Lakeville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Use Regulations
§ 270-4.0 Interpretation of use table.
A.
Except as provided by law or in this bylaw, no building, structure or land shall be used except for the purpose permitted in the district as described in this section. Any use not listed shall be construed to be prohibited.
B.
A use listed in § 270-4.1 is permitted as of right in any district under which it is denoted by the letter "Y" subject to such requirements as may be specified elsewhere in this bylaw. If designated in the table by the letters "SP," the use may be permitted as an exception only if the special permit granting authority so determines and grants a special permit therefor as provided in Article VII subject to such restrictions as set forth elsewhere in this bylaw and such further restrictions as said special permit granting authority may establish. The letter "N" shall designate that the use is not permitted.
§ 270-4.1 Table of Use Regulations: R-Residential; B-Business; I-Industrial; I-B Industrial-B.
[Amended 6-1-1996, AG approved 9-10-1996; 6-16-1997, AG approved 8-11-1997; 3-3-1999, AG approved 3-8-1999; 6-11-2001 STM, AG approved 9-19-2001; 6-14-2004, AG approved 9-16-2004; 6-13-2005, AG approved 9-30-2005; 5-8-2006, AG approved 6-14-2006; 6-15-2009, AG approved 8-18-2009; 6-13-2011, AG approved 9-14-2011; 6-9-2014, AG approved 7-1-2014; 6-19-2017 ATM, AG approved 9-19-2017; 4-30-2018 STM, AG approved 6-8-2018; 11-13-2018 STM, AG approved 1-7-2019; 11-14-2022 STM by Art. 13, AG approved 2-24-2023; 11-14-2022 STM by Art. 18, AG approved 2-24-2023]
Residential Uses | R | B | I | I-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accessory apartment | Y | SP | N | SP |
Single-family, detached dwellings | Y | SP | N | SP |
Farm, garden, greenhouse or nursery, including the display and sale of natural products; when involving the raising and keeping of livestock other than for the private use of the residents, allowed only on parcels of 5 acres or larger | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Stand for the sale of agricultural products less than 5 acres | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Religious, educational, or use by the Town of Lakeville | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Mobile home other than allowed in § 270-8.7A and B | N* | N* | N | N |
Alterations, otherwise prohibited, of a dwelling in existence as of January 1, 1978, for 2 families | SP | SP | N | N |
Conversion of a seasonal home or nonresidential building for year-round residential occupancy, subject to Board of Health approval and to conditions and limitations on the occupancy and use | SP | SP | N | N |
Hospital, convalescent or nursing home | SP | Y | N | N |
Home for the elderly, residential care facility, charitable institution or use | SP | Y | N | N |
Cemetery | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Golf course | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Riding stable | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Private club not conducted for profit and not containing sleeping quarters for more than 4 persons | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Recreational or sports facilities primarily for participatory, rather than spectator, sports, including day or seasonal camp for boys and girls | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Business Uses | R | B | I | I-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Large-scale retail building with 35,000 or more square feet of gross floor area and smaller retail stores within such building, subject to § 270-7.6 | N | SP* | Y | Y |
Retail business, service or public utility not involving manufacture on the premises except of products the major portion of which is to be sold at retail by the manufacturer to the consumer, and provided further that not more than 10 operators shall be employed in such manufacture | N | Y | SP | SP |
Newspaper or job printing | N | Y | Y | Y |
Business or professional office or bank | N | Y | Y | Y |
Restaurant | N | Y | Y | Y |
Theater (seating capacity of less than 300), bowling alley or other commercial amusement, provided all business is conducted within the structure | N | Y | SP | Y |
Museum | SP | Y | Y | Y |
Hotel or motel | N | Y | Y | N |
Wholesale office or showroom with no on-site storage | N | Y | Y | Y |
Launderette | N | SP | N | N |
Funeral home, mortuary or crematory | N | Y | N | N |
Animal kennel or hospital | N | SP | N | N |
Radio or television studio | N | Y | Y | Y |
Bus or railroad terminal or passenger station | N | SP | SP | SP |
Commercial parking facility | N | SP | SP | SP |
Auto or boat sales, rentals or service | N | SP | N | N |
Car wash | N | SP | N | N |
Filling station allowed only in areas served by municipal water | N | SP | N | N |
Storage of junk for commercial purposes | N | SP | SP | N |
Drive through facility | N | SP | SP | N |
Licensed junk dealers (pursuant to the Town of Lakeville General Bylaws[1]) | N | Y | N | N |
Industrial Uses | R | B | I | I-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Warehouse, offices or facilities for distributing merchandise | N | N | Y | Y |
Warehouse, offices or facilities for distributing merchandise over 100,000 sq. ft. | N | N | SP | SP |
Plant for manufacturing, processing, fabricating or assembly, provided that no such use shall be permitted which would be detrimental or offensive or tend to reduce property values in the same or adjoining districts by reason of dirt, odor, fumes, smoke gas, sewerage, refuse, noise, excessive vibration or danger of explosion or fire | N | N | Y | SP |
Research laboratory | ||||
Dry: excluding genetic or biological research | N | N | SP | SP |
Wet: including genetic or biological research | N* | N* | N* | N* |
Renewable and alternative energy research | N | N | Y | Y |
Sale of new or used construction or materials handling equipment | N | Y | Y | N |
Farm implements and machinery wholesaling | N | N | Y | SP |
Lumber, feed or ice establishment wholesaling | N | N | Y | SP |
Plumbing, electrical or carpentry shop or other similar service or repair establishment | N | SP | Y | Y |
Water towers or reservoirs | N | SP | SP | SP |
Steam laundry or dry-cleaning plant | N | SP | SP | SP |
Fuel establishment involving storage and distribution to be sold wholesale to suppliers | N | N | SP | SP |
Uses accessory to permitted (dry: excluding genetic or biological research) scientific research and development, whether or not located on the same lot as the permitted use | N* | N* | SP | SP |
Uses accessory to permitted (wet: including genetic or biological research) scientific research and development, whether or not located on the same lot as the permitted use | N* | N* | N* | N* |
Collection, treatment, storage, burial, incineration or disposal of hazardous waste | N | N | N | N |
Adult bookstore/adult motion-picture theater | N | N | SP | N |
Wireless communications facility | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Tattoo or body art establishments | N | SP | SP | N |
Towers over 45 feet | SP | SP | SP | SP |
Land-based wind energy facilities | N | N | SP | SP |
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 169, Junk, Old Metals and Secondhand Articles
