Swansea City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Districts
§ 265-2.1 Establishment.
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the Town is divided into the zoning districts set forth below:
RESIDENTIAL: |
RR - Rural Residential |
BUSINESS: |
BA - Business A |
BB - Business B |
INDUSTRIAL: |
M - Manufacturing |
§ 265-2.2 Overlay districts.
[Amended 3-20-2023 STM by Art. 1]
In addition, the following overlay districts are also hereby established in Articles VII, XVI, XVII, and XX:
FOD - Floodplain Overlay District |
APOD - Aquifer Protection Overlay District |
WCOD - Wireless Communication Overlay District |
MEOD - Marijuana Establishment Overlay District |
§ 265-2.3 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of each of the said districts are hereby established as shown on the map entitled, Swansea, Massachusetts, Zoning District Map, with revisions as of September 26, 1953 and adopted October 26, 1953, or as thereafter amended, which map is attached to and made a part of this bylaw as if fully described and detailed herein. The said map shall be filed in the custody of the Town Clerk of Swansea and may be examined by the public, subject to any reasonable regulations established by the town clerk.
§ 265-2.4 Interpretation of Zoning Map.
The following provisions shall govern interpretation of the Zoning Map:
A.
Whenever zoning areas are set forth or described in more than one manner, the worded description of said area will govern and control.
B.
Where the boundary lines are shown upon said map within the street lines of public or private ways, the center lines of such ways shall be the boundary lines.
C.
Where the boundary lines are shown approximately at the location of property or lot lines, and the exact location of property, lot or boundary lines is not indicated by means of figures, then the property or lot lines shall be the boundary lines. However, no subsequent property or lot changes after the adoption of this bylaw will change the zoning district's boundaries without a corresponding zoning map amendment.
D.
Boundary lines located outside of such street lines and shown approximately parallel thereto shall be regarded as parallel to such street lines; and figures placed upon said map between such boundary lines and street lines are the distances in feet of such boundary lines from street lines, such distances being measured at right angles to such street lines unless otherwise indicated.
E.
In all cases which are not covered by the other provisions of this section, the location of boundary lines shall be determined by the distance in feet, if given, from other lines upon said map, or, if distances are not given, then by the scale of said map.
F.
Where a boundary line divides a lot, the regulations for the less restricted portion of such lot may extend 30 feet into the more restricted portion by special permit granted by the Board of Appeals, if the lot has a street frontage in the less restricted district; otherwise, there shall be no extension.
G.
Whenever any uncertainty exists as to the exact location of a boundary line, the location of such line shall be interpreted by the building inspector provided, however, that any person aggrieved by this decision may appeal to the board of appeals in interpreting the line.