Town Of Boston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
R-C General Residence-Restricted Business District
§ 123-64 Permitted uses and structures.
Uses and structures permitted in the R-C District are as follows:
A.
Principal uses and structures:
(1)
Principal uses and structures permitted in the R-2 District, except cluster housing and those requiring a special use permit.
(2)
Three-or-more family dwellings.
(3)
Where a lot in the R-C District abuts an R-A District boundary, principal uses and structures as permitted and regulated in the R-A District, excluding those uses and structures requiring a special use permit in the R-A District.
(4)
Telephone exchanges.
(5)
Real estate or insurance offices.
(6)
Mortuaries.
(7)
Art, dance, music or photography studios.
(8)
Opticians or optometrists.
(9)
Tourist homes.
(10)
Fire stations with club facilities.
(11)
Meeting rooms for private clubs, lodges or fraternal organizations.
(12)
Medical and/or dental buildings, clinics and laboratories.
(13)
Trade or industrial schools, provided that such activity is conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
(14)
Racquetball clubs, squash courts, health spas and related physical fitness facilities.
(15)
Other administrative, professional or executive offices, but not including the handling, repairing, processing, keeping, displaying, selling, manufacturing, servicing or storing of any goods or merchandise upon the premises.
B.
Uses subject to special permit.
C.
Accessory uses and structures.
(1)
Accessory uses permitted in the R-2 District, without the limitations on accessory offices within a dwelling for permitted home occupations as defined herein.
(2)
Accessory uses to R-A principal uses permitted in the R-C District.
(3)
Unless otherwise specified, accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to permitted principal uses.
(4)
Restaurants, newstands, pharmacies or other incidental services in connection with hospitals, medical buildings or nonprofit institutions, but only when conducted and entered from within the building, provided that no exterior display or advertising shall be permitted.
§ 123-65 Minimum lot size.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum lot size for dwellings in the R-C District shall be as specified in this section.
B.
Lot width at the building line:
(1)
Where a lot is served by a public sanitary sewer: 75 feet for a single-family dwelling or other principal building or use; 100 feet for a two-family dwelling or other principal structure and an additional 25 feet for each dwelling unit over two, but need not exceed 200 feet.
(2)
Where a lot is not served by a public sanitary sewer: add 25 feet to the minimum width requirement.
C.
Lot width at the front lot line shall be equal to the minimum required lot width at the building line.
§ 123-66 Maximum height of buildings.
Unless otherwise provided, the maximum height of buildings in the R-C District shall be as specified in this section.
A.
Single-family, two-family or three-or-more family dwellings: 2 1/2 stories, not to exceed 35 feet.
B.
Other principal buildings: as regulated by yard requirements, up to a maximum height of 35 feet.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, Accessory buildings, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 2-4-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004. For current provisions, see § 123-136B(4).
§ 123-67 Required yards.
Unless otherwise provided, the minimum required yards and other open space in the R-C District shall be as specified in this section.
A.
Front yards: 50 feet.
B.
Side yards: two required.
(1)
Dwellings: The minimum width of any side yard shall be 10 feet.
(2)
Other principal buildings: Except as otherwise provided, each side yard shall equal 30 feet or a distance equal to the height of the principal building, whichever is greater; provided, however, that when a side yard adjoins a lot in any district other than an R District, such side yard shall equal 15 feet or a distance equal to 1/2 the height of the principal building, whichever is greater.
C.
Rear yard. No rear yard shall have a depth less than 30 feet or a distance equal to the height of the principal building, whichever is greater.
D.
Three-or-more family dwellings: a minimum of 50 feet from any property line.
E.
Open space between principal buildings on a single lot. No vertical wall of a principal building shall be nearer to a vertical wall of any other principal building than a distance of 30 feet or a distance equal to the average height of such vertical walls measured from the adjoining finished grade, whichever is greater.
F.
Maximum lot coverage: 20%.
§ 123-68 Off-street parking reference.
For applicable off-street parking regulations, see Article XVIII.