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Groton City Zoning Code

§ 218-7.4

Recreational Overlay District.

A. 
There is hereby established a Recreational Overlay District. The uses permitted in this Overlay District are those allowed in the underlying district as well as those enumerated herein. The purposes of this Overlay District are to allow for recreational uses and establishments available to the general public by membership or otherwise.
B. 
Establishment of districts. Land may be placed in the Recreational Overlay District by a two-thirds vote of Town Meeting, following a public hearing held by the Planning Board as required by MGL c. 40A, § 5. Applicants seeking approval of uses authorized in the Recreational Overlay District shall present the type of facility contemplated in general form. Specific plans showing the building(s) anticipated and site alterations necessary for these uses can be shown to Town Meeting at the discretion of the applicant, but are not required. Approval by the Town Meeting may incorporate conditions stipulating limitations on use or site improvements.
C. 
Permitted uses. Uses permitted in the Recreational Overlay District shall be recreational uses and the structures necessary for those uses including:
(1) 
Golf courses.
(2) 
Tennis courts.
(3) 
Ski trails or cross country ski trails.
(4) 
Swimming pools.
(5) 
Restaurant and/or function facility for the serving of food and/or beverages, including alcohol, if properly licensed as required by MGL c. 138 and c. 140, with a special permit granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(6) 
Shop(s) for the sale of items associated with the recreational uses carried on at the facility with a special permit granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(7) 
Playgrounds.
(8) 
Picnic areas.
D. 
Applicability; expansions.
(1) 
Uses authorized in the Recreational Overlay District shall not be exempt from other sections of this chapter and Town bylaws, where applicable, and shall be subject to the provisions of § 218-2.5, Site plan review.
(2) 
Expansions or alteration of uses authorized by Town Meeting under this section shall not require Town Meeting approval, but shall require a special permit granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Criteria for such special permit shall be those set forth in § 218-2.3 of this chapter.