A subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of a principal building.

The subordinate use of a building or land for a purpose customarily incidental to the principal use of the main building or lot concerned.

Includes the following uses:

A change in or addition to a building or other structure which modifies its location, plan, manner of construction or in any way varies the character of its use.

A freestanding, multifamily building used exclusively for residential use, consisting of a minimum of four units and a maximum of 12 units. Such buildings may be condominiums, townhouses, garden apartments and related multifamily dwellings.

Any number of rooms, but not to exceed five of habitable space, comprising one complete housekeeping unit of not less than 500 square feet with its own cooking, sleeping and bathing facilities wholly within such unit.

A combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, temporary or permanent, having a roof, built to form a structure for the shelter of persons, animals or property.

The transacting or carrying on of a trade or commercial enterprise, not manufacturing, with a view of profit or a livelihood.

Any facility in a dwelling, accessory structure (including runs, fences and enclosures) or otherwise providing breeding or overnight boarding accommodations for five or more dogs, for which a fee is charged.[1]

Any facility in a dwelling, accessory structure (including runs, fences and enclosures) or otherwise providing overnight accommodations for five or more dogs for any private or commercial purpose.

A structure, except that of a hotel or inn, intended for human habitation erected on a closed foundation or a slab, using permanent weatherproof exterior materials, connected to a safe water supply, with adequate sanitary sewage disposal facilities, equipped with at least one furnace or other customary form of heating apparatus, and constructed with ceilings and walls furnished on the inside with lath and plaster in the customary manner, or finished in some acceptable substitute, designed to give proper insulation and to be capable of maintaining a healthful room temperature of 69° F. and healthful ventilation when the outside temperature is zero degrees Fahrenheit. For the purpose of this chapter, the concept of modular home construction components and individual material construction shall be deemed to come under this definition.

A structure designed and intended for human habitation of a seasonal or recreational nature and not as a permanent dwelling, using weatherproof exterior materials, and connected to a safe water supply with adequate sanitary sewage disposal facilities.

Any number of persons, consistent with Board of Health criteria, living together.

That portion of a lot abutting a public way or a way as hereinafter defined under MGL c. 41, § 81-L.

The distance measured perpendicularly from the street line. Corner lots must provide minimum setback conformity from both streets. No structure shall be erected between the front setback line and the street line, except as provided by these regulations.

A line parallel with the street line and extending between side lot lines.

This shall mean six inches of processed gravel base and two inches of bituminous concrete or six inches of processed gravel base and two inches of stone and asphalt penetration.

The vertical distance of the highest point of the roof above the mean finished grade of the ground immediately adjacent to the building.

A vocation, trade, small business, craft, art or profession that can be conducted within a dwelling (permanent) or accessory building.

Any worn-out or castoff or discarded or used article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use.

A plot or parcel of land in common ownership occupied or capable of being occupied by one principal building and the accessory building or use customarily incidental to it, having boundaries identical with those recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds, and including frontage, area and such open spaces as are required by this chapter.

A lot bounded on two or more sides by intersecting ways.

The lot width shall be the minimum frontage for each zone. The lot width shall be measured along the front setback.

A lawfully existing use or structure which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which such use or structure exists. Except as hereinafter provided, any use or structure which may only be maintained under a special permit in the district where located shall not be deemed a "nonconforming use" but shall be deemed a conforming use. A "nonconforming use or structure" which has been changed or altered in accordance with this chapter by a special permit granted by the Planning Board shall be deemed a "nonconforming use."

The "rear lot width" shall be no less than 25% of the lot frontage requirement.

Any symbol, emblem, board, panel, device or outward evidence that indicates a service, items for sale, name and/or type of business or area of operation. This shall include any freestanding, fixed, attached, permanent, temporary, mobile or hanging sign.

Shall mean the Board of Appeals or the Planning Board.

That part of a building between any floor and the roof or floor next above. A basement or cellar, the ceiling of which extends more than 4 1/2 feet above the average grade immediately adjacent to the building, shall be a "story" within the meaning of this chapter.

A way, whether public or private, used or designated for use for all purpose of passage, and including streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways, roads, lanes and a way shown on a plan of a subdivision duly approved by the Planning Board.

The line separating the street right-of-way from adjoining property, not paved or traveled roadway.

Anything constructed or erected for permanent occupancy or use which requires location on the ground, or a combination of assembled materials, such as a building, frame work, retaining wall, tent, reviewing stand, platform, bin, fence, sign, flagpole, mast for radio and television antennas or the like, but not to include fences. The word "structure" shall be construed, where the context allows, as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof."

As defined in Chapter 41 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended.

A mobile unit or structure which is mobile and is used or capable of being used for living quarters.

A vehicular, prefabricated, portable structure designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, overnight camping, recreational and vacational uses. Designed for temporary use, such "travel trailers" or "campers" are usually in, on or behind a motor vehicle.

A dwelling containing two apartment units.

A structure designed and intended for the sale of common and necessary household items.