Northfield City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 7
Dimensional Regulations
§ 200-7.1 Schedule of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
No building or structure in any district shall be located, constructed, changed, enlarged or permitted and no use of premises or land in any district shall be permitted which does not conform to the density and dimensional regulations as set forth herein.
Table 2. Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Requirement | RA | RAF | VC | PD | RT |
Minimum lot area (square feet) | 50,000 | 100,000 | 35,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Lot served by municipal sewer (square feet) | 35,000 | N/A | 35,000 | 80,000 | N/A |
Minimum lot frontage (feet) | 150 | 250 | 150 | 250 | 150 |
Minimum lot depth (feet) | 200 | 300 | 200 | 300 | 200 |
Minimum front, side, and rear setbacks (feet) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Maximum building height (feet) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 40 |
§ 200-7.2 General provisions.
A.
One dwelling per lot. More than one dwelling on a lot is prohibited unless specifically authorized by other provisions of this Zoning Bylaw.
B.
Computation of lot area. In computing the area of any lot, no part of a public or private way and no part of a pond or river shall be included. For every lot laid out for residential use, at least 50,000 contiguous square feet or 100% of the required lot area, whichever is less, in the RA District and at least 100,000 contiguous square feet or 100% of the required lot area, whichever is less, in the RAF District shall be land exclusive of area subject to protection under the Wetlands Protection Act, MGL c. 131, § 40. Each lot shall be capable of containing a 150-foot-diameter circle within which there is no area subject to protection under the Wetlands Protection Act and within which any principal building may be located. All easements, except easements specifically serving the individual dwelling, shall not intersect with the 150-foot-diameter circle.
C.
Lot frontage.
(1)
Minimum lot frontage required. Every lot must have at least the minimum frontage set forth in Table 2 for the district in which the lot is located on a street as defined in Article 2 of this bylaw.
(2)
Measurement of lot frontage. Frontage is measured in a continuous line along the side line of the street right-of-way between the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street right-of-way line. The measurement of lot frontage excludes jogs in the street width, backup strips and other irregularities in the street line.
(3)
Access. An owner shall provide a means of access for vehicles from the frontage to a principal building for emergency services, for deliveries, and for off-street parking. All access to lots shall be through the lot frontage, except that other access may be accomplished by special permit issued by the Planning Board through the procedures outlined in § 200-3.4 of this bylaw. An exemption may be granted by the Building Inspector for corner lots upon written request by the owner of a corner lot to the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector may grant approval for access across the side lot line having road frontage if, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, it provides adequate access for emergency vehicles and safe access for other vehicles entering and exiting the corner lot.
D.
Lot width. No lot shall at any point between a principal building and the lot frontage have less width than 75% of the required lot frontage for the district in which the frontage is located.
E.
Yard requirements.
(1)
No part of a yard or other open space required in connection with any building shall be used to meet the requirements for any other building unless specifically permitted in this bylaw.
(2)
No required yard abutting a public street shall be used for the storage or display or abandonment of merchandise, lumber, building material, equipment, salvable secondhand items, or any type of junk, scrap, trash, rubble, or discarded or abandoned equipment or materials.
F.
Building height. Building height shall be determined consistent with the definition in Article 2.
G.
Height limitations. Limitations of height shall not apply to such structures as steeples, belfries, flagpoles, chimneys, radio and television antennas, windmills, silos, water tanks and similar nonhabitable structures.
H.
Appurtenant open space. No building setback area or other open space required for a building under this Article 7 shall, during the life of such building, be occupied by or counted as open space for another building.