Contents of Winchester Zoning Bylaw
- 1 Purpose and Authority
- 2 Districts
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3
Use Regulations
- 3.1 Principal Use Regulations
- 3.2 Accessory Uses
- 3.3 Special Accessory Regulations
- 3.4 Temporary Uses
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3.5
Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- 3.5.1 Applicability.
- 3.5.2 Nonconforming Uses.
- 3.5.3 Nonconforming Structures.
- 3.5.4 Variance Required.
- 3.5.5 Nonconforming Single and Duplex Residential Structures.
- 3.5.6 Abandonment or Nonuse.
- 3.5.7 Reconstruction after Casualty or Voluntary Demolition.
- 3.5.8 Reversion to Nonconformity.
- 3.5.9 Administrative Provisions.
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4
Dimensional Requirements
- 4.1 General Requirements
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4.2
Supplementary Regulations
- 4.2.1 Floor Area Ratio.
- 4.2.2 Allowed Density; RA-120 District.
- 4.2.3 Allowed Density; RB-20 District.
- 4.2.4 Allowed Density; PRD District.
- 4.2.5 Dormer Width and Other Projections.
- 4.2.6 Enlargement of Public and Nonprofit Institutional Buildings.
- 4.2.7 Lot Width.
- 4.2.8 Lots with Frontage on a Circular Turnaround or Curve.
- 4.3 Special Permit Relief
- 4.4 Accessory Structures
- 4.5 Waivers Relating to Natural and Historic Resources
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5
General Regulations
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5.1
Off-Street Parking Requirements
- 5.1.1 Purpose.
- 5.1.2 General Regulations Applying to Required Off-Street Parking Facilities.
- 5.1.3 Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements.
- 5.1.4 Notes to Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements.
- 5.1.5 Location of Required Off-Street Parking Facilities.
- 5.1.6 Design of All Off-Street Parking Facilities.
- 5.1.7 Lighting and Screening of Parking Facilities.
- 5.1.8 Parking of Larger Motor Vehicles.
- 5.1.9 Drainage of Parking Lots.
- 5.1.10 Driveway Curb Cuts for Single-Family Dwellings, Duplexes, and Triplexes.
- 5.2 Off-Street Loading Facilities
- 5.3 [Reserved]
- 5.4 Outdoor Lighting
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5.1
Off-Street Parking Requirements
- 6 Special Regulations
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7
Special Residential Regulations
- 7.1 Affordable Housing Incentives
- 7.2 Intentionally Left Blank
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7.3
Center Business District (CBD)
- 7.3.1 Purpose.
- 7.3.2 Authority.
- 7.3.3 Conflicting Provisions.
- 7.3.4 Existing Development.
- 7.3.5 Administration.
- 7.3.6 Pre-Application Meeting.
- 7.3.7 Permitting Process.
- 7.3.8 Rules.
- 7.3.9 Appeals.
- 7.3.10 Establishment of Center Business District and Areas.
- 7.3.11 Uses.
- 7.3.12 Dimensional Requirements.
- 7.3.13 Height Limits.
- 7.3.14 Establishment of Planned Unit Development (PUD) Areas.
- 7.3.15 Site Plan and Design Review.
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7.3.16
Submission Requirements.
- 7.3.16.1 General.
- 7.3.16.2 Project Narrative.
- 7.3.16.3 Existing Conditions Plan.
- 7.3.16.4 Site Development Plan.
- 7.3.16.5 Building Development Program.
- 7.3.16.6 Phasing Plan.
- 7.3.16.7 Visual Plans.
- 7.3.16.8 Traffic, Circulation, Parking, and Transportation Demand Management Plan.
- 7.3.16.9 Open Space, Conservation Lands and Natural Resources Plan.
- 7.3.16.10 Historic Conservation and Preservation Plan.
- 7.3.16.11 Utilities Plan.
- 7.3.16.12 Stormwater Management and Flood Mitigation Plan.
- 7.3.16.13 Landscaping Plan.
- 7.3.16.14 Housing Plan.
- 7.3.17 Design Review Guidelines.
- 7.3.18 Historic Resources.
- 7.3.19 Inclusionary Housing.
- 7.3.20 Parking and Loading Requirements.
- 7.3.21 Definitions.
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8
Special District Regulations
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8.1
Floodplain Overlay District (FPOD)
- 8.1.1 Purpose.
- 8.1.2 Floodplain District Boundaries.
- 8.1.3 Abrogation and Greater Restriction.
- 8.1.4 Disclaimer of Liability.
- 8.1.5 Severability.
- 8.1.6 Designation of Community Floodplain Administrator.
- 8.1.7 Requirement to Submit New Technical Data.
- 8.1.8 Variances to Building Code Floodplain Standards.
- 8.1.9 Variances to Local Zoning Bylaws Related to Community Compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
- 8.1.10 Permits.
- 8.1.11 Assure That All Necessary Permits Are Obtained.
- 8.1.12 Base Flood Elevation and Floodway Data.
- 8.1.13 Floodway.
- 8.1.14 Floodplain.
- 8.1.15 Base Flood Elevation Data.
- 8.1.16 Unnumbered A Zones.
- 8.1.17 Notification of Watercourse Alteration.
- 8.1.18 Use Regulations.
- 8.1.19 Other Use Regulations.
- 8.1.20 Recreational Vehicles.
- 8.1.21 Permitted Uses.
- 8.1.22 Definitions.
- 8.2 Independent Elderly Housing Overlay District (IEHOD)
- 8.3 Adult Use Overlay District (AUOD)
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8.4
Wireless Communications Facilities Overlay District (WCFOD)
- 8.4.1 Purpose.
- 8.4.2 Discrimination Among Providers.
- 8.4.3 Applicability.
- 8.4.4 Exemptions.
- 8.4.5 Prohibitions.
- 8.4.6 Regulations.
- 8.4.7 Definitions.
- 8.4.8 Location.
- 8.4.9 Height.
- 8.4.10 Extensions from Walls.
- 8.4.11 Setbacks.
- 8.4.12 Surface Area.
- 8.4.13 Flexibility.
- 8.4.14 Design Standards; Camouflage by Buildings or Structures.
- 8.4.15 Camouflage by Vegetation.
- 8.4.16 Color.
- 8.4.17 Equipment Shelters.
- 8.4.18 Lighting, Signage, and Security.
- 8.4.19 Historic Buildings.
- 8.4.20 Noise Standards.
- 8.4.21 Radiofrequency Radiation (RFR) Standards.
- 8.4.22 Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA).
- 8.4.23 Application Filing Requirements.
- 8.4.24 Location Filing Requirements Applicable to All Facilities.
- 8.4.25 Additional Location Filing Requirements Applicable to Monopoles and Other Facilities in Excess of 15 feet in Height.
- 8.4.26 Siting Filing Requirements Applicable to All Facilities; Vicinity Plan.
- 8.4.27 Sight Lines and Photographs Filing Requirements Applicable to All Facilities.
- 8.4.28 Sight Lines and Photographs Filing Requirements Applicable to All Facilities.
- 8.4.29 Design Filing Requirements Applicable to All Facilities.
- 8.4.30 Design Filing Requirements Applicable to Monopoles and Other Facilities in Excess of 15 Feet in Height.
- 8.4.31 Employment of Telecommunications Specialists.
- 8.4.32 Co-location.
- 8.4.33 Monitoring and Maintenance.
- 8.4.34 Change of Ownership, Abandonment or Discontinuation of Use.
- 8.4.35 Reconstruction or Replacement of Preexisting Nonconforming Wireless Communications Facilities.
- 8.4.36 Performance Guarantees.
- 8.4.37 Term of Special Permit.
- 8.4.38 SCI District Structures.
- 8.5 Village Center Overlay District (VCOD)
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8.6
Planned Residential Development District (PRD)
- 8.6.1 Purpose.
- 8.6.2 Procedure.
- 8.6.3 Planning Board Review.
- 8.6.4 Standards; Uses.
- 8.6.5 General Standards.
- 8.6.6 Design Standards.
- 8.6.7 Landscape Design Standards.
- 8.6.8 Circulation System Design Standards.
- 8.6.9 Parking and Loading Design Standards.
- 8.6.10 Common Open Space.
- 8.6.11 Buffer Zone Standards.
- 8.6.12 Setbacks.
- 8.6.13 Setbacks.
- 8.7 Attached Residential Cluster Development Overlay District (ARCDOD)
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8.8
Health Services Overlay District (HSOD)
- 8.8.1 Purpose.
- 8.8.2 Definitions.
- 8.8.3 Overlay District.
- 8.8.4 Procedures.
- 8.8.5 Dimensional Requirements.
- 8.8.6 Location of Structures and Features.
- 8.8.7 Parking and Loading.
- 8.8.8 Architectural Design Standards.
- 8.8.9 Building and Site Signage.
- 8.8.10 Site Improvement and Landscaping Standards.
- 8.8.11 Lighting Standards.
- 8.8.12 Relation to Other Requirements.
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8.9
Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installation Overlay District (SOL-D)
- 8.9.1 Purpose.
- 8.9.2 Applicability.
- 8.9.3 Definitions.
- 8.9.4 Overlay District.
- 8.9.5 General Requirements for all Large-Scale Solar Power Generation.
- 8.9.6 General Standards for Site Plan Review.
- 8.9.7 Submission Procedure.
- 8.9.8 Submission Requirements.
- 8.9.9 Installation Plan Submission Requirements.
- 8.9.10 Site Plan Submission Requirements.
- 8.9.11 Waivers.
- 8.9.12 Compliance.
- 8.9.13 Modifications to Approved Site Plans.
- 8.9.14 Appeal.
- 8.10 Community Resource Overlay District (CROD)
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8.1
Floodplain Overlay District (FPOD)
- 9 Administration and Enforcement
- 10 Definitions