5.2.1 General
5.2.1.1 For safety and the general welfare all principal buildings designed or intended for
residence purposes hereafter erected shall be in a location which fronts upon an accepted street or upon a public way of sufficient width to secure safety from fire and to provide adequate light and air, such width to be determined by the Board of Selectmen and approved by the Planning Board.
5.2.2 Uses Permitted
a) Single family dwelling.
b) Churches, schools, public libraries and parish houses.
c) Municipal buildings, public parks, playgrounds and similar public
buildings and purposes.
d) Farm, poultry farm, garden or nursery, selling only produce or plants, the
major portion of which are raised within the Town.
e) Professional offices in private residences or buildings accessory thereto.
f) Craft manufacture and customary home occupation if carried on by a
resident on premises and involving not more than two (2) additional
operatives.
g) The taking of lodgers, not to exceed four (4) in number, excluding the
occupant's family.
h) Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use on the same
premises, and not detrimental to a residential neighborhood.
i) Signs pertaining to
1) The lease or sale of the property on which they are placed and not
exceeding a total area of twelve (12) square feet;
2) The use of occupancy of the property, not to exceed four (4)
square feet and not to be illuminated by colored or flashing lights.
j) "Family day care home", any private residence, which on a regular
basis receives for temporary custody and care during part or all day, children under seven years of age or children under sixteen
years of age if such children have special needs; provided, however, in either case, that the total number of children under sixteen in a family day care home shall not exceed six, including
participating children living in residence. Also, must be a licensed family day care provider regulated by the State Office for Children and abide by OFC rules and regulations.
5.2.3 Uses Allowed by Special Permit
5.2.3.1 The following uses when specifically approved as special exceptions by the Board
of Appeals, which shall have found that the proposed use will not have an adverse effect on present and future dwellings in the vicinity, or create traffic hazards or volume greater than the capacity of the streets affected;
a) A golf course, ski tow, or boat livery.
b) A membership club, or an organized campground, not operated for profit.
c) A cemetery operated by the Town of Hudson.
d) A commercial greenhouse.
e) A hospital, convalescent home, funeral home, or philanthropic institutions.
f) A commercial riding stable on a lot containing at least ten (10) acres, and
providing that no building nearer than one hundred (100) feet to any lot line shall be used for the housing of animals, or a veterinary hospital.
g) A telephone exchange, or water or sewerage pumping station, providing
that there is no service yard and that the design of the building is in harmony with the architectural characteristics of the district as determined by the Board of Appeals.
h) The display and sales of Christmas trees and decorations, during the
months of November and December, provided a permit therefore is obtained from the Board of Selectmen.
i) Conversion of a one (1) family dwelling existing at the time of the original
adoption of the Protective Zoning Bylaws of the Town of Hudson into a two (2) family dwelling, provided that the exterior appearance is not changed from the character of a single family dwelling, excepting
that the exterior of the building may be reconstructed to accommodate an exit from the second floor, when authorized by the Board of Appeals, subject to appropriate conditions_where such are deemed necessary.
1) Under no condition shall the alteration, rebuilding or expansion of
existing structure be allowed beyond the applicable setback requirements.
2) One of the dwelling units shall be occupied by the owner of the
property excepting for bona fide temporary absences.
j) Multiple Dwelling or Office building as the adaptive reuse of former
municipal buildings in existence at the time of the adoption of this
section of the Protective Bylaws of the Town of Hudson.
m) Sanitary landfill on private property for municipal purpose in the portion
of the Single Residence District SA_8 bounded by the Stow Line on the north, Assabet River and Cox Street on the south, and Cemetery Road and old Stow Road on the west, upon compliance with the applicable General Laws or Local Bylaws, the removal of soil and/or gravel, part of which will be returned and used for covering of refuse as required by law.
5.2.4 Uses Allowed by Special Permit in the Multiple Residence District SB_1
a) Uses that are permitted by Sections 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 above subject to the
same minimum lot area requirements and related requirements of such
district.
b) Multiple dwellings, subject to the following conditions and requirements:
1) The lot of land shall have a total area based on a minimum land
area requirement of six thousand (6000) square feet for each dwelling unit to be located on the lot. The maximum coverage of the lot by all buildings and structures shall be twenty (20%) percent of the total lot area and the minimum landscaped area shall not be less than twenty_five (25%) percent of the lot area.
2) No entrance to a building shall be further than one hundred (100)
feet from an access street or an access drive, or further than
two hundred and fifty (250) feet from an off street parking area.
3) The maximum height of building shall be forty (40) feet.
4) No portion of any enclosing wall of any building and no portion of
any permissible structure shall be nearer to the street line of an existing public or private way than fifty (50) feet nor nearer the side lot line than thirty (30) feet nor nearer the rear lot line than thirty (30) feet.
5) No building in a group shall be closer to any other building on the
lot or adjacent lot than a distance of fifty (50) feet.
6) There shall be provided a permanent off_street parking area,
indoors and/or outdoors sufficient in size to allow two and one- half (2.5) parking spaces for each dwelling unit to be accommodated.
7) There shall be submitted a plan to the Planning Board for approval
before a building permit shall be issued of the proposed parking facilities on which shall be shown the design of the proposed project and a chart showing:
a) Area of lot.
b) Area of buildings.
c) Number of parking spaces to be provided, and their proposed
layout including access, circulation and maneuvering space, safety precautions and surfacing material.
d) A topographical map, if required.
e) There shall also be shown on said chart additional information, if
any, necessary for the Planning Board to determine compliance with this Bylaw.
5.2.5 Additional Uses Allowed By Special Permit in the Mobile Home SB-2 District
subject to the following conditions:
5.2.5.1 Mobile Home Parks, provided that
a) Mobile homes shall each be located on a lot with a minimum area of five
thousand (5,000) square feet.
b) Each individual mobile home lot shall have a minimum frontage of fifty
(50) feet measured either at the front lot line or at the set back line.
c) No mobile home or part thereof shall be erected or altered to within thirty
(30) feet of the front lot line, except on a corner lot and in such case no mobile home or part thereof shall be erected or altered to within fifteen (15) feet of the front lot line nor within ten (10) feet from the interior lot line having the greatest dimension.
d) No mobile home or part thereof shall be erected or altered to within ten
(10) feet of the rear lot line.
e) No mobile home or part thereof shall be erected or altered to within ten
(10) feet of the side lot line.
f) No mobile home shall have a floor area of less than three hundred fifty
(350) square feet.
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