was deleted 5-22-1997 ATM, Art. 65.
E.
Contour lines are of indicated elevation above the datum mean sea level of the United States Geological Survey.
§ 196-4 Historic Districts.
Historic Districts established pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 40C, as may be from time to time amended, shall be indicated on the Zoning Map by appropriate symbols.