59 Walnut St Peabody, MA 01960-8633

GBD General Business Downtown. To provide for office, retail, service and small-scale production businesses where noise and truck traffic impacts are minimal. Businesses should be primarily accessed by pedestrian, and properties should maintain a quality aesthetic and a consistency with the historic downtown setting wherever possible. Residential uses are not allowed. 3.2.14 BR1 Regional Business 1. 3.2.15. MFOD Multi-Family Overlay District. 3.2.16 GMSPOD Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District. A Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District is established, and shall be considered as superimposed over all other districts established by this zoning ordinance pursuant to section 3, and is shown as an overlay on the official zoning map established pursuant to section 3.3 , zoning map. (Amended 10-25-2012; Amended 8-27-2015; Ord. No. Z1-24 , § 2, 12-12-2024) 3.3 - Incorporation into zoning maps. Share Link Print Download (docx) Email Compare Share Link to section Print section Download (Docx) of sections Email section Compare versions Said districts are as shown, defined and bounded on the maps accompanying this ordinance, as referenced in Appendices E and F, both of which are on file in the office of the city clerk and with the planning board. The zoning maps, with all explanatory matter thereon, are made part of this ordinance. 3.4 - Boundaries of districts. Share Link Print Download (docx) Email Compare Share Link to section Print section Download (Docx) of sections Email section Compare versions The district boundaries shall be as shown on the zoning maps, the scale of the maps and the figures entered to serve as guides. Where boundary lines run parallel to and a distance of approximately 100 feet from street lines, said distances shall be deemed to be 100 feet. Where building lines for business and industrial districts are hereafter established by the city, the district boundary lines may be measured from the new street line. 3.5 - Lots in two districts. Share Link Print Download (docx) Email Compare Share Link to section Print section Download (Docx) of sections Email section Compare versions When a district boundary line divides a lot in single or joint ownership at the time such line is established, a use permitted on the less restricted portion may be extended into the more restricted portion, but in no case more than 25 feet over the established line. This section shall not apply to the flood boundary district and wetlands conservation district. 2.1 - Words and terms defined.