Weymouth City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIA
Neighborhood Center District NCD
[Added May 1983 ATM by Art. 48, approved 8-26-1983]
§ 120-22.1 Purpose.
The purpose of the Neighborhood Center District is to outline and preserve the neighborhood core which has historically developed into a composite of residential, commercial, governmental and religious uses primarily designed to serve the surrounding neighborhood. It is intended to allow uses of a small scale and of a convenience nature. It is further intended to provide for special regulations relative to density, dimensional requirements, signage and parking to maintain the neighborhood scale and to ensure compatibility between uses within the districts as well as abutting residential districts.
§ 120-22.2 Permitted uses.
[Amended May 1992 ATM, Art. 46, approved 10-1-1992; May 1993 ATM by Arts. 55 and 56, approved 7-9-1993; May 1997 ATM by Art. 43, approved 8-11-1997]
See Article XXVA, § 120-123E, for site plan review applicability for any of the permitted uses listed in this section. In a Neighborhood Center District NCD, any of the following uses or uses customarily accessory thereto are permitted, provided that all permitted uses, except residential uses, shall be limited to a maximum of 5,000 gross square feet of floor area for each business and/or office:
A.
Detached single-family dwelling.
B.
A building for occupancy by two families in separate dwelling units.
C.
Retail sales, such as food, apparel and accessories, home products and furnishings, drugstores, specialty items other than motor vehicles and trailers, hardware, stationery, newsstand, variety store or similar sales primarily intended to serve the surrounding neighborhood, provided that sales do not involve manufacturing on the premises except of products the major portion of which are to be sold at retail by the manufacturer to the consumer and provided that no more than four operatives shall be employed in such manufacture.
D.
Retail services such as barbershop, beauty shop, laundry, dry cleaning, tailoring, shoe repair, caterer, print shop, photography or similar service primarily intended to serve the surrounding neighborhood, excluding motor vehicles and trailer-oriented services.
E.
Clinic or office of business, professional or financial organizations.
F.
Funeral home.
G.
Trade, professional or other school conducted as a gainful business.
H.
Place of amusement or assembly, provided that the structure is sufficiently sound-insulated to confine noise to the premises.
I.
Lunchroom, restaurant or cafeteria, excluding drive-in restaurant and/or drive-through window service.
§ 120-22.3 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
[Amended May 1993 ATM by Arts. 56 and 57, approved 7-9-1993]
In a Neighborhood Center District, any of the following uses or uses customarily accessory thereto are permitted on approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:
A.
Private club or lodge operated for members only.
B.
A building for occupancy by three or more families in separate dwelling units, provided that the building area does not exceed a floor area ratio (FAR), as defined in § 120-6, of 0.25.
C.
(Reserved)
D.
Any permitted use in § 120-22.2A through H having drive-through service or windows.
§ 120-22.4 Special permit uses by Board of Selectmen.
In a Neighborhood Center District, any of the following uses or uses customarily accessory thereto are permitted on approval of the Board of Selectmen, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:
A.
Licensed lodging house up to a maximum of 10 lodgers.