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Philip F. Hluitmore
Representative general baut
Sandford Kredy
District attomey
Check Courts Register of Luds County
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Blacks Wines + malt bruges
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Blaubs Package Store
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COPY Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Zoning By-Laws of
The Town of Leverett
Jan. 29,1959 - Leverett School 7:30 P.M.
Chester S . Woodard Arnold Glazier Fred S. Johnson William L. Clark
Posted Jan. 22, 1959.
Ful 6.2757
ZONI IG BY-LAW of the Town of LEVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
The purposes of this By-Law are to promote the general welfare of the Tom of Leverett, te protect the health and safety of its inhabitants, to encourage the most appropriate use of land within the tem, to increase the amenities ef the town, and reince the hazard from fire by regulating the location and use of buildings and the area of open spaces about them.
For the purposes of this By-Law, the Town of Leverett, under the authority granted by the Zoning Enabling Act, General Laws, Chapter Firty A (404), does hereby make this wy-Law to be hereafter known and designated as the doning by-Law of the Town of Leverett.
SECTION 2. GLI.TULI PROVISIONS
A. The entire area of the Town of Leverett is hereby designated as a "Residential- Agricultural District."
8. Use of Buildings, Structures, and Land.
Except as provided in Section 5 herein, any lawful building or structure may be constructed, altered er enlarged and any lawful building, structure er land or part thereef may be used for any purpose which is not injurious, noxious, offensive er detrimental te a neighborhood and dees not violate any section of this By-Lar, or any of the provisions of the Town of Leverett in regard to health and safety to its inhabi- tants.
C. Existing Uses Not Affected.
This By-Law shall not apply to existing buildings or structures, nok to the existing use of any buildings ør structure, or of land to the extent of that use at the time of the adoption of this By-LuW.
D. Non-Conforming Uses Can Continue.
A mon-conforming use is the use of any building or land lawfully occupied at the time of the adoption of this sy-Law which does not conform to the requirements of this By-Luw. Any building, part of a building, of Land which at the time of the aseption of this By-Law is being put to a mon-conforming use may be:
(a) Continued in that use er a similar use provided such use has not been voluntarily discontinued for a period of one year.
(b) Altered or enlarged in that use, but only after the granting of a & mil tuchefer 4
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(a) Rebuilt er restored at the same locstien and again used as previously, in the case of a building destroyed er somaged by fire, explosion or sther catastrophe; provided that net more than seventy-five per cent (75%) of the building exclusive of foundations has beenso dam ged or destroyed. Such rebuilding er restoring shall be commenced withim six (6) months after such c .; rothe; and the building as restored shall not exceed in velume er area the original non-celforming structure, except that any building or structure which is originally non-confermang by virtue of its locution in relation to the set-back, rear yard or site yerd requirements of this By-Lew may, as restored, exceed in velure er area the original man-conferring structure provided that the foundation of the building, us se rystered, encroaches to ne greater extent any frant, meer, or sies yard than the original nen-confoming structures
E. Corner Clearance.
Between the lines of streets intersecting at an angle of less than one hundred and thirty-five (135) de .. ... . lis joining points on such limbs ten (10) Feet Distant from that poll . . .. .... .
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vegetation may de maintained letadel & 14i che-hill (32) feet and a height of eight (8) feet above the plane through their curb grades.
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this by-Law, the following terms shall have the meaning here Modighet to them:
(1) The singular nuller includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "let" includes "plet"; the word "building" includes "structure"; the more "occu- pied" includes "designed, arranged, or intended to be occupied"; the word "usss" includes "designed, arranged er intended to be used. "
ACCESSORY JUL. The use of a wilding ar premises for a purpose customarily incidental te the main or principal useo
DedelING. A Pouze or building or portion thereof which is occupied by one or more families doing their cooking on the premiseso
FRO.IT TARD. As space across the full width of the lot and extending from the front As building located on such lot to the street line of such let. (See "setback").
FRUNTAGE. The front part of & building or let abutting on a public er private way.
LOT. A parcel of land on which a principal building and its accessories are placed, together with the required open spaces.
LOT LLE. A division line between adjoining properties er a division line between individual Jøts established by a plan filed in the Registry of Deeds or Laid Court.
OFFICE. A place for the transaction of a professional services or business, not including the sale of articles at retail.
REAR YARD. Is a space across the full width of & let and extending from the rour foundation line of the building located on such let to the rear line of such let.
DETDACK. The minimum required unoccupies cruce ar amma between the street lire on which the building is numbered sr w ule be numbered, and the part of the building nearest such street line, such unoccupied space or area extending the entire width or distance across the let. (See "Front Yard").
STREET LINE. The dividing lids between a street and a let and in case of a public ray, the street line established by the public authority laying out said way when mich the lot abuts.
LILL YARD. The space exterding fri the front yard to the weir yard between & lvilding and the adjacent sile lile of the let on whid. sain building is lovat do
TRAILER. Shall man any so-called anterrebile trailer, trailer ceach, including any wertable stricturs, means of conveyance, or vehicle se designated, constructes, and/or altered or cinvertea in any mmer as te pirrit occupancy thereef for @welling er sleeping purposes.
THAILA CAF OR FAK. shall mean any let, parcel or tract of land upon which two or more trailers, occupied for swelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation.
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SECTION 4. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LOT FRONTCE AND ARBA AND OPEN SPACES .EJ.CLNT TO BUILDINGS.
Throughout the Town of Leverett the fellow ing minimum provisions shall be required: Lot Frontage - two hundred (200) feet Sixix Side yari - fifteen (15) feet Let Area - forty thousand (40,000) square feet Front yard - thirty (30) feet
Rear Yard - forty (40) feet
SECTION 5. USES OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
(1) In the Town of Leverett buildings, structures and land may be used, andy buildings and structures may be erected er altered for any residential er commercial use otherwise lawful; und with the permission of the Boure of appeals, certain Industrial use. But none of the following:
Acetylene gas, cyanide compound, or exygen manufacture. Asphalt manufacture or refining. Chlorine or Bleaching Powder manufacture.
Creosete manufacture.
Drop forge shep. Explosives, fireworks, or ammunition manufac ture. Fertilizer manufactur
Fumigation plants .
Glue er size manufacture from fish er animal offalo
Gypsum, coment, plaster er plaster of paris manufacture.
Incineration, or reduction of, er dumping of offal, gorgage, or refuse om a commercial basis (except where controlled by the Tewn). Junk Yard, junk storage, scrapping of autes and parts and salvage thereef. Linoleum manufactur
Match manufacture.
- Petroleum refining and the bulk storage of petroleum products. Plastic manufacture.
Rubber, natural or synthetic, er guttapercha manufactured from cruse or scrap material.
Sewage Disposal Plant (except where contrelled by the Town) .
Seap, tallow, grease or lard manufacture.
sulphurous, sulphuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid manufacture. Tanne ry. Tar or asphalt roofing manufacture.
Ter products manufacture.
'Tire recapping or retreading. Trailer camp or park. Used Cars.
all other interprises or uses commonly regarded as hazaricus or offersive.
(2) The removal for sale of sod, loam, clay, sand, gravel, or quarried store, except when incidental to and in connection with the construction of a structure fer which a pe mit has been issued, or incidental to the grading and development of contiguous property, shall be permitted only if written permission of the board of Appeals after public hearing we obtained. The Board of Appeals shall in each instarce impose wuch conditions as will protect the neighborhood and Tom against permanent and temporary hazaras, because of conditions which may be left after operations are completed er because of the moth es of handling such materials at the site or of transporting such materials through the Tom.
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SECTION 6. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS.
(1) Accessory Buildings.
A. An accessory building attached te itsprincipal building shall be considered an integral part of the principal building and as such shall be subject to the open space requirements applicable to the principal build ing.
3. To promote safety, no garage building or accessory building may be used as a dwelling if it is located on the same lot as a principal building used as a residence.
(2) Area of Lets.
À. Reduction of Open Space.
No lot on which is located any building used før residence purposes shall be changed er reduced in area or shape se it does not conferr to the provisions of this ly- Law. This does not apply in the case of a let a portion of which is taken for public use. No yard, lot area, or other open sæce required for & building by this By-Law, shall during the existence of such building be occupied by or counted as open space for an other building.
B. Lets of Less than the Required Width er Area.
On lots of less than the required wi ith and area and which have been suly recorded by plan or deed or assessed as separate parcels before the date of the adoption of this By-Law, the let area and with requirements need met apply. Any lot on which more than one house existed at that time, may be divided and sele to separate owners.
(3) Open Space Adjacent to Buildings
A. Front Yards.
Buildings or structures need be located only as far back from the street as the average of the front yard depths of the building or structures mearest on either side and within the same block.
B. Side Yards.
Buildings or structures on lots having a frontage of the streets may be located as near to the streets as the mimimum front yard depths on both the streets.
C. Rear Yards.
Detached accessory buildings, if located entirely within a rear yard may be built as near as five feet from a side or rear let line.
Da Projections.
Nothing in this By-Law shell prevent the projection of steps, e:ves, cornices, window sills, or belt courses into any required yard.
SECTION 7. ENFORCEMENT.
This By-Law and any amendments thereto, shall be enforced by the Board of Selectmen. No building shall be erected, externally altered or changed in use in the Tem of Leverett without a permit from the Board of Selectmen; am the Board ef Selectmen shall issue no permit for the erection, external alteration or change in use of any building or part thereof, plans and specifications ami intended use of which are not in all respects in conformity with the provisions of this By-Law. With each applicatien for a perrit to build er alter, there shall be filed with the Board of selectmen af plan showing the lot and the location of the building thereon.
SECTION 8. PENALTY.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this By-Law may be fined not more than twenty (20) dollars for each offense. Each day that such violation cemtinues shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 9. BOARD OF APPEALS.
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Within thirty days after the adoption of this By-Law, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint a Board of Appeals of three members and two associate members, which shall act on all matters within its jurisdiction under this By-Law in the manner prescribed in Chapter Forty A (40A) of the General Laws, and shall serve without remuneration. This Board of Appeals shall be appointed according to methoes described in said Chapter Forty A (40A) of the General Laws, as amended, and subject always te the rule that it shall give due consideration to promoting the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, encouraging the most appropriate use of land, and that it shall permit no building or use injurious, noxious, offensive or detrimental to a neighborhood, and that it shall prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in each case
SECTION 10. OTHER REGULATIONS
This By-Law shall not interfere with or annul any By-Law, rule, regulation or permit, provided that, unless specifically excepted, where this Sy-Law is more stringent it shall controlo
SECTION 11. VALIDITY.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this By-Law shall not invalidate any ether section er provision thereef.
: William J. Clarke acting Chairman Levent Planning Board
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ZONING BY-LAW of the Town of LEVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS
As amended and adopted at the February 14. 1959 Town Meeting and approved May 13. 1959 TION 1. PURPOSE
le purposes of this By-Law are t note the general welfare of the Town Leverett, to protect the health and ty of its inhabitants, to encourage most appropriate use of land within town, to increase the amenities of the 1, and reduce the hazard from fire by ilating the location and use of build- and the area of open spaces about
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or the purpose of this By-Law, the n of Leverett, under the authority ited by the Zoning Enabling Act, eral Laws, Chapter Forty A (40A). I hereby make this By-Law to be after known and designated as the Ing By-Law of the Town of Leverett. TION 2.
JERAL PROVISIONS
The entire area of the Town of Lev- t is hereby designated as a "Residen- ·Agricultural District."
Use of Buildings, Structures, and d.
xcept as provided in Section 5 herein, lawful building or structure may be structed, altered or enlarged and any ful building, structure or land or part eof may be used for any purpose ch is not injurious, noxious, offensive detrimental to a neighborhood and does violate any section of this By-Law, any of the provisions of the Town of erett in regard to health and safety ts inhabitants.
. Existing Uses Not Affected.
his By-Law shall not apply to exist- buildings or structures, nor to the iting use of any buildings or structure, of land to the extent of that use at time of the adoption of this By-Law. Non-Conforming Uses Can Con- 'a
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. non-conforming use is the use of any ding or land lawfully occupied at the e of the adoption of this By-Law which
3 not conform to the requirements of : By-Law.
.ny building, part of a building, or i which at the time of the adoption of ; By-Law is being put to a non-con- ning use may be:
a) Continued in that use or a similar use provided such use has not been voluntarily discontinued for a period of one year.
b) Altered or enlarged in that use, but only after the granting of a permit therefor ordered by the Board of Appeals.
c) Changed to a more rontricted une, , provided that when changed it shall not be returned to a less restricted use.
d) Rebuilt or restored at the same lo- cation and again used as previously, in the case of a building destroyed or damaged by fire, explosion or other catastrophe; provided that not more than seventy-five per cent (75%) of the building exclusive of foundations has been so damaged or destroyed. Such rebuilding or restor- ing shall be commenced within aix (6) months after such catastrophe ; and the building as restored shall not exceed in volume or area the original non-conforming structure, except that any building or struc- ture which is originally non-con- forming by virtue of its location in relation to the set-back, rear yard or side yard requirements of this By-Law may, as restored, exceed in volume or area the original non- conforming structure provided that the foundation of the building, as so restored, encroaches to no great- er extent any front, rear, or side yard than the original non-con- forming structure.
(1) In the Town of Leverett buildings, structures and land may be used, and C. Corner Clearance. buildings and structures may be erected Between the lines of streets intersecting an angle of less than one hundred and or altered for any residential or commer- cial use otherwise lawful ; and with the rty-five (135) degrees and a line join- permission of the Board of Appeals, cer-
ing pointe on such lines ten (10) feet dis-i tain Industrial use.
tant from that point of intersection, no building or structure may be erected, and no vegetation may be maintained between a height of three and one-half (316) feet and a heighth of eight (8) feet above the plane through their curb grades. SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS
In this By-Law, the following terms shall have the meaning here assigned to them :
(1) The singular number Includes the plural, and the plural the singular ; the word "lot" includes "plot" ; the word "building" includes "struc- ture" : the word "occupied" includes "designed, arranged, or intended to be occupied" ; the word "uses" in- cludes "designed, arranged or in- tended to be used".
ACCESSORY USE. The use of a build- ing or premises for a purpose customarily incidental to the main or principal use.
DWELLING. A house or building or portion thereof which is occupied by one or more families doing their cooking on the premises.
FRONT YARD. The space across the full width of the lot and extending from the front line of the building located on auch lot to the street line of such lot. (See "setback").
LOT. A parcel of land on which a prin- cipal building and its accessories are placed, together with the required open spaces.
LOT LINE. A division line between ad- joining properties or a division line be- tween individual lots established by a plan filed in the Registry of Deeds or Land Court.
OFFICE. A place for the transaction of a professional service or business, not in- cluding the sale of articles at retail.
REAR YARD. Is a space across the full width of a lot and extending from the rear foundation line of the building located on such lot to the rear line of such lot.
SETBACK. The minimum required un- occupied space or area between the street line on which the building is numbered or would be numbered, and the part of the building nearest such street line, such unoccupied space or area extending the entire width or distance across the lot. (See "Front Yard").
STREET LINE. The dividing line be- tween a street and a lot and in case of a public way, the street line established by the public authority laying out said way upon which the lot abuts.
SIDE YARD. The space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a building and the adjacent side line of the lot on which anid building is located. TRAILER. Shall mean any so-called automobile trailer, trailer coach, Includ- ing any portable structure, menna of con- veyance, or vehicle so designated, con- structed, and/or altered or converted in any manner as to permit occupancy there- of for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
TRAILER CAMP OR PARK. Shall mean any lot, parcel or tract of land upon which two or more trailers, occu- pied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. SECTION 4. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LOT FRONTAGE AND AREA AND OPEN SPACES ADJACENT TO BUILD- INGS.
Throughout the Town of Leverett the following minimum provisions shall be required :
Lot Frontage two hundred (200) feet Side Yard-fifteen (15) feet
Lot Area-forty thousand (40,000)
square feet
Front Yard-thirty (30) feet Rear Yard-forty (40) feet SECTION 5. USES OF LAND.
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
But none of the following :
Acetylene gas, cyanide compound, or oxygen manufacture. Asphalt manufacture or refining.
Chlorine or Bleaching Powder manu- facture.
Creosote manufacture
Drop forge shop
Explosives, fireworks, or ammunition manufacture
Fertilizer manufacture
Fumigation plants
Glue or size manufacture from fish or animal offal.
Gypsum, cement, plaster or plaster of paris manufacture.
Incineration, or reduction of, or dumping of offal, garbage, or refuse on a commercial basis (except where controlled by the Town).
Junk Yard, junk storage, scrapping of . autos and parts and salvage thereof. Linoleum manufacture.
Match manufacture.
Petroleum refining.
Plastic manufacture.
Rubber, natural or synthetic, or gut-
tapercha manufactured from crude or scrap material.
Sewage Disposal Plant (except where controlled by the Town).
Sonp, tallow, grease or lard manufac- ture.
Sulphurous, sulphuric, nitric or hy- drochloric acid manufacture. Tannery.
Tar or asphalt roofing manufacture. Tar products manufacture.
Trailer camp or park.
Used Cars.
All other enterprises or uses common- ly regarded as hazardous or offen- sive.
(2) The removal for sale of sod, loam, clay, sand, gravel, or quarried stone, ex- cept when incidental to and in connection with the construction of a structure for which a permit has been issued, or inci- dental to the grading and development of contiguous property, shall be permitted only if written permission of the Board of Appeals after public hearing be ob- tained. The Board of Appeals shall in each instance impose such conditions as will protect the neighborhood and Town against permanent and temporary hazards, because of conditions which may be left after operations are completed or because of the methods of handling such materials at the site or of transporting such mate- rials through the Town.
SECTION 6.
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
(1) Accessory Buildings.
(a) An accessory building attached to Ita principal building shall be con- sidored an Integral part of the principal building and as such shall be subject to the open space re- quirements applicable to the princi- pal building.
no (b) To promote safety, garage building or accessory building may be used as a dwelling if it is lo- 'cated on the same lot as a principal building used as a residence.
(2) Area of Lots.
(a) Reduction of Open Space.
No lot on which is located any building used for residence purposes shall be changed or reduced in area or shape so it does not conform to the provisions of this By-Law. This does not apply in the case of a lot a portion of which is taken for pub- lic use. No yard, lot area, or other open space required for a building by this By-Law, shall during the ex- istance of such building be occupied by or counted as open space for an- other building.
(b) Lots of Less than the Required Width or Arca.
On lots of less than the required width and area and which have been duly recorded by plan or deed or assessed as separate parcels before the date of the adoption of this By-Law, the lot area and width re-
quirements need not apply. Any lot on which more than one house ex- isted at that time, may be divided and sold to separate owners.
(3) Open Space Adjacent to Buildings. Front Yards.
(a) Buildings or structures need be lo- cated only as far back from the street as the average of the front yard depths of the building or struc- tures nearest on either side and within the same block.
(b) Side Yards.
Buildings or structures on lots hav- ing a frontage of two streets may be located as near to the streets aa the minimum front yard depths on both the streets.
(c) Rear Yards.
Detached accessory buildings, if lo- cated entirely within a rear yard may be built as near as five feet from a side or rear lot line.
(d) Projections. Nothing in this By-Law shall pre- vent the projection of steps, eaves. cornices, window sills, or belt cours- es into any required yard.
SECTION 7. ENFORCEMENT.
This By-Law and any amendments thereto shall be enforced by the Board of Selectmen. No building shall be erected, externally altered or changed in use in the Town of Leverett without a permit from the Board of Selectmen; and the Board" of Selectmen shall issue no permit for the erection, external alteration or change in use of any building or part thereof, plans and specifications and in- tended use of which are not in all re- spects in conformity with the provisions of this By-Law. With each application for a permit to build or alter, there shall be filed with the Board of Selectmen u plan showing the lot and the location of the building thereon.
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