Littleton, MA Zoning Ordinance

Littleton City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Use Regulations

§ 173-22 Establishment of districts.

Districts enumerated.

For the purpose of this chapter, the Town of Littleton is hereby divided into the following types of zoning districts:

[Amended 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 4; 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24; 10-25-2021 STM by Art. 11; 5-7-2024 ATM by Art. 13]

Residence District		R
Littleton Station MBTA Communities Multi-family District		LSMFD
Business District		B
Mixed Use Districts
	Village Common	VC
	King Street Common	KC
Industrial Districts
	Industrial A	I-A
	Industrial B	I-B

(2)

In addition, there are Wetlands, Floodplains, Aquifer Water Resource, Littleton Village Overlay District West — Beaver Brook Area, Registered Marijuana Dispensary Overlay Districts and Adult Use Marijuana Retail Overlay District.

[Amended 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 5; 5-5-2014 ATM, Art. 17; 5-7-2018 ATM, Art. 20]

Zoning Map. The boundaries of these districts are defined and bounded on the set of maps entitled "Zoning and Property Maps, Littleton, Mass.," originally dated May 10, 1980, as most recently amended, on file with the Town Clerk. These maps and all explanatory matter thereon are hereby made part of this chapter. Zoning boundaries, except for wetlands, shown on the map entitled "Zoning Map," dated February 1, 1973, as most recently revised, shall be for information only.

Boundary lines. Except when labeled to the contrary, boundary or dimension lines shown approximately following or terminating at street, railroad or utility easement center or layout lines, boundary or lot lines or the channel of a stream shall be construed to be actually at those lines; when shown approximately parallel, perpendicular or radial to such lines shall be construed to be actually parallel, perpendicular or radial thereto. When not locatable in any other way, boundaries shall be determined by scale from the map. Whenever the exact location of zoning boundary lines cannot be determined under the provisions stated above, the location of such lines shall be determined by the Board of Appeals.

§ 173-25 Use regulations.

General. No building or structure shall be erected or used, and no land shall be used, except as set forth in the Use Regulations Schedule or as exempted by §§ 173-8 through 173-11 or by statute. Symbols employed shall mean the following:

(1)

Permitted uses:

Y — A permitted use.

N — An excluded or prohibited use.

(2)

Uses authorized under special permit as provided for in § 173-7:

A — Acted on by Board of Appeals.

P — Acted on by Planning Board.

S — Acted on by Select Board.

More than one use. Where an activity might be classified under more than one of the following uses, the more specific classification shall determine permissibility; if equally specific, the more restrictive shall govern. In the VC District, real property may have more than one principal use and more than one accessory use.

[Amended 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24]

§ 173-26 Use regulations schedule.

[Amended 5-9-1988 ATM, Arts. 12, 14, 15; 5-3-1993 ATM, Art. 20; 2-10-1997 STM, Art. 3; 9-22-1997 STM, Art. 9; 5-8-2000 ATM, Art. 27; 11-8-2005 STM, Art. 4; 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 4; 5-2-2011 ATM, Art. 18; 11-4-2013 STM, Art. 10; 10-30-2017 STM, Art. 5; 5-1-2017 ATM, Art. 17; 10-17-2020 STM by Art. 16; 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24]

Principal uses.

[Amended 2-15-2023 STM by Art. 10; 11-1-2023 STM by Art. 18]

Uses			Districts
			R	VC¹³	KC	B	IA	IB
AGRICULTURAL USES
Farm, greenhouses			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
RESIDENTIAL USES
Single-family dwelling			Y	Y		Y	N	N
2-family dwelling (new)			N	Y		N	N	N
2-family dwelling (conversion)¹			A	Y		A	N	N
Multifamily dwelling			N	Y		N	N	N
Mixed Use			N	Y		N	N	N
Nursing home²			A	Y		Y	N	N
Lodging house			Y	Y		Y	N	N
Mobile home park			N	N		N	N	N
Residential social service facility³			A	P		A	N	N
Senior Residential Development			P	N¹⁴		P	P	P
COMMERCIAL USES
Major commercial use (Article XVIII)			N	N		P	P	P
If not a major commercial use:
	Office, bank, data-processing center		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Theater or cinema		N	Y		P	N	P
	Retail sales, service		N	Y		Y	N⁸	Y
	Motel, hotel, conference center		N	Y		N	P	N
	Vehicular Retail Sales		N	N		P¹⁰	P¹⁰	P¹⁰
	Motor vehicle service station		N	N		A¹⁰	A¹⁰	A¹⁰
Restaurant			N	Y⁴		Y⁴	Y⁴	Y⁴
Adult use establishments			N	N	N	N	P	N
Firearm business			N	N	N	N	P	P
INDUSTRIAL USES
Major industrial use (Article XVIII)			N	N		P	P	P
If not a major industrial use:
	Wholesaling, warehousing, distribution center		N	N		N	Y⁷	Y⁷
	Manufacturing		N	N		N	Y⁷	Y⁷
	Research and development		N	N		N	Y	Y
	Asphalt batching plants		N	N		N	N	N
	Open storage and bulk storage		N	N		N	Y⁵	Y
	Truck terminal
		4 or fewer trucks on premises	N	N		N	Y	Y
		More than 4 trucks	N	N		N	N	N
	Public utilities		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities		N⁹	N⁹		N⁹	P	P
	Small Wireless Facilities located outside of a right of way		P	P		P	P	P
	Commercial power generation		N	N		N	N	N
	Self-storage facilities		N	N		N	P	P
INSTITUTIONAL USES
School
	Exempt by statute (MGL C. 40, § 3)		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Other		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
Church or other religious use			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Fraternal, charitable and nonprofit organization			A	Y		Y	Y	Y
Library, museum, hospital			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Conversion of municipal building⁶			P	P		P	P	P
Municipal use not elsewhere more specifically cited			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
RECREATIONAL USES
Indoor sporting area, health club, bowling, tennis or similar uses			N	Y		Y	Y	Y
Camping, supervised			A	N		A	A	A
Campground			N	N		A	N	A
Extensive recreation			S	N		Y	S	Y
Other principal uses with externally observable attributes similar to uses permitted above			A	P		A	A	A
Other principal uses			N	N		N	N	N
On-site disposal of toxic or hazardous materials			N	N		N	N	N

Accessory uses. (See Articles XII and XIII.)

Uses	Districts
	R	VC	B	IA	IB
Roadside stands (agricultural)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Accessory business uses at active farms (see § 173-57)	P	P	P	P	P
Accessory dependent dwelling unit (see § 173-58)	Y	Y	Y	N¹¹	N¹¹
Accessory apartment (see § 173-59)	Y	Y	Y	N¹¹	N¹¹
Detached accessory apartment (see § 173-60)	A	A	A	N¹¹	N¹¹
Home occupations (see § 173-54)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Parking in compliance with § 173-32	Y	Y¹²	Y	Y	Y
Signs in compliance with Article VIII	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wholesale and retail mercantile business accessory to manufacturing	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Accessory scientific uses (§ 173-55)	A	P	A	A	A
On-site disposal of toxic or hazardous materials	N	N	N	N	N
Helicopter landing facility	N	N	N	N	N
Mobile home (§ 173-56)	A	P	A	A	A
Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities	N⁹	N⁹	N⁹	P	P
Small Wireless Facilities located outside of a right of way	P	P	P	P	P
Other customary accessory uses	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

NOTES:
¹	See § 173-68, Conversion of dwellings.
²	A special permit for a nursing home in a residential area shall not be granted unless the plans, in accordance with which the nursing home is to be constructed, show that it will comply with the following conditions: no structure is to be erected within 600 feet of a street line or within 200 feet of a side line or rear line; ingress and egress are onto a street over a way or a right-of-way with a width of 50 feet or more; and no building facade or roof has length exceeding 150 feet without a horizontal break of at least three feet. [Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 31]
³	Provided that all building code, health and Zoning By-Law requirements are met and that the specific premises are not unsuitable in relation to the needs of the persons being cared for.
⁴	However, food may not be sold directly to persons remaining in their vehicles, and the use requires a special permit if food is to be sold packaged for takeout (other than where the takeout is clearly incidental to service for on-premises consumption).
⁵	Only if screened. See § 173-27B.
⁶	See § 173-69, except when proposed use is permitted by the existing zoning.
⁷	No maintenance or service of trucks as an accessory use if more than four trucks on premises.
⁸	Except "P" if there is more than 50,000 square feet gross floor area in other nonresidential uses on the lot or within 2,000 feet of the boundary of the lot and the use is contained in a structure chiefly devoted to other permitted uses and the use occupies not more than 10% of the structure's floor area.
⁹	Except if the proposed location is on municipally owned or controlled land, or fully enclosed within an existing Church steeple, then a special permit is required from the Planning Board.
¹⁰	Except that vehicular retail sales shall be an excluded/prohibited use (N) within the Littleton Village Overlay District West — Beaver Brook Area District.
¹¹	Provided that Accessory Dwelling Units may be allowed in the IA or IB District by Special Permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals where such uses are made in connection with a lawfully preexisting Single-Family Dwelling.
¹²	§ 173-32 does not apply to the VC District; parking is allowed if in compliance with § 173-224.
¹³	In the VC District, permitted uses may be limited or restricted from occupying floor space according to building location and floor level. See §173-221J.
¹⁴	Residential developments for people over age 55 are permitted in the VC District under the provisions for that district set forth in Article XXX (not under Article XXIII, Senior Residential Development).

Littleton City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Use Regulations

§ 173-22 Establishment of districts.

Districts enumerated.

(1)

For the purpose of this chapter, the Town of Littleton is hereby divided into the following types of zoning districts:

[Amended 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 4; 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24; 10-25-2021 STM by Art. 11; 5-7-2024 ATM by Art. 13]

Residence District		R
Littleton Station MBTA Communities Multi-family District		LSMFD
Business District		B
Mixed Use Districts
	Village Common	VC
	King Street Common	KC
Industrial Districts
	Industrial A	I-A
	Industrial B	I-B

(2)

[Amended 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 5; 5-5-2014 ATM, Art. 17; 5-7-2018 ATM, Art. 20]

§ 173-25 Use regulations.

(1)

Permitted uses:

Y — A permitted use.

N — An excluded or prohibited use.

(2)

Uses authorized under special permit as provided for in § 173-7:

A — Acted on by Board of Appeals.

P — Acted on by Planning Board.

S — Acted on by Select Board.

[Amended 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24]

§ 173-26 Use regulations schedule.

Principal uses.

[Amended 2-15-2023 STM by Art. 10; 11-1-2023 STM by Art. 18]

Uses			Districts
			R	VC¹³	KC	B	IA	IB
AGRICULTURAL USES
Farm, greenhouses			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
RESIDENTIAL USES
Single-family dwelling			Y	Y		Y	N	N
2-family dwelling (new)			N	Y		N	N	N
2-family dwelling (conversion)¹			A	Y		A	N	N
Multifamily dwelling			N	Y		N	N	N
Mixed Use			N	Y		N	N	N
Nursing home²			A	Y		Y	N	N
Lodging house			Y	Y		Y	N	N
Mobile home park			N	N		N	N	N
Residential social service facility³			A	P		A	N	N
Senior Residential Development			P	N¹⁴		P	P	P
COMMERCIAL USES
Major commercial use (Article XVIII)			N	N		P	P	P
If not a major commercial use:
	Office, bank, data-processing center		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Theater or cinema		N	Y		P	N	P
	Retail sales, service		N	Y		Y	N⁸	Y
	Motel, hotel, conference center		N	Y		N	P	N
	Vehicular Retail Sales		N	N		P¹⁰	P¹⁰	P¹⁰
	Motor vehicle service station		N	N		A¹⁰	A¹⁰	A¹⁰
Restaurant			N	Y⁴		Y⁴	Y⁴	Y⁴
Adult use establishments			N	N	N	N	P	N
Firearm business			N	N	N	N	P	P
INDUSTRIAL USES
Major industrial use (Article XVIII)			N	N		P	P	P
If not a major industrial use:
	Wholesaling, warehousing, distribution center		N	N		N	Y⁷	Y⁷
	Manufacturing		N	N		N	Y⁷	Y⁷
	Research and development		N	N		N	Y	Y
	Asphalt batching plants		N	N		N	N	N
	Open storage and bulk storage		N	N		N	Y⁵	Y
	Truck terminal
		4 or fewer trucks on premises	N	N		N	Y	Y
		More than 4 trucks	N	N		N	N	N
	Public utilities		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities		N⁹	N⁹		N⁹	P	P
	Small Wireless Facilities located outside of a right of way		P	P		P	P	P
	Commercial power generation		N	N		N	N	N
	Self-storage facilities		N	N		N	P	P
INSTITUTIONAL USES
School
	Exempt by statute (MGL C. 40, § 3)		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Other		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
Church or other religious use			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Fraternal, charitable and nonprofit organization			A	Y		Y	Y	Y
Library, museum, hospital			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Conversion of municipal building⁶			P	P		P	P	P
Municipal use not elsewhere more specifically cited			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
RECREATIONAL USES
Indoor sporting area, health club, bowling, tennis or similar uses			N	Y		Y	Y	Y
Camping, supervised			A	N		A	A	A
Campground			N	N		A	N	A
Extensive recreation			S	N		Y	S	Y
Other principal uses with externally observable attributes similar to uses permitted above			A	P		A	A	A
Other principal uses			N	N		N	N	N
On-site disposal of toxic or hazardous materials			N	N		N	N	N

Accessory uses. (See Articles XII and XIII.)

Uses	Districts
	R	VC	B	IA	IB
Roadside stands (agricultural)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Accessory business uses at active farms (see § 173-57)	P	P	P	P	P
Accessory dependent dwelling unit (see § 173-58)	Y	Y	Y	N¹¹	N¹¹
Accessory apartment (see § 173-59)	Y	Y	Y	N¹¹	N¹¹
Detached accessory apartment (see § 173-60)	A	A	A	N¹¹	N¹¹
Home occupations (see § 173-54)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Parking in compliance with § 173-32	Y	Y¹²	Y	Y	Y
Signs in compliance with Article VIII	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wholesale and retail mercantile business accessory to manufacturing	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Accessory scientific uses (§ 173-55)	A	P	A	A	A
On-site disposal of toxic or hazardous materials	N	N	N	N	N
Helicopter landing facility	N	N	N	N	N
Mobile home (§ 173-56)	A	P	A	A	A
Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities	N⁹	N⁹	N⁹	P	P
Small Wireless Facilities located outside of a right of way	P	P	P	P	P
Other customary accessory uses	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

NOTES:
¹	See § 173-68, Conversion of dwellings.
²	A special permit for a nursing home in a residential area shall not be granted unless the plans, in accordance with which the nursing home is to be constructed, show that it will comply with the following conditions: no structure is to be erected within 600 feet of a street line or within 200 feet of a side line or rear line; ingress and egress are onto a street over a way or a right-of-way with a width of 50 feet or more; and no building facade or roof has length exceeding 150 feet without a horizontal break of at least three feet. [Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 31]
³	Provided that all building code, health and Zoning By-Law requirements are met and that the specific premises are not unsuitable in relation to the needs of the persons being cared for.
⁴	However, food may not be sold directly to persons remaining in their vehicles, and the use requires a special permit if food is to be sold packaged for takeout (other than where the takeout is clearly incidental to service for on-premises consumption).
⁵	Only if screened. See § 173-27B.
⁶	See § 173-69, except when proposed use is permitted by the existing zoning.
⁷	No maintenance or service of trucks as an accessory use if more than four trucks on premises.
⁸	Except "P" if there is more than 50,000 square feet gross floor area in other nonresidential uses on the lot or within 2,000 feet of the boundary of the lot and the use is contained in a structure chiefly devoted to other permitted uses and the use occupies not more than 10% of the structure's floor area.
⁹	Except if the proposed location is on municipally owned or controlled land, or fully enclosed within an existing Church steeple, then a special permit is required from the Planning Board.
¹⁰	Except that vehicular retail sales shall be an excluded/prohibited use (N) within the Littleton Village Overlay District West — Beaver Brook Area District.
¹¹	Provided that Accessory Dwelling Units may be allowed in the IA or IB District by Special Permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals where such uses are made in connection with a lawfully preexisting Single-Family Dwelling.
¹²	§ 173-32 does not apply to the VC District; parking is allowed if in compliance with § 173-224.
¹³	In the VC District, permitted uses may be limited or restricted from occupying floor space according to building location and floor level. See §173-221J.
¹⁴	Residential developments for people over age 55 are permitted in the VC District under the provisions for that district set forth in Article XXX (not under Article XXIII, Senior Residential Development).

Littleton City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Use Regulations

§ 173-22 Establishment of districts.

Districts enumerated.

(1)

For the purpose of this chapter, the Town of Littleton is hereby divided into the following types of zoning districts:

[Amended 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 4; 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24; 10-25-2021 STM by Art. 11; 5-7-2024 ATM by Art. 13]

Residence District		R
Littleton Station MBTA Communities Multi-family District		LSMFD
Business District		B
Mixed Use Districts
	Village Common	VC
	King Street Common	KC
Industrial Districts
	Industrial A	I-A
	Industrial B	I-B

(2)

[Amended 5-3-2010 STM, Art. 5; 5-5-2014 ATM, Art. 17; 5-7-2018 ATM, Art. 20]

§ 173-25 Use regulations.

(1)

Permitted uses:

Y — A permitted use.

N — An excluded or prohibited use.

(2)

Uses authorized under special permit as provided for in § 173-7:

A — Acted on by Board of Appeals.

P — Acted on by Planning Board.

S — Acted on by Select Board.

[Amended 6-13-2020 ATM by Art. 24]

§ 173-26 Use regulations schedule.

Principal uses.

[Amended 2-15-2023 STM by Art. 10; 11-1-2023 STM by Art. 18]

Uses			Districts
			R	VC¹³	KC	B	IA	IB
AGRICULTURAL USES
Farm, greenhouses			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
RESIDENTIAL USES
Single-family dwelling			Y	Y		Y	N	N
2-family dwelling (new)			N	Y		N	N	N
2-family dwelling (conversion)¹			A	Y		A	N	N
Multifamily dwelling			N	Y		N	N	N
Mixed Use			N	Y		N	N	N
Nursing home²			A	Y		Y	N	N
Lodging house			Y	Y		Y	N	N
Mobile home park			N	N		N	N	N
Residential social service facility³			A	P		A	N	N
Senior Residential Development			P	N¹⁴		P	P	P
COMMERCIAL USES
Major commercial use (Article XVIII)			N	N		P	P	P
If not a major commercial use:
	Office, bank, data-processing center		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Theater or cinema		N	Y		P	N	P
	Retail sales, service		N	Y		Y	N⁸	Y
	Motel, hotel, conference center		N	Y		N	P	N
	Vehicular Retail Sales		N	N		P¹⁰	P¹⁰	P¹⁰
	Motor vehicle service station		N	N		A¹⁰	A¹⁰	A¹⁰
Restaurant			N	Y⁴		Y⁴	Y⁴	Y⁴
Adult use establishments			N	N	N	N	P	N
Firearm business			N	N	N	N	P	P
INDUSTRIAL USES
Major industrial use (Article XVIII)			N	N		P	P	P
If not a major industrial use:
	Wholesaling, warehousing, distribution center		N	N		N	Y⁷	Y⁷
	Manufacturing		N	N		N	Y⁷	Y⁷
	Research and development		N	N		N	Y	Y
	Asphalt batching plants		N	N		N	N	N
	Open storage and bulk storage		N	N		N	Y⁵	Y
	Truck terminal
		4 or fewer trucks on premises	N	N		N	Y	Y
		More than 4 trucks	N	N		N	N	N
	Public utilities		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities		N⁹	N⁹		N⁹	P	P
	Small Wireless Facilities located outside of a right of way		P	P		P	P	P
	Commercial power generation		N	N		N	N	N
	Self-storage facilities		N	N		N	P	P
INSTITUTIONAL USES
School
	Exempt by statute (MGL C. 40, § 3)		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Other		N	Y		Y	Y	Y
Church or other religious use			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Fraternal, charitable and nonprofit organization			A	Y		Y	Y	Y
Library, museum, hospital			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Conversion of municipal building⁶			P	P		P	P	P
Municipal use not elsewhere more specifically cited			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
RECREATIONAL USES
Indoor sporting area, health club, bowling, tennis or similar uses			N	Y		Y	Y	Y
Camping, supervised			A	N		A	A	A
Campground			N	N		A	N	A
Extensive recreation			S	N		Y	S	Y
Other principal uses with externally observable attributes similar to uses permitted above			A	P		A	A	A
Other principal uses			N	N		N	N	N
On-site disposal of toxic or hazardous materials			N	N		N	N	N

Accessory uses. (See Articles XII and XIII.)

Uses	Districts
	R	VC	B	IA	IB
Roadside stands (agricultural)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Accessory business uses at active farms (see § 173-57)	P	P	P	P	P
Accessory dependent dwelling unit (see § 173-58)	Y	Y	Y	N¹¹	N¹¹
Accessory apartment (see § 173-59)	Y	Y	Y	N¹¹	N¹¹
Detached accessory apartment (see § 173-60)	A	A	A	N¹¹	N¹¹
Home occupations (see § 173-54)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Parking in compliance with § 173-32	Y	Y¹²	Y	Y	Y
Signs in compliance with Article VIII	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wholesale and retail mercantile business accessory to manufacturing	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Accessory scientific uses (§ 173-55)	A	P	A	A	A
On-site disposal of toxic or hazardous materials	N	N	N	N	N
Helicopter landing facility	N	N	N	N	N
Mobile home (§ 173-56)	A	P	A	A	A
Wireless telecommunications tower and facilities	N⁹	N⁹	N⁹	P	P
Small Wireless Facilities located outside of a right of way	P	P	P	P	P
Other customary accessory uses	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

NOTES:
¹	See § 173-68, Conversion of dwellings.
²	A special permit for a nursing home in a residential area shall not be granted unless the plans, in accordance with which the nursing home is to be constructed, show that it will comply with the following conditions: no structure is to be erected within 600 feet of a street line or within 200 feet of a side line or rear line; ingress and egress are onto a street over a way or a right-of-way with a width of 50 feet or more; and no building facade or roof has length exceeding 150 feet without a horizontal break of at least three feet. [Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 31]
³	Provided that all building code, health and Zoning By-Law requirements are met and that the specific premises are not unsuitable in relation to the needs of the persons being cared for.
⁴	However, food may not be sold directly to persons remaining in their vehicles, and the use requires a special permit if food is to be sold packaged for takeout (other than where the takeout is clearly incidental to service for on-premises consumption).
⁵	Only if screened. See § 173-27B.
⁶	See § 173-69, except when proposed use is permitted by the existing zoning.
⁷	No maintenance or service of trucks as an accessory use if more than four trucks on premises.
⁸	Except "P" if there is more than 50,000 square feet gross floor area in other nonresidential uses on the lot or within 2,000 feet of the boundary of the lot and the use is contained in a structure chiefly devoted to other permitted uses and the use occupies not more than 10% of the structure's floor area.
⁹	Except if the proposed location is on municipally owned or controlled land, or fully enclosed within an existing Church steeple, then a special permit is required from the Planning Board.
¹⁰	Except that vehicular retail sales shall be an excluded/prohibited use (N) within the Littleton Village Overlay District West — Beaver Brook Area District.
¹¹	Provided that Accessory Dwelling Units may be allowed in the IA or IB District by Special Permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals where such uses are made in connection with a lawfully preexisting Single-Family Dwelling.
¹²	§ 173-32 does not apply to the VC District; parking is allowed if in compliance with § 173-224.
¹³	In the VC District, permitted uses may be limited or restricted from occupying floor space according to building location and floor level. See §173-221J.
¹⁴	Residential developments for people over age 55 are permitted in the VC District under the provisions for that district set forth in Article XXX (not under Article XXIII, Senior Residential Development).