Sharon City Zoning Code
SECTION 2
0 Districts
§ 2.1 Establishment.
For the purposes of this bylaw, the Town of Sharon is hereby divided into classes of districts to be known as:
Rural 1 | R1 |
Rural 2 | R2 |
Suburban 1 | Sub 1 |
Suburban 2 | Sub 2 |
Single Residence A | SRA |
Single Residence B | SRB |
General Residence | GR |
Housing Authority | HA |
Business A | BA |
Business B | BB |
Business C | BC |
Business D | BD |
Light Industrial | LI |
Professional A | Pro A |
Professional B | Pro B |
§ 2.2 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of the districts shall be the boundary lines shown on the map accompanying this bylaw entitled "The Town of Sharon, Massachusetts Zoning Map" dated May 7, 2007, and amended May 2, 2022, and bearing the signatures of the Planning Board, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, which map is hereby made a part of this bylaw.[1] The location of these boundary lines is further defined in § 2.2.1.
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Editor's Note: Said map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 2.2.1 District boundaries.
The location of the boundary lines of the Zoning Map shall be determined as follows:
1.
Where the boundary lines are within the lines of streets or ways, the centerlines of such streets or ways shall constitute the boundary lines.
2.
Where the boundary lines follow the location of property or lot lines and the exact location of the boundary lines is not indicated by means of figures, distances or otherwise, the property or lot lines shall be boundary lines.
3.
Boundary lines located just outside of street lines shall parallel street lines, and all figures shown on the map between boundary lines and street lines are the distances in feet of boundary lines from street lines, such distances being measured at right angles to street lines unless otherwise indicated.
4.
In all cases which are not otherwise covered by the provisions of this section, the location of boundary lines shall be determined by the distances in feet, if given, from other lines on the map, or if distances are not given, then by the scale of the map.
§ 2.3 Overlay and special districts.
The following overlay and special districts are set forth in Section 9.0 of this bylaw:
Flood Plain Overlay District | FPOD |
Water Resource Protection District | WRPD |
Mixed Use Overlay District | MUOD |
Smart Growth Overlay District | SGOD |
Recreation and Residential Overlay District | RROD |
Planned Development District | PDD |
§ 2.4.1 District boundaries.
If a district boundary line divides any lot existing at the time such district line is adopted, the lot shall be regulated as follows: the less restrictive use regulations for any district in which the lot has frontage shall be applicable for 30 feet into the more restrictive district, and the applicable lot area, width, frontage, building location, coverage and height requirements shall be those of the district in which the majority of the lot's frontage lies.
§ 2.4.2 By Town boundary.
When a lot is situated in part in the Town of Sharon and in part in an adjacent municipality, the provisions of this bylaw shall be applied to the portion of such lot in the Town of Sharon in the same manner as if the entire lot were situated in the Town of Sharon.
§ 2.4.3 Municipal boundary.
If the Town line divides a lot, this bylaw shall be applied as if the entire lot were situated within Sharon.