SECTION I. GENERAL
F. Abbreviations and Definitions
ABBREVIATIONS:
- MGL:
- The Massachusetts General Laws currently in force, as amended.
- MGL 40A:
- MGL, Chapter 40A (The Zoning Act).
- PGA:
- Permit Granting Authority (usually the ZBA).
- SPGA:
- Special permit granting authority (usually the ZBA: see Sect. VA3.)
- ZBA:
- The Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Huntington.
- ZEO:
- The Zoning Enforcement Officer, Town of Huntington.
DEFINITIONS
In this By-Law, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Terms not defined in this section shall be defined as in the State Building Code, Article 2, as amended, or, if they are not defined there, they shall be defined as in the (Merriam) Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
- accessory building or structure:
- any building or structure whose use is subordinate or incidental to the use of another building or structure on the same lot.
- accessory family dwelling unit:
- a minimal second dwelling unit created from and contained within a single family structure, which is owner-occupied and which maintains the outward appearance of a single family dwelling.(Added May 3,2004)
- agriculture:
- the raising or production of plants or plant products (including horticulture, grape raising, forestry) and/or the raising or keeping of animals primarily for food, and the keeping and use of animals for such activities.
- animal husbandry:
- the raising or keeping of animals other than personal pets.
- building:
- a structure with exterior walls and a roof, designed for the shelter of persons, animals, or property.
- condominium:
- a multi-family house or houses in which the dwelling units are individually owned.
- driveway:
- a portion of a lot which is prepared for vehicular traffic and which provides access from a street to or towards a structure on a lot. (Amended 5/02/1988)
- common driveway:
- a private way which serves as a common vehicular access to two (2) residential lots. No driveway or portion of a driveway’s length may be used as frontage to satisfy the requirements of Huntington’s Zoning By-Law.(ATM 5/02/2005)
- dwelling unit:
- a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent
provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. - home occupation:
- The pursuit of an occupation on a lot by a resident of the lot. (5/11/96)
- house:
- a permanent building containing one or more dwelling units.
- multi-family house:
- a house containing more than two dwelling units.
- single-family house:
- a house containing one dwelling unit with not more than three lodgers or boarders.
- two-family house:
- a house containing two dwelling units with not more than three lodgers or boarders per dwelling unit.
- boarding house, tourist house:
- a dwelling unit arranged or used for lodging, with or without meals, by more than three lodgers or boarders.
- junkyard:
- storage in the open of used items offered for sale. Also any lot with more than three unregistered and ungaraged automotive vehicles or parts thereof, except that open storage for sale of unregistered automotive
vehicles by a licensed dealership is not a junkyard. - kennel:
- the raising or keeping of more than three dogs on a lot.
- lot:
- a measured parcel of land having fixed boundaries and designated on a plot or survey, all as described in a current deed of record, including all conveyances of record thereto. (A conveyance is a deed transferring land from one lot to another.)
- lot line:
- a line dividing one lot from another, or from a street or public place.
- lot front line:
- (See also street frontage) the portion or portions of a lot line that lie on the line of a street. (2/11/87)
- lot side line:
- that portion of a lot line or lines which is not a lot front line. Includes lot rear line.
- manufacture:
- the production for sale of articles by standardized methods, primarily by means of stationary or self actuated power driven machinery.
- manufactured home
- with the definition as per M.G.L. Chapter 140, section 32Q which reads “a structure, built in conformance to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act, [HUD Standards: CFR 3280] which is transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems therein and in conformance with MA state fire code. (Amended 5/03/1999)
- manufacture, small scale:
- manufacture in which total production and assembly space is no more than 2000 square feet.
- public way:
- A right-of-way that has been established by public authority as a Town or County Road, or State or Interstate Highway. (5/11/96)
- residence:
- a lot containing a house or manufactured home.
- riverbank:
- the upper bank boundary, defined as the mean annual flood level or the first observable break in the slope, which ever is lower, as specified in 310 CMR 10.5(2) (a&c).
- road:
- a right of way which has been prepared for vehicular traffic.
- satellite receiving system (includes dish antenna):
- an apparatus capable of receiving signals from a transmitter or transmitter relay located in planetary orbit.
- stable:
- raising or keeping more than two horses on a lot for other than agricultural use.
- street:
- a road which is certified by the Town Clerk as a public way or which has been constructed as shown on an approved definitive plan of subdivision.
- street frontage:
- The continuous length (in feet) of a lot line which abuts a road or street that has either been accepted as a town way or approved as a subdivision road (whether public or private). All corner lots must have sufficient frontage on one road to satisfy zoning requirements. Frontage for a single use on two or more lots shall be the sum of the individual lot frontages. (05/01/2006)
- structure:
- a combination of materials assembled at a fixed location to give support or shelter, such as a building, framework, retaining wall, tent, reviewing stand, platform, bin, fence, sign, flagpole, antenna mast, satellite receiving system, swimming pool, windmill, dam, or the like, including a part or parts thereof.
- use, accessory:
- a use which is subordinate or incidental to another use on the same lot.
- use, occasional:
- a use on a lot which is carried on no more than fourteen consecutive days and no more than thirty of days in all in any one year.
- use, principal:
- a use on a lot which is not accessory and is more than occasional. Where not otherwise indicated, the term 'use' in this By-Law shall mean 'principal use and uses accessory thereto'.
- use, variety:
- two or more business uses combined in an integrated operation, e.g., grocery plus package store plus gasoline service. Possibly includes residential use by owners or proprietors.
- uses, compatible:
- two or more uses on a lot such that no use interferes with, detracts from, or is inappropriate to any other use.
- uses, complimentary:
- two or more uses on a lot which enhance each other or which fit together harmoniously and in such a way as to make it natural and appropriate that they be carried out on the same lot.
- aquifer; hazardous material; impervious surfaces; leachable materials; primary aquifer recharge areas; secondary recharge areas:
- see Zoning Map, Aquifer Protection District.