Haverhill City Zoning Code
SECTION 2
0 DISTRICTS
§ 2.1.1 General.
For the purpose of this chapter, the City of Haverhill is hereby divided into zoning districts to be designated as follows:
Residential | |
Rural Special | RS |
Rural Density | RR |
Low Density | RL |
Medium Density | RM |
High Density | RH |
Urban Density | RU |
Commercial | |
Neighborhood | CN |
Highway | CH |
General | CG |
Central | CC |
Medical Services | CM |
Business | |
Business Park | BP |
Business General | BG |
Office Park | OP |
§ 2.1.2 Special/Overlay Districts.
[Amended 7-13-2021 by Doc. 69-B; 11-1-2022 by Doc. 108]
The following special/overlay districts are also hereby established and described in Section 9.0 of this chapter:
Floodplain Overlay District | FPOD |
Watershed Protection Overlay District | WPOD |
Downtown Smart Growth Overlay District | DSGOD |
Merrimack Street Gateway Renaissance Overlay District | MSGROD |
Campus Area Development District | CADD |
Licensed Marijuana Establishment Overlay Zone | LMEOZ |
Medical Marijuana Overlay District | MMOD |
Water Supply Protection Overlay District | WSPOD |
Waterfront District | WD |
Boston Road Planned Residential Development District | BRPRD |
Oxford Crossing Planned Residential Development District | OCPRD |
§ 2.2 ZONING MAP.
The location and boundaries of the zoning districts are hereby established as shown on a map entitled "Zoning with Watershed & Index Map," dated 2017, prepared by the City's Engineering Department, as may be amended, which accompanies and is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter. The authenticity of the Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the City Clerk and the imprinted Seal of the City.
§ 2.2.1 Certain Map Abbreviations.
The abbreviation "PL" means property line (lot line) as lawfully recorded and in effect at the effective date of this chapter. The abbreviation "CL" means center line and "CI" means center of intersection.
§ 2.2.2 Changes to Map.
1.
Any change in the location of boundaries of a zoning district hereafter made through the amendments of this chapter shall be indicated by the alteration of such map, and the map thus altered is declared to be part of the chapter thus amended. The Zoning Map shall be drawn at a scale of one inch to 1,200 feet with ink on stable material. The Planning Board and the City Council shall, prior to their hearing on any amendment to this chapter where there is a change to the Map, cause notice of such hearing to be published and sent to parties of interest pursuant to § 1.6.
2.
In order to maintain the up-to-date Zoning Map, the following procedures shall be followed. The Zoning Map shall be the original Mylar which shall be placed in the vault under the custody of the City Clerk, and the official copy of which shall be located in the office of the Building Commissioner. Upon passage of a zoning amendment affecting district boundaries, the City Engineer, at the direction of the Building Commissioner, shall make permanent changes to the original reproducible Zoning Map Mylar and provide copies of the corrected map to the Building Commissioner, City Clerk, City Engineer, City Council office and Planning Department. The date of all changes and the authority for such changes shall be noted on the map, and copies provided to each of the cited offices.
§ 2.2.3 Boundaries of Districts.
Where any uncertainty exists with respect to the boundary of any district as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules apply:
1.
Where a boundary is indicated as a street, alley, railroad, watercourse or other body of water, it shall be construed to be the center line or middle thereof, or where such boundary approximates a City boundary, then to the limits of the City boundary.
2.
Where a boundary is indicated as following approximately or parallel to a street, railroad, watercourse or other body of water, it shall be construed to be parallel to the center line thereof and at such distance from such center line as shown on the Zoning Map. If no dimension is given, such distance shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.
3.
Where a dimensioned boundary coincides within 20 feet or less with a lot line, the boundary shall be construed to be the lot line.
4.
Where a boundary is indicated as intersecting the center line of a street, railroad, watercourse or other water body, and unless it is otherwise indicated, it shall be construed to intersect at right angles to the tangent to the curve at the point of intersection.
§ 2.3 LOT SPLIT BY DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE.
Where a district boundary line divides a lot of record at the time such line is adopted, the regulations for the less restricted portion of such lot shall extend not more than 30 feet into the more restricted portion by special permit from the City Council.