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Northbridge City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VI

Area, Height and Bulk Regulations

§ 173-19 Applicability of regulations.

The regulations for each district pertaining to minimum lot area, minimum lot width, maximum height of buildings, maximum number of stories, maximum building area, minimum usable open space, minimum front yard depth, minimum side yard width, minimum rear yard depth and minimum residential net floor area shall be as specified in this article and as set forth in the Tables of Area Regulations and Height and Bulk Regulations[1] and subject to the further provisions of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Area Regulations is included as an attachment to this chapter.

§ 173-20 Table of Height and Bulk Regulations.

Height and bulk regulations shall be as follows:
Table of Height and Bulk Regulations
District
Maximum Permitted Height
(feet)1
Maximum Permitted Height
(stories)
Maximum Building Coverage of Lot
(covered area as percent of total lot area)
R-1
40
3
10
R-2
35
2 1/2
20
R-3
35
2 1/2
25
R-4
40
2 1/2
40
R-5
45
3
50
R-6
40
2 1/2
§ 173-17
B-1
30
2
75
B-2
20
1
75
B-32
45
3
60
I-1
603
43
75
I-2
603
43
50
NOTES:
1Any maximum height permitted in this chapter shall not apply to:
a. Community facility and public utility structures, provided that the side and rear yards or setbacks required in the district for the highest permitted principal structure shall be increased two feet in width for each foot by which the height of such structure exceeds the height permitted in the district.
b. Necessary appurtenant structures such as: church spire, belfry, cupola, smokestack, monument, flagpole, radio or television tower, mast, antenna, aerial, airplane hangar, roof tank, building service equipment, roof structure other than a penthouse, chimney or parapet wall or any similar appurtenance, provided that any such structure shall set back from the vertical plane of the required building setback line one foot horizontally for each two feet of extra height.
c. Special industrial structures such as: a cooling tower and other similar structure where the industrial process requires a greater height, provided that any such structure shall not occupy more than 15% of the lot area and shall be not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
2
[Added 9-11-1990 STM, Art. 20]
3
[Amended 10-28-2014 ATM, Art. 11]