Townsend City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Application of Regulations; Modifications and Exceptions
§ 145-11 Construction or use of buildings or improvements; use of land.
No building or improvement shall be constructed or used, and no land shall be used or divided except in conformity with the provisions of these Bylaws. All other buildings and improvements, and all other uses of land or of buildings or improvements are hereby expressly prohibited, except those already lawfully existing, which by the provisions of this Bylaw have become lawfully nonconforming.
§ 145-12 Lots partly situated in other towns.
When a lot is situated partly in the Town of Townsend and partly in an adjacent municipality, the provisions of this Bylaw shall be applied to the portion of such lot in the Town of Townsend as if said portion were a separate lot located in the Town of Townsend.
§ 145-13 Lots divided by district boundary lines.
[Amended 12-4-1990 STM by Art. 6; 11-29-2005 STM by Art. 31; 5-2-2006 ATM by Art. 31]
A.
When a zoning district boundary line divides a lot into two or more sections, that portion of land which is in the least restrictive zone shall be governed by the use of land and dimensional requirements of the more restrictive zone, except as noted in § 145-13C.
B.
When a lot is divided by a zoning district boundary so that a portion of the lot is in a commercial/industrial district and the remainder is located in a residential district, the use of land for commercial or industrial purposes shall be allowed provided that the use be maintained within the commercial/industrial district boundary lines and will conform to the land use regulations and dimensional requirements of the appropriate commercial or industrial district. The use of a portion of the land in the more restrictive zone (residential) as an accessory use to a legal or conforming use or structure in the less restrictive zone shall be prohibited, except as noted in § 145-13.
C.
If a commercial or industrial use is allowed by special permit in a residential district pursuant to § 145-26B, any commercial or industrial use may be authorized by grant of a special permit within the residential district boundary lines in conformity with the land use regulations and dimensional requirements of the residential district.
§ 145-14 Principal buildings and frontage.
No building shall be erected except on a lot fronting on a street, and there shall be not more than one principal building on any residential lot except as provided for in this Bylaw.
§ 145-15 Eminent domain.
Any land taken by eminent domain, or conveyed for a public purpose for which the land could have been taken by eminent domain, shall not be deemed to be transferred in violation of the provisions of Article VII of this Bylaw.
§ 145-16 Land below mean high water.
Land lying below mean high water shall not be included as part of a lot for the purpose of meeting area requirements of this Bylaw.