Weymouth City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IVA
Resident District R-2
[Added May 1990 STM by Art. 1, approved 8-29-1990]
§ 120-13.1 Purpose.
The purpose of the R-2 District, mixed residential, is to:
A.
Provide for a transitional zone between single-family districts and multifamily or business districts.
B.
Recognize the changing character of major arterial roads by allowing use changes to existing single-family dwellings.
C.
Preserve the residential character of the district while allowing low-density multifamily and office uses.
D.
Limit traffic congestion by limiting the density and intensity of permitted and special permit uses in the district.
§ 120-13.2 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. Any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, are permitted:
A.
Any use permitted in Resident District R-1.
B.
Two- or three-family dwelling, new construction.
C.
Alteration, but not the expansion, of a dwelling existing at the time of adoption of this bylaw for up to four dwelling units.
§ 120-13.3 Special permit uses by Board of Zoning Appeals.
Any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, on approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:
A.
Alteration and/or the expansion, not to exceed 10% of the existing gross floor area, of a dwelling or structure existing at the time of the adoption of this bylaw for up to 10 dwelling units.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Funeral home, which immediately followed, was repealed 12-20-2021 by Order No. 21-116.
§ 120-13.4 Special permit uses by Planning Board.
Any of the following uses, or uses customarily accessory thereto, on approval of the Planning Board, subject to the conditions and requirements of Article XXV:
A.
Alteration and/or the expansion, not to exceed 10% of the existing gross floor area, of a dwelling or structure existing at the time of the adoption of this bylaw for office space, not to exceed 2,000 square feet of gross floor area.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Licensed day-care nursery center, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed May 1992 ATM, Art. 46, approved 10-1-1992