A separate dwelling unit not exceeding 850 square feet in area within an existing detached single-family residence for a family member of the homeowner.

A structure customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal structure that is located on the same lot as the principal structure, except any structure(s) for any agricultural use.

Accessory uses as permitted by these bylaws are set forth in Section 3.0. An accessory use is one that: is clearly subordinate to, customarily found in association with, and incidental to a principal use; and is located on the same lot as the principal use, except any accessory use for any agricultural purpose.

A social day care or adult day health facility as those terms are defined by the Massachusetts Department of Elder Affairs.

An establishment that is not required to possess a retail food permit whose primary purpose is to sell or offer for sale but not for resale, tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia, in which the sale of other products or offer of services is merely incidental, and in which the entry of persons under the minimum legal sales age is prohibited at all times, and which maintains a valid permit for the retail sale of tobacco products as required by the Foxborough Board of Health.

An establishment, a building or portion thereof, or a use of land having a substantial or significant portion of its business activity, stock-in-trade, or other materials for sale, rent, distribution, or exhibition, which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on depicting, describing, or relating to sexual conduct or sexual excitement as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31. Examples of such are listed below:

A housing development in which at least one resident of each dwelling unit is 55 years or older, and other residents must be over 21 years of age but are permitted to be younger than 55 years of age.

The use of a tract of land not less than five acres in area for agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, nurseries, orchards or greenhouses. The definition of agriculture shall include the keeping of livestock on parcels of two acres or more.

A dwelling unit in either a two-family or multifamily dwelling.

An indoor recreation facility containing amusement or recreational games such as video or electronic games that contains more than three arcade machines.

Total floor area within a building.

The usable area (normally accessible to the public) of each story within a building or portion thereof.

Development which may proceed without the need for a special permit, variance, amendment, waiver, other discretionary approval, or as provided by MGL c. 40A § 3. As-of-right development is subject to site plan review and can be reasonably regulated by the Building Commissioner.

A structure or structures containing dwelling units for persons in need of assistance with activities of daily living, as defined and regulated by MGL Chapter 19D.

The construction of houses that share a common side wall. The wall may or may not be the property line of the unit. These attached single-family houses may be allowed to be constructed on their own parcel of land with a front and rear yard or may be developed with the land around the unit being owned and maintained by a homeowners' or condominium association. These units are commonly referred to as "townhouses."

Any area, lot, land, parcel, building, structure, establishment, place of business or part thereof that is maintained, operated or used for the storage, collection, processing, purchase, sale or abandonment of wrecked, scrapped, ruined, dismantled or inoperable motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. Any such area, lot, land, parcel, building, structure, establishment or place of business that includes wrecked, scrapped, ruined, dismantled or inoperable motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts as well as other items of junk shall be deemed a junkyard.

A portion of the building partially underground, but having less than half its clear height below the mean grade of perimeter walls of the building.

The State Building Code of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as amended.

Accommodations with not more than four bedrooms occupied by bed-and-breakfast guests in which the owner of the establishment resides. Bed-and-breakfast establishments are intended for guests on intermittent visits, and shall not be used as long-term rental units or apartments. All parking for residents and guests shall be off-street.

Those institutions of government appointed or elected in the Town of Foxborough.

An establishment wherein the primary use is a restaurant that specializes in producing craft beers and other craft malt beverages in limited quantities for on-site retail sale to restaurant patrons. Ancillary uses may include the production of fermented liquors such as wine and hard ciders and the distillation of spiritous liquors, each of the foregoing in limited quantities for on-site retail sale to restaurant patrons (provided that the aggregate area devoted to any such production and distillation does not exceed 15% of the gross floor area of the establishment), tastings and tours, and the retail and wholesale sales of their products and related goods, all of which are subject to all applicable statutes of the commonwealth.

That area of a lot within which a building can be erected and framed of a combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof, to form a structure for the shelter of persons, animals or property. For the purpose of this definition, "roof" shall include an awning or any similar covering, whether or not permanent in nature. The word "building" shall be construed where the context required as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof" (also see the term "structure").

The officer or other designated authority of the Town charged with the administration and enforcement of the Basic Code and enforcement of these bylaws.

A building, or part thereof, for the transaction of business or the provision of services exclusive of the receipt, sale, storage, or processing of merchandise.

Buildings, structures and premises used by a nonprofit social or civic organization, or by an organization catering exclusively to members and their guests for social, civic, recreational, or athletic purposes which are not conducted primarily for gain, and provided there are no vending stands, merchandising, or commercial activities except as may be required generally for the membership and purposes of such organization.

A facility located on a lot that is not less than 75 acres in area and that is used by transient campers in a unit that is a portable structure, shelter or vehicle designed and intended for occupancy by persons engaged in camping activities or such recreational and non-recreational vehicle activities that are common to a campground or recreational vehicle park. The facility may include accessory uses that are intended for the use and convenience of the users of the campground and that customarily are accessory to the operation of a commercial campground, such as recreation fields and halls, swimming and shower facilities, convenience stores, food services, and spas. The facility also may include buildings that are owned by the owner(s) of the campground and that are used for functions and events such as weddings, family reunions, and business and educational conferences, whether used by the facility's campers or by non-camping patrons. No such facility shall include mobile homes.

The portion of the building partially underground, having half or more than half of its clear height below the mean grade of the perimeter walls of the building (also see the term "basement").

A facility as defined by MGL c. 15D, § 1A.

Any commuter rail station operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with year-round, rather than intermittent, seasonal or event-based, service.

A parcel of land utilized by a contractor for the storage of building supplies, and storage and/or maintenance of trucks and other equipment.

A building, or portion thereof, where group sleeping accommodations are provided, with or without meals, for persons not members of the same family group, in one room, or in a series of closely related rooms under joint occupancy and single management, as in school or farm dormitories.

Restaurants which promote the consumption of food or beverages in vehicles parked on the premises.

The use of land, buildings, or structures, or parts thereof, to provide or dispense products or services, either wholly or in part, through an attendant or window or automated machine, to persons remaining in motorized vehicles that are in a designated stacking lane. A drive-through facility may be permitted only as an accessory use, i.e., in combination with other uses such as a bank or financial institution, restaurant, retail store, dry cleaners, laundry, or pharmacy. Despite the above, a drive-through facility does not include a vehicle washing facility, a vacuum cleaning station accessory to a vehicle washing facility, or an automobile/gasoline service station.

Educational facilities not exempted from regulation by MGL c. 40A, § 3.

Services provided by a public service corporation or by governmental agencies through erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance of public utility facilities and structures necessary to the service of the Town, excluding storage yards, power plants, water filter plants, wireless communications facilities, sewage treatment and refuse facilities. Included are facilities which supply, transmit, distribute, or collect gas, electricity, steam, water, sewer, and communications, whether underground or overhead. Facilities necessary for the provision of essential services include, but are not limited to, poles, wires, drains, sewers, pipes, pump stations, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment in connection therewith.

Any private residence operating a facility as defined in MGL c. 15D, § 1A.

The sale of farm produce, including poultry, on a parcel of land which is not being used for agricultural purposes and which is less than five acres in area. A majority of such products for sale shall be grown or raised on the land on which the facility is located. No slaughtering of livestock other than poultry shall be allowed.

That distance along a lot line which abuts a street or streets. Access shall only be through or across this legal frontage. The frontage distance shall be contiguous. The required frontage for a corner lot shall be provided on only one street. Frontage shall be calculated from the intersection of the side yard to the center of the curve radius along a straight line.

Facility for the conducting of funerals and related activities such as embalming.

The interior space of a dwelling unit designed, intended or adapted to be used for sleeping, eating, food preparation and other living activities, including, without limitation, bathrooms, bedrooms, dens and recreation rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and other rooms that are finished and have ceilings the height of which are the minimum permitted by the Massachusetts State Building Code. Habitable floor area does not include the space of unfinished attics and basements, balconies, closets, crawl spaces, decks, garages and carports, unfinished porches, stairs and stairwells, storage areas, utility rooms and similar spaces that are not used for sleeping, eating, food preparation and other living activities.

The vertical distance to the highest point of the roof above the mean grade of the ground immediately adjoining the building. The highest point shall not include parapets or cornices extending no more than five feet above their intersection with the roof, spires, cupolas, elevator head-houses, water tanks, chimneys, ventilators, pipes and similar apparatus not devoted to human occupancy.

Any gainful employment or occupation of one or more members of the resident family that is clearly secondary or accessory to the primary residential use of the principal dwelling. Intensive home occupations include but are not limited to the following: work facilities for artists and dressmakers, tailors and other similar uses; home crafts, antique shops, beauty parlors, and other similar activities; professional office facility, provided that no retail or wholesale transactions are made on the premises; school of special needs education whose class does not exceed four pupils at any time unless otherwise exempt; dance studios or schools, musical instruction or other similar activities. See Section 3.2.2 of these bylaws.

Any gainful employment or occupation of one or more members of the resident family that is clearly secondary or accessory to the primary residential use of the principal dwelling, as limited by Section 3.2.3 of these bylaws.

A building or buildings intended and designed for transient, overnight or extended occupancy, divided into separate units within the same building, with or without a public dining facility.

Alternative land development techniques that encourage higher quality development, create improved living environments, preserve unique site features, and provide services more efficiently.

Any scrap, waste, reclaimable material or debris, whether or not stored or used in conjunction with dismantling, processing, salvage, storage, baling, disposal or other use or disposition. Junk includes, but is not limited to, vehicles, tires, vehicle parts, machinery, equipment, paper, rags, metal, glass, building materials, household appliances, brush, wood, and lumber.

Any area, lot, land, parcel, building, structure, establishment, place of business or part thereof that is maintained, operated or used for the storage, collection, processing, purchase, sale or abandonment of junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an auto graveyard.

An establishment used for boarding, holding, day care, overnight stays or training of animals that are not the property of the owner of the establishment, at which such services are rendered in exchange for consideration and in the absence of the owner of any such animal; provided, however, that commercial boarding or training kennel shall not include an animal shelter or animal control facility, a pet shop licensed under Section 39A of Chapter 129[1], a grooming facility operated solely for the purpose of grooming and not for overnight boarding or an individual who temporarily, and not in the normal course of business, boards or cares for animals owned by others.

A pack or collection of more than four dogs, three months old or older, owned or kept under single ownership, for private personal use; provided, however, that breeding of personally owned dogs may take place for the purpose of improving, exhibiting or showing the breed or for use in legal sporting activity or for other personal reasons; provided further, that selling, trading, bartering or distributing such breeding from a personal kennel shall be to other breeders or individuals by private sale only and not to wholesalers, brokers or pet shops; provided further, that a personal kennel shall not sell, trade, barter or distribute a dog not bred from its personally owned dog; and provided further, that dogs temporarily housed at a personal kennel, in conjunction with an animal shelter or rescue registered with the department, may be sold, traded, bartered or distributed if the transfer is not for profit.

A veterinary hospital or clinic that boards dogs for reasons in addition to medical treatment or care; provided, however, that "veterinary kennel" shall not include a hospital or clinic used solely to house dogs that have undergone veterinary treatment or observation or will do so only for the period of time necessary to accomplish that veterinary care.

A parcel of land used for the storage and sale of landscape and/or building materials, including but not limited to mulch, sand, gravel, loam, stone, bricks, lumber, pipe, concrete, or other materials used for landscape or building construction. These materials may be stored indoors or outside.

A solar photovoltaic system that is structurally mounted on the ground and is not roof-mounted, and has a minimum nameplate capacity of 250 kW DC.

Any structure used for the lodging of more than three individuals and where cooking or sanitary facilities may be provided.

An area of land in one ownership with definite plan and used or set aside and available for use as the site of one or more structures or for any other definitive purpose.

The horizontal area of a lot, not including any area in a public or private street open for public use.

That percentage equal to the area of a lot covered by man-made materials such as structures, asphalt and concrete divided by the total lot area.

A line dividing one lot from another, or from a street.

A tract of land or building or structure developed for two or more different uses, including residential, retail, business, service, or office, assembly uses, and institutions.

A dwelling unit built on a chassis and containing complete electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities and designed to be installed on a temporary or permanent foundation for permanent living quarters.

Any structure whose primary purpose is the storage and sale of petroleum products or other fuels for motor vehicles and/or where minor repairs to motor vehicles are made within a structure.

A structure in which the general business of repairing motor vehicles is conducted.

Facilities owned or operated by the Town of Foxborough and used exclusively for municipal or other public purposes.

Land, including accessory structures, owned or operated by the Town of Foxborough that is used for one or more of the following uses: a golf course, riding stable, playgrounds, playing fields, fitness trails, a swimming pool, volleyball, bocce, tennis or basketball court(s), or other similar recreation facilities. No indoor or outdoor active recreation area or parking for same shall be located any nearer the lot line than the minimum building setback.

Any building with sleeping rooms where persons are housed or lodged and furnished with meals and nursing care for hire.

A solar photovoltaic installation that is structurally mounted on the ground, is accessory, and is not roof-mounted. The power produced is typically utilized primarily by uses in the immediate vicinity and/or has less nameplate capacity than 250 kW DC.

As used in these bylaws, shall have the meaning as provided in MGL c. 40A, § 11.

Every natural person or other legal entity.

The maximum rated output of electric power production of the photovoltaic system in direct current (DC).

The demolition of a structure and the rebuilding of a new structure on the same lot.

Research, experimentation and testing activities that are conducted by a business establishment, college or university, laboratory or research facility for the development of new products, ideas, procedures and services, or the improvement of existing products, ideas, procedures and services, predominantly in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, communication and information technology, electronics, computer hardware and/or their substantial equivalents. Such term does not include activities that are characterized as Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) by the National Institutes of Health. Activities that constitute research and development may include the construction or development of mock-ups and prototypes, but do not include the manufacture of finished products except as may be incidental to the principal purposes of such activities.

A detached accessory structure to a single- or two-family dwelling of which the primary purpose is to store motor vehicles. No commercial activities shall occur within these structures unless authorized by these bylaws.

A solar photovoltaic system located in the Residential and Agricultural District (R-40) on a lot containing not less than 50 acres that is structurally mounted on the ground and is not roof-mounted, has a minimum nameplate capacity of 2,000 kW DC, and the total acres used for a solar photovoltaic system does not exceed 50% of the total lot acres.

A detached structure accessory to a single- or two-family dwelling which does not exceed 400 square feet in gross area.

An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal building. Food and drink may also be served and consumed outdoors on patios and sidewalks as well as packaged for take-out orders. The term "restaurant" shall not include "drive-in restaurant."

All lands and buildings that are used for display and sale purposes involving stocks of goods, wares or merchandise incidental to such purposes and accessible to the public, including, among others, retail stores, shops, and salesrooms.

A commercial establishment that provides within a building or group of buildings individual, self-contained units that are leased to individuals, businesses or organizations for the self-service storage of items of personal property and other nonhazardous durable goods. The conduct or performance from an individual storage unit or other area within a self-storage mini-warehouse of any business activity other than providing storage space for the personal property and nonhazardous goods of a business is prohibited.

The horizontal distance measured at right angles from a lot line to the closest portion of any building or structure, including any porch, deck or terrace that is attached to such building or structure, on that lot. The setback of a building or structure does not include any unroofed deck, porch, stairs or terrace that provides access to or egress from such building or structure.

An arrangement of solar photovoltaic panels.[2]

A public way or way that the Town Clerk certifies is maintained and used as a public way, or a way shown on a definitive plan, approved and endorsed in accordance with the Subdivision Control Law, or a way in existence when the Subdivision Control Law became effective in the Town of Foxborough, which in the opinion of the Planning Board has sufficient width, suitable grades, and adequate construction to provide for the needs of vehicular traffic in relation to the proposed use of the land abutting thereon or served thereby, and for the installation of municipal services to serve such land and the buildings erected or to be erected thereon.

A combination of materials assembled at a fixed location to give support or shelter, and as further defined in the Basic Code. The word "structure" shall be construed, where the context requires, as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof."

A commercial establishment whose principal business activity in terms of operation or as held out to the public is the practice of placing designs, letters, figures, symbols or other marks upon or under the skin of any person by the use of needles or other instruments that are designed to contact or puncture the skin with ink or other substances that result in the permanent coloration of the human skin. Tattoo parlors do not include beauty salons or cosmetology businesses that provide permanent cosmetic services, or commercial establishments that engage in the removal of tattoos by the use of lasers or that engage in the business of microblading or other semi-permanent techniques for enhancing the appearance of eyebrows by the means of scratching pigment into the human skin.

A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis and designed to be used for temporary occupancy for travel, recreational or vacation use. It shall not be designed to be installed on a permanent or temporary foundation.[3]

A building or structure the primary function of which is to provide for the storage and ultimate distribution without retail sale of materials, merchandise, commodities, goods and products. Such term for purposes of these bylaws does not mean or include:

The following definitions shall apply within the WRPOD:

A facility located on a lot containing not less than 18 acres offered for use by the public for general wellness and recreation which may include a pool facility and any other indoor and outdoor sports, recreation and athletic use, day camps, and arts and humanities and uses incidental thereto, but excluding those uses that fall under Section 3.0.

An open space on a lot with a building, extending along the entire length of a front, rear, or side lot line.