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Groveland City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

Density and Dimensional Regulations

§ 50-8.1 Table of Dimensional Requirements.

District
Minimum Area
(square feet)
Minimum Frontage
(feet)
Minimum Setbacks
Maximum Height
(feet)
Maximum % Lot Coverage
Maximum % Impervious Area
Percent of Minimum Required Lot Area as Contiguous Buildable Area(6)
Front
Side
Rear
R-1
43,560(1)
150(1)
30(5)
15
15
35
20
50
60(7)
R-2
30,000(2)
150(2)
30(5)
15(4)
15
35
25
50
60(7)
R-3
20,000(3)
100(3)
30(5)
10
10
35
30
50
75
B
20,000
100
30
10
30
35
40
70
60(7)
LB
20,000
100
20
10
30
35
40
70
60(7)
I
43,560
150
50
25
25
35
25
50
60(7)
Notes:
1.
Two-family or duplex structures require a minimum of 200 feet of frontage and 60,000 square feet area in the R-1 District.
2.
Two-family or duplex structures require a minimum of 200 feet of frontage and 40,000 square feet area in the R-2 District.
3.
Two-family or duplex structures require a minimum of 130 feet of frontage and 27,000 square feet area in the R-3 District.
4.
On a lot with less than 150 feet of frontage and in existence at the time this bylaw is passed, no building shall be erected within 10 feet of a side lot line.
5.
See § 50-8.2C.
6.
Contiguous buildable area as defined in Article II, Definitions. All structures shall be located within the contiguous buildable area and within all setback requirements of the lot.
7.
50% if parcel is serviced by Town water and sewer.

§ 50-8.2 Additional dimensional requirements.

A. 
Lot regularity. No lot shall be created so as to be so irregularly shaped or extended that it has a "shape factor" in excess of (32), except that a lot may exceed the required "shape factor" if a contiguous portion of the lot meets the minimum lot area requirement and does not exceed the required "shape factor." The shape factor equals the square of the lot perimeter divided by the lot area.
[Amended 4-24-2023 ATM by Art. 20]
Shape Factor Formula:
P^2/A<(32)
P=lot perimeter and A=lot area
B. 
Frontage. Frontage shall be measured at the street line from side lot line to side lot line; except on a curve, where the frontage shall be measured from side lot line to side lot line along the curve. Frontage must provide access to the lot from the right-of-way counted for frontage unless otherwise approved by the Planning Board on a definitive plan submitted in accord with MGL c. 41, §§ 81K through 81GG or approved by the Planning Board in the same manner as a definitive plan.
C. 
Street line. In any district, no building shall be erected, reconstructed or placed less than the minimum front setback as determined by § 50-8.1, Table of Dimensional Requirements, unless it is determined by the Zoning Enforcement Officer that the line of houses on the street existing at the time this bylaw is adopted is less than the required setback from the street line, in which case the erected, reconstructed or placed building shall extend no further into the required setback than the adjacent building(s).
[Amended 4-24-2023 ATM by Art. 7]

§ 50-8.3 Appurtenant open space.

No minimum setback or other open space required for a building by this bylaw shall, during the existence of such a building, be occupied by or counted as open space for another building.

§ 50-8.4 Public water supply.

No structure shall be erected within a 400-foot radius of the center line of the drill hole of any Town-owned well used for public water supply.

§ 50-8.5 Lot size reduction.

A. 
No lot shall be reduced in size so as to not conform to this bylaw unless authorized by a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
B. 
No legally nonconforming lot shall be further reduced in size unless authorized by a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals.

§ 50-8.6 Dwellings per lot.

Not more than one building designed or available for use for dwelling purposes shall be erected or placed or converted to use on any lot in a subdivision, or elsewhere in the Town, without the consent of the Planning Board, and such consent shall be conditional upon the providing of adequate ways furnishing access to each site for such building, in the same manner as otherwise required for lots within a subdivision.