Weymouth City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XA
Planned Office Park District POP
[Added October 1985 STM by Art. 23, approved 1-27-1986]
§ 120-35.1 Purpose.
The purpose of the Planned Office Park (POP) District is to provide a zone for a parklike development of general office and light industrial uses of such a nature as to promote orderly and harmonious growth; so as to control, avoid, mitigate or reduce the adverse environmental impacts attendant with such development; to protect adjacent land uses from incompatible industries; and to promote the operation and expansion of commerce within the district.
§ 120-35.2 Construal of district uses.
No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged or maintained, except for one or more of the following uses. Any use not so specified hereunder shall be deemed prohibited.
§ 120-35.2.1 Permitted uses.
[Amended 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. The following uses are permitted:
A.
Office park.
[Amended 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 04-133]
B.
Light industry associated with component assembly or packaging, but not including the processing or manufacturing of the same.
C.
Ancillary warehouse or storage facility associated with a principal use not to exceed 80% of the total floor area.
D.
Research and development buildings involving activities which do not utilize or store hazardous materials or wastes.
§ 120-35.2.2 Special permit uses.
The following uses may be allowed by the Planning Board subject to the issuance of a special permit pursuant to §§ 120-123 and 120-126 of this bylaw.
A.
Ancillary warehouse or storage facility associated with a principal use exceeding 80% of the total floor area.
B.
Research and development buildings involving activities which utilize or store hazardous material or wastes, notwithstanding the provisions of § 120-35.2.3A below.
C.
Hotel or motel.
D.
Retail sales and consumer service establishments on the ground level of a multi-story building.
[Amended 4-2-2018 by Ord. No. 17-127]
E.
Light industrial uses associated with the processing or manufacture of durable or nondurable goods.
F.
Function hall, conference center or assembly hall.
[Added August 1989 STM by Art. 5, approved 11-17-1989]
G.
Nursing home or assisted living facility.
[Added June 1992 STM by Art. 5, approved 11-12-1992; amended 4-2-2018 by Ord. No. 17-127]
H.
Place of recreation or assembly.
[Added May 1994 ATM by Art. 56, approved 8-19-1994]
I.
Restaurant, theater, or other entertainment establishment particularly when shared parking agreements can be established with existing businesses. All regulations contained in § 120-33.1 apply.
[Added 4-2-2018 by Ord. No. 17-127]
J.
Parking structure as accessory to primary use.
[Added 4-2-2018 by Ord. No. 17-127]
§ 120-35.2.3 Prohibited uses.
The following activities are expressly prohibited from the POP District:
A.
Storage, utilization, manufacture, processing or packaging of any hazardous materials, including but not limited to flammable liquids or gases, organic and inorganic chemicals and naphthas; any United States Environmental Protection Agency listed or characteristic hazardous waste; and detonable material.
B.
Application or utilization of deicing materials, including but not limited to salts (NaCl and CaCl2), and other chemicals to paved surfaces.
C.
Open-lot storage of new building material, contractors' equipment, machinery, metals, scrap paper or junk.
D.
Terminals and yards for the storage and servicing of trucks or buses.
§ 120-35.3 Off-street parking.
Any permitted or special permit use shall be subject to the provisions of Article XVII of this bylaw for required off-street parking.
§ 120-35.4 Other requirements.
A.
All buildings in the POP District shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system.
B.
Oil separation devices shall be installed in all catch basins draining paved surfaces.
C.
All roof drains shall be dispersed to preserve the groundwater recharge abilities of the land within the POP District.
§ 120-35.5 Off-street loading and unloading.
Any permitted or special permit use shall be subject to the provisions of Article XVIII of this bylaw for required off-street loading and unloading space needs.
§ 120-35.6 (Reserved) [1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 120-35.6, Site plan review, was repealed May 1993 ATM by Art. 56, approved 7-9-1993.
§ 120-35.7 Dimensional requirements.
Dimensional requirements for all uses in the POP District shall follow the district regulations applicable to the Planned Industrial Park District as shown on Table 1, Schedule of District Regulations, of this bylaw.[1]
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Editor's Note: Table 1 is included as an attachment to this chapter.