ZONING BYLAW - Town of Charlton

enhancing visual landscapes, recognizing site and area limitations for on-site waste water
disposal systems in terms of drainage, soil suitability, proximity to surface and aquifer
and other sub-surface water resources, and slope.
3.1.5.2 Low Density Residential (R-40): To provide sites for low density residential
development with respect to the existing character of the neighboring homes and
properties, including compatible related home oriented activities and pursuits in a rural
environment.
3.1.5.3 Residential-Small Enterprise (R-SE): To provide sites for a mixture of medium
and low density residential uses and small scale commercial and light industrial uses
appropriate to an existing mill village.
3.1.5.4 Neighborhood Business (NB): To provide sites for small scale business
development for local and transient services compatible with low and medium density
residential development within village settings which through landscaping and design or
through preservation, enhance the natural landscaping and historic environs; at the same
time protecting any existing views, minimizing the visibility of parked cars, avoiding the
appearance of commercial strips as well as congestion in the abutting streets and ways,
and retaining the character and the quality of life in the rural New England village.
3.1.5.5 Community Business (CB): To provides sites for businesses that serve the entire
town and people and traffic passing through the town, and which through proper siting,
landscaping and design, create amenities and avoid, to the maximum extent possible, the
appearance of commercial strips, and adverse impacts on abutting streets and uses.
3.1.5.6 Industrial-General (I-G): To provide sites for industry which create employment
opportunities and capitalizes on the use of Charlton's access and environmental
conditions and labor force, while recognizing the limitations of Charlton to handle traffic,
water runoff, sewage, and other environmental and neighborhood impacts.
3.1.5.7 Business Enterprise Park (BEP): (replaced IP May 2003) To provide parcels of
land zoned as industrial parks, where "compatible industries" are encouraged to locate in
a park-like setting. Such industries shall be "abutter friendly"; that is, they shall impact
abutting lands minimally as to sight, sound, odor and traffic. Allowed uses include a mix
of manufacturing, research and development, office, distribution, and other compatible
uses which offer an opportunity for employment growth and an expansion of the tax base
in the Town of Charlton.
3.1.5.8 Flood Plain (FP): To insure the minimization of flood damage and to minimize
any impediment to the natural flow of flood waters. This applies to all zones.
3.1.5.9 Adult Entertainment (AE): To provide an area where adult entertainment uses
are allowed and regulated.
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