Southborough City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Dimensional Regulations
§ 174-14 Compliance required.
A.
Any building or structure or use of a building, structure or land hereafter located, erected, commenced, expanded, altered or relocated, the lot on which it is to be located and the location of said building, structure or use on said lot shall comply with the requirements of this Article IV and of other applicable sections hereof. No lot shall be reduced in size, altered or subdivided and no part thereof conveyed or transferred if said lot or the buildings or structures thereon and the uses thereof already are or will be caused thereby to be not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
If land is subdivided, transferred or conveyed in violation of this section, in addition to other remedies provided by law, no zoning, special, building or occupancy permit or variance shall be granted for either the land subdivided or conveyed or for the remainder of the original parcel until both meet the requirements of this section.
§ 174-15 Applicability.
The requirements of the following Schedule of Dimensional Regulations, including the footnotes thereto, apply to each district and to specific uses or structures within certain districts as indicated in said schedule.[1] The height limitations of said schedule do not apply to antennas, chimneys, silos, skylights, tanks, towers, ventilators and similar building features extending not more than 20 feet above the height permitted in the district in which they are located and not used for human occupancy.
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Editor's Note: This reference to the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations was superseded 4-12-1993 ATM by Art. 43.
§ 174-16 Residence C Districts.
Any lot lawfully in existence on March 16, 1966, located in a Residence C District and conforming to the requirements for said districts then in effect, may be built upon for a one-family house and the uses and buildings accessory thereto, or the one-family use of such lot may be added to, expanded or structurally altered, provided that all said uses, buildings, expansion or alterations conform to the requirements of the bylaw for Residence C Districts in effect on March 16, 1966.
§ 174-17 Previously recorded lots.
As provided by MGL c. 40A, § 6, certain previously recorded lots may be built upon during the period of time specified or forever, even though such lots do not meet the dimensional requirements of this chapter.
A.
Any lot which was in ownership separate from adjoining land at the time the dimensional requirements of this chapter were adopted and has not been since consolidated, altered or combined with other lots may be built upon for a one-family residence, provided that such a lot has at least 5,000 square feet in area and 50 feet in frontage.
B.
The use of lots shown on a plan endorsed by the Planning Board as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law[1] shall be governed by the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw in effect at the time of submission of such a plan for a period of three years from the date of Planning Board endorsement, even if such endorsement is delayed pending disposition of a court appeal.
C.
If a definitive subdivision plan or a preliminary plan followed within seven months by a definitive plan is submitted for Planning Board approval and written notice of such submission is given to the Town Clerk, the land shown on such plan shall be governed by the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw in effect at the time of first submission while the plan is being processed and for eight years from the date of Planning Board endorsement of plan approval (seven years for plans submitted and approved prior to January 1, 1976), even if said endorsement is delayed pending the disposition of a court appeal.