Cummington City Zoning Code

The following Dimensional Regulations shall apply to all uses, including educational and religious uses exempted by M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 3.

In addition to the following Dimensional Regulations, any use which is held to be harmful to the general public or to abutters or their interests due to undue noise, odor, vibration, dust, smoke, water pollution, or for any other similar reason, may be required by the Zoning Enforcement Officer to have a Minimum Yard Setback of Five hundred (500) feet from all property lines.

A building or structure may be constructed within three hundred (300) feet or less of the closest bank of any stream, river or brook or flowing water, ONLY if the applicant for such building permit submits a registered sanitarian’s proposal for a workable disposal system that will not leach into those waters.