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North Attleborough City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Use Regulations

§ 290-14 Applicability.

Except as provided by this bylaw, no building, structure or land shall be used except for the purposes permitted in the district as described in Use Schedule B. Any use not listed shall be construed to be prohibited.

§ 290-15 Permitted and special uses.

A. 
"Permitted uses" are those which shall normally be allowed, shall be in conformity, in addition to the provisions of Article III, to all other provisions of this bylaw, and shall not be detrimental or offensive or tend to reduce property values in the same adjoining districts by reason of dirt, dust, glare, odor, fumes, smoke, gas, sewage, refuse, noise, vibration or danger of explosion or fire or traffic congestion.
B. 
"Special uses" are uses permitted as an exception by special permit in accordance with Articles VI and VIII of this bylaw. Such exceptions shall be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the bylaw and may be subject to general or specific rules therein contained. The Zoning Board of Appeals may, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, grant to an applicant a special permit to make use of his land or to erect and maintain buildings or other structures thereon in accordance with such an exception. Before granting such an exception, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall hold a public hearing thereon, after the required posting of public notice, as further described in § 290-48F to I of this bylaw.

§ 290-16 Industrial uses.

Fabrication, assembly, finishing, packaging, processing or research such that the following criteria are met:
A. 
No noise, vibration or flashing is normally perceptible above street noise without instruments at any point more than 350 feet from the premises;
B. 
Emissions of smoke shall not be of a shade equal to or greater than No. 1 on the Ringlemann Smoke Chart for a period or aggregate period of time in excess of six minutes during any one hour, and further at no time during the six minutes shall the shade be equal to or greater than No. 2 on the above chart.
C. 
All cinders, dust, fumes, gases, odors, and electromagnetic interference is effectively confined to the premises.

§ 290-17 Commercial uses.

Commercial uses on lots less than five acres in size shall be subject to the requirements of Intensity Schedule A and Use Schedule B of this Zoning Bylaw. Commercial uses on lots greater than five acres in size shall be subject to the requirements of § 290-31, Planned business development, of this Zoning Bylaw, in addition to the requirements of Intensity Schedule A and Use Schedule B.

§ 290-18 Uses in the OP-60 District.

Uses in the OP-60 District are all subject to site plan approval and the provisions of §§ 290-30 and 290-31 of this bylaw. Uses in the OP-60 District requiring a special permit are also subject to the provisions of § 290-31E.

§ 290-18.1 Use Schedule B.

Use Schedule B
[Amended 8-29-2023 by Measure No. 2023-079; 3-25-2024 by Measure No. 2024-064]
Symbols employed in Use Schedule B shall have the following meanings:
P
S
S-pb
=
=
=
=
a permitted use.
a forbidden use.
a special use or exception authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals, as provided in § 290-47.
a special permit granted by the Planning Board.
PRINCIPAL USE
Residential District
Business District
Office and Business Park District
Industrial District
R-10
R-10S
R-15
R-20
R-40
C-7.5
C-30
C-60
OP-60
IC-30
I-60
RESIDENTIAL
1 Single-family dwelling
P
P
P
P
P
2 Two-family dwelling
P
P
b3 Multifamily dwelling
a. Three dwelling units
S
P
S
b. More than three dwelling units (to a maximum of six dwelling units per building)
P
S
c. More than three dwelling units in separate buildings (to a maximum of six dwelling units per building)
S
S
d. Rehabilitation of existing structures to multifamily dwellings
S
b4 Townhouses
b5 Mobile homes (see § 290-22)
5a. Mobile home and trailer sales and service
S-pb
S-pb
b6 Mobile home parks (see § 290-23)
b7 Boardinghouse
S
S
S
b8 Conversion of existing dwelling structure to two- or multifamily dwelling
S
P
b9 Open space residential development (see § 290-27)
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
b11 Mixed residential/business uses where all dwelling units are above first- floor level.
a. In existing structures
S
S
S
S
b. In new development
S
S
b12 Adult retirement community
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
b13 Assisted living facility
P
P
S
S
S
P
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
1 Church or other religious purposes
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2 Educational purpose which is religious, sectarian, denominational or public
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
3 Private school, college or university
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
4 Private day nursery or kindergarten
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
5 Membership club
S
S
S
S
P
6 Country, fishing, tennis, or golf club
S
S
P
7 Town, state, or federal office building, including a library
S
S
S
S
P
P
S
8 Other Town, state or federal government building except equipment garage
S
S
P
P
S
S
9 Town equipment garage
P
P
P
P
10 Cemetery
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
S
S
11 Town, state or federal recreational facility outdoor
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
12 Historical association or use
P
P
P
P
S
P
S
S
S
S
S
13 Hospital
P
P
S
S
S
S
P
13a Rest, nursing or convalescent home
S
S
S
14 Public utility except power plant and refuse facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
15 Power plant
S
S
S
16 Municipal parking lot
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
17 Street, bridge, tunnel, railroad lines
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
18 Facilities for essential services
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
19 Private utility facilities such as overhead transmission facilities substation or similar facilities
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
20 Office building, not in a park, including only accessory storage
S
21 A principal building for light industry, assembly and research uses, not in a park, including only accessory storage
S
AGRICULTURE
1 Agriculture (crops), horticulture, and floriculture except a greenhouse or stand for retail sale
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2 Agriculture (stock)
S
S
P
S
3 Greenhouse or stand for wholesale of agricultural (crops), horticultural or floricultural products
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
S
S
S
4 Greenhouse or stand for the retail sale of agricultural (crops), horticultural or floricultural products
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
c5 Commercial stables, kennel or veterinary hospital in which all animals, fowl, or other forms of life are completely enclosed in pens or other structures
S
S
S
P
c5a Personal kennels
S
S
S
P
P
S
S
S
P
c5b Veterinary office/hospital
S
S
S
S
P
6 Noncommercial forestry and growing of all vegetables and flowers
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
RETAIL AND SERVICE
1 Retail establishments selling principally convenient goods including but not limited to food, drugs, and proprietary stores
P
P
P
S
2 Retail establishments selling general merchandise including but not limited to dry goods, apparel and accessories, furniture and home furnishings and equipment, small wares and hardware
P
P
P
S
3 Eating and drinking places where consumption is intended to be within the building
P
P
P
S
S
S
4 Drive-through establishments
P
S
5 Establishments selling motor vehicles and/or motor vehicle accessories and boats
P
S
S
5a Establishments selling, maintenance and/or storage of boats, farm equipment or heavy equipment and accessories
P
5b Establishments selling used motor vehicles requiring a Class II license issued by the Licensing Board
S
S
S
d6 Other retail establishments
P
S
P
7 Automotive repair and automobile service station (see § 290-21)
S
S
S
S
8 Hotels and motels
S
P
P
S
S
S
9 Funeral establishment
S
S
S
S
S
d10 Other personal services
S
S
S
S
S
11 Medical center, including accessory medical research and associated facilities
P
P
P
P
P
12 Banks and financial institutions
P
P
P
S
S
S
d13 Miscellaneous professional and business offices and services including but not limited to medical, legal, insurance, real estate offices and other professional services
S
P
P
P
P
d14 Miscellaneous business and repair service
P
P
P
P
P
15 Motion-picture establishment, outdoor
S
S
S
d16 Other amusement and recreation service, outdoor
S
S
S
17 Motion-picture establishment, indoor
P
S
P
18 Amusement and recreation service, indoor
S
P
P
P
S
19 Communications and television tower, including wireless communications facility
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
20 Commercial parking lots or structure
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
21 Planned business development
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
22 Commercial guesthouse
S
S
S
23 Office park
P
24 Conference facilities, including guest accommodations
P
P
P
P
P
25 Adult bookstore (see § 290-32)
S
26 Adult cabaret (see § 290-32)
S
27 Adult motion-picture theatre (see § 290-32)
S
28 Adult paraphernalia store (see § 290-32)
S
29 Adult video store (see § 290-32)
S
30 Marijuana cultivator
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
31 Marijuana research facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
32 Marijuana product manufacturer
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
33 Marijuana testing facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
34 Marijuana retailer
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
35 Marijuana transporter
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
36 Medical marijuana treatment center, retail
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
37 Medical marijuana treatment center, cultivation and processing only
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
WHOLESALE TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRIAL
1 Wholesale trade and distribution
S
S
P
P
2 Motor freight terminal and servicing areas
S
S
P
P
3 Bus passenger terminal
P
P
P
P
P
4 Airport
5 Heliport
S
S
S
6 Other transportation services
S
S
S
S
S
7 Printing or publishing
S
S
S
S
P
P
8 Construction industry, including suppliers of goods and services thereto.
S
S
S
S
P
P
9 Manufacturing
S
P
P
10 Warehousing
S
S
P
P
11 Self-storage or storage unit facility
12 Removal of topsoil (Town bylaws)
See Town By-Laws - Planning Board Duties
13 Removal of stone, sand, gravel, quarry
See Town By-Laws - Planning Board Duties
13 Processing and treating of raw earth material
S
S
S
15 Open storage of raw materials, finished goods, etc.
P
P
16 Storage of fluid other than water, as principal use
S
S
S
S
17 Research offices or establishments devoted to research and development activities
S
S
P
P
P
18 Hazardous waste facility
19 Business park for light industry, assembly and research uses
P
Use Schedule B
[Amended 8-29-2023 by Measure No. 2023-079; 3-25-2024 by Measure No. 2024-064]
Symbols employed in Use Schedule B shall have the following meanings:
P
S
S-pb
=
=
=
=
a permitted use.
a forbidden use.
a special use or exception authorized by the Zoning Board of Appeals, as provided in § 290-47.
a special permit granted by the Planning Board.
PRINCIPAL USE
Residential District
Business District
Office and Business Park District
Industrial District
R-10
R-10S
R-15
R-20
R-40
C-7.5
C-30
C-60
OP-60
IC-30
I-60
RESIDENTIAL
1 Single-family dwelling
P
P
P
P
P
2 Two-family dwelling
P
P
b3 Multifamily dwelling
a. Three dwelling units
S
P
S
b. More than three dwelling units (to a maximum of six dwelling units per building)
P
S
c. More than three dwelling units in separate buildings (to a maximum of six dwelling units per building)
S
S
d. Rehabilitation of existing structures to multifamily dwellings
S
b4 Townhouses
b5 Mobile homes (see § 290-22)
5a. Mobile home and trailer sales and service
S-pb
S-pb
b6 Mobile home parks (see § 290-23)
b7 Boardinghouse
S
S
S
b8 Conversion of existing dwelling structure to two- or multifamily dwelling
S
P
b9 Open space residential development (see § 290-27)
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
b11 Mixed residential/business uses where all dwelling units are above first- floor level.
a. In existing structures
S
S
S
S
b. In new development
S
S
b12 Adult retirement community
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
b13 Assisted living facility
P
P
S
S
S
P
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
1 Church or other religious purposes
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2 Educational purpose which is religious, sectarian, denominational or public
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
3 Private school, college or university
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
4 Private day nursery or kindergarten
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
5 Membership club
S
S
S
S
P
6 Country, fishing, tennis, or golf club
S
S
P
7 Town, state, or federal office building, including a library
S
S
S
S
P
P
S
8 Other Town, state or federal government building except equipment garage
S
S
P
P
S
S
9 Town equipment garage
P
P
P
P
10 Cemetery
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
S
S
11 Town, state or federal recreational facility outdoor
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
12 Historical association or use
P
P
P
P
S
P
S
S
S
S
S
13 Hospital
P
P
S
S
S
S
P
13a Rest, nursing or convalescent home
S
S
S
14 Public utility except power plant and refuse facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
15 Power plant
S
S
S
16 Municipal parking lot
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
17 Street, bridge, tunnel, railroad lines
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
18 Facilities for essential services
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
19 Private utility facilities such as overhead transmission facilities substation or similar facilities
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
20 Office building, not in a park, including only accessory storage
S
21 A principal building for light industry, assembly and research uses, not in a park, including only accessory storage
S
AGRICULTURE
1 Agriculture (crops), horticulture, and floriculture except a greenhouse or stand for retail sale
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2 Agriculture (stock)
S
S
P
S
3 Greenhouse or stand for wholesale of agricultural (crops), horticultural or floricultural products
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
S
S
S
4 Greenhouse or stand for the retail sale of agricultural (crops), horticultural or floricultural products
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
c5 Commercial stables, kennel or veterinary hospital in which all animals, fowl, or other forms of life are completely enclosed in pens or other structures
S
S
S
P
c5a Personal kennels
S
S
S
P
P
S
S
S
P
c5b Veterinary office/hospital
S
S
S
S
P
6 Noncommercial forestry and growing of all vegetables and flowers
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
RETAIL AND SERVICE
1 Retail establishments selling principally convenient goods including but not limited to food, drugs, and proprietary stores
P
P
P
S
2 Retail establishments selling general merchandise including but not limited to dry goods, apparel and accessories, furniture and home furnishings and equipment, small wares and hardware
P
P
P
S
3 Eating and drinking places where consumption is intended to be within the building
P
P
P
S
S
S
4 Drive-through establishments
P
S
5 Establishments selling motor vehicles and/or motor vehicle accessories and boats
P
S
S
5a Establishments selling, maintenance and/or storage of boats, farm equipment or heavy equipment and accessories
P
5b Establishments selling used motor vehicles requiring a Class II license issued by the Licensing Board
S
S
S
d6 Other retail establishments
P
S
P
7 Automotive repair and automobile service station (see § 290-21)
S
S
S
S
8 Hotels and motels
S
P
P
S
S
S
9 Funeral establishment
S
S
S
S
S
d10 Other personal services
S
S
S
S
S
11 Medical center, including accessory medical research and associated facilities
P
P
P
P
P
12 Banks and financial institutions
P
P
P
S
S
S
d13 Miscellaneous professional and business offices and services including but not limited to medical, legal, insurance, real estate offices and other professional services
S
P
P
P
P
d14 Miscellaneous business and repair service
P
P
P
P
P
15 Motion-picture establishment, outdoor
S
S
S
d16 Other amusement and recreation service, outdoor
S
S
S
17 Motion-picture establishment, indoor
P
S
P
18 Amusement and recreation service, indoor
S
P
P
P
S
19 Communications and television tower, including wireless communications facility
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
20 Commercial parking lots or structure
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
21 Planned business development
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
22 Commercial guesthouse
S
S
S
23 Office park
P
24 Conference facilities, including guest accommodations
P
P
P
P
P
25 Adult bookstore (see § 290-32)
S
26 Adult cabaret (see § 290-32)
S
27 Adult motion-picture theatre (see § 290-32)
S
28 Adult paraphernalia store (see § 290-32)
S
29 Adult video store (see § 290-32)
S
30 Marijuana cultivator
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
31 Marijuana research facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
32 Marijuana product manufacturer
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
33 Marijuana testing facility
P
P
P
P
P
P
34 Marijuana retailer
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
35 Marijuana transporter
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
36 Medical marijuana treatment center, retail
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
37 Medical marijuana treatment center, cultivation and processing only
S-pb
P
S-pb
S-pb
S-pb
WHOLESALE TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRIAL
1 Wholesale trade and distribution
S
S
P
P
2 Motor freight terminal and servicing areas
S
S
P
P
3 Bus passenger terminal
P
P
P
P
P
4 Airport
5 Heliport
S
S
S
6 Other transportation services
S
S
S
S
S
7 Printing or publishing
S
S
S
S
P
P
8 Construction industry, including suppliers of goods and services thereto.
S
S
S
S
P
P
9 Manufacturing
S
P
P
10 Warehousing
S
S
P
P
11 Self-storage or storage unit facility
12 Removal of topsoil (Town bylaws)
See Town By-Laws - Planning Board Duties
13 Removal of stone, sand, gravel, quarry
See Town By-Laws - Planning Board Duties
13 Processing and treating of raw earth material
S
S
S
15 Open storage of raw materials, finished goods, etc.
P
P
16 Storage of fluid other than water, as principal use
S
S
S
S
17 Research offices or establishments devoted to research and development activities
S
S
P
P
P
18 Hazardous waste facility
19 Business park for light industry, assembly and research uses
P