286 Merrimack St Methuen, MA 01844-6415

BN Neighborhood Business District. The Neighborhood Business District is composed of all those areas so designated on the official zoning map. Predominant uses include small retail and service establishments serving the needs of adjacent neighborhoods and oriented to pedestrian traffic. Uses, which would detract from this small-scale business character, or otherwise interfere with the intent of the ordinance, are prohibited. CBD Central Business District. The Central Business District is composed of all those areas so designated on the official zoning map. It includes retail, service, office and residential uses. It is the intent of this ordinance that the CBD be a place of diversity and a mixture of uses, provided public health and safety are protected. BH Highway Business District. The Highway Business District is composed of all those areas so designated on the official zoning map. Uses include retail, wholesale, office and service uses. BL Limited Business Districts. The Limited Business District is composed of all those areas so designated on the official zoning map. It is established primarily to accommodate uses such as offices, smaller scale retail and general business, research and development laboratories, and light assembly. Attached Dwellings, Multi-Family Developments and Planned Unit Developments (PUD’s) are also allowed by a special permit. IL Limited Industrial District. The Limited Industrial District is composed of all those areas designated on the official zoning map. It is intended to accommodate light industrial uses. Residential uses are prohibited, and retail uses are permitted by special permit only. H Hospital District. The intent and purpose of the Hospital District is to allow, by right or by Special Permit, those uses that would serve a hospital. MFOD Multi-family Overlay District. The Multi-family Overlay District (MFOD) is an overlay district which allows multi-family housing as of right in accordance with section 3A o the Zoning Act (Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A) and Section V-X of this Zoning Ordinance.