Zoning By Law - Town of Ashburnham, Massachusetts

Accessory Dwelling Unit – An Accessory Dwelling Unit is a self-contained housing
unit that is clearly a subordinate part of the single-family dwelling and complies with
Section 5.16 of this Bylaw.
Accessory Use – A use subordinate to and customarily incidental to the principal use.
Assisted Elderly Housing – Private or private nonprofit elderly housing comprised of
individual studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom dwelling units for residents over
the age of sixty-five (65). On-site services and facilities such as meals, cleaning,
laundry, recreation, fitness, transportation, and social activities are an integral part of
the development. Medical services may be offered but no long-term hospital or
nursing home care is provided within the assisted elderly housing development.
Town water and sewer must serve assisted elderly housing unit(s).
Bed & Breakfast – Private, owner-occupied building with no more than five (5) guest
rooms which includes a breakfast in the room rate and which serves meals to
overnight guests only.
Building – Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of person, animals,
goods or property of any kind.
Conforming Use – Use of buildings, structures or land which complies with all the
use and dimensional requirements of the zoning district in which the use is located.
Customary Home Occupation – An occupation engaged in by a resident of the
premises including but not limited to carpentry, cooking, dressmaking, electrical
work, handicrafts, interior decorating, masonry work, painting, plumbing, repairs of
appliances or other small items and other similar activities but not including the
display or sale of goods not produced on the premises.
Dwelling – Any fixed structure, not a mobile home, containing one or more dwelling
units.
Dwelling Unit – A room or group of rooms designed and equipped exclusively for
use as living quarters for only one family including provisions for living, sleeping,
cooking and eating.
Family – One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single, nonprofit,
housekeeping unit.
Family Type Camp Grounds – An area used for a range of overnight
accommodations, from tenting to serviced trailer sites, including accessory facilities
which support the use, such as administration offices, laundry facilities, washrooms,
support recreational facilities, but not including the use of mobile homes, trailers or
other forms of moveable shelter on a permanent year-round basis.
Groundwater – All water found beneath the surface of the ground.
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