Town of Provincetown

Public Notice

Amendments to the Provincetown Zoning By-laws

April 2004 Annual Town Meeting

 

Notice is hereby given that the following amendments to the Provincetown Zoning By-laws as voted at the April 7, 2004 Annual Town Meeting were approved by the Massachusetts Attorney General on June 21, 2004. This notice is published pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws c.40§32. Any claims that a zoning by-law is invalid because of a defect in the procedure by which the by-law was adopted or amended may only be made within ninety (90) days of this posting. Copies of the zoning by-laws may be examined and obtained from the Town of Provincetown, Office of the Town Clerk, 260 Commercial St., Provincetown, MA.  By-laws are also available for viewing at the Provincetown website: www.provincetown-ma.gov  Approved revisions/amendments appear in italics.

 

Article 7.  Zoning By-law Amendment:  Adding Illumination Criteria to the Site Plan Review Process.   To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown Zoning By-laws, Article 4 Special Regulations, Section 4162 Consideration, by adding  Consideration #6, as follows:

4162 Consideration In its review of the site plan, the Planning Board shall consider the following:

1. That the plan is in accordance with the Provincetown Zoning By-Laws.

2. That the plan meets the design requirements outlined in Section 4163.

3. That all necessary permits have been obtained or are approved and pending.

4. All ways within the site shall be designed so that they will provide for safe vehicular traffic.

5. That the plan shall address the requirements of Section 5331.

6. That development must conform to the illumination standards of Section 3430 Illumination,  including the requirements of Subsections 3431 and 3432 of the Zoning By-laws.

 

Article 8.  Zoning By-law Amendment:  Adding “Dormitory Housing” to the “Hotel/Motel” Definition in the Zoning By-laws.   To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown Zoning By-laws, Article 1, Definitions so that it reads as follows, with additions shown in italics: Hotel, Motel, Dormitory Housing shall mean a building or group of buildings providing sleeping  accommodations (but not individual cooking facilities) for persons lodged with or without meals on a transient basis for compensation, but not meeting the definition of “Boarding, Lodging or Tourist Home or Inn.”  Dormitory housing may be on a seasonal or year round basis, but must be for more than a month, and may be related to employment, educational or cultural purposes.

 

Article 9.  Zoning By-law Amendment:  Parking Requirements. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Provincetown Zoning By-laws, Parking Requirements, Section 2472 All Districts, and Section 2473 Certain Districts, by adding the text italics and/ or underlining, and deleting the text with strikeovers:

2470 Parking Requirements

2471 Applicability. All parking demand created by new structures or uses, and expansion or change of use in existing structures, shall be accommodated on the premises entirely off-street as follows, to be calculated in accordance with the following table, rounding up for each resulting fraction.  The with the exception that for multi-family developments of fewer than five dwelling units, the Zoning Board of Appeals may grant a variance from this requirement for multi-family developments of fewer than five dwelling units if lot size or configuration makes meeting this requirement physically impossible, and for any use may grant a variance upon determination that special circumstances such as proximity to a municipal off-street parking lot render a lesser provision adequate for all parking needs. Art galleries shall be exempt from the requirement of providing off-street parking.

2472 All Districts The following minimums must be complied with in all districts:

                    USE

         NUMBER OF SPACES

Multi-family dwelling

1 space/dwelling unit

Hotel, Motel, Dormitory, Inn

1 space/guest unit plus:

1 space/resident employee;

1 space/3 non-resident employee plus

1 temporary space/10 guest units or fraction thereof

Boarding, Lodging or Tourist Home

1 space/guest unit

Affordable, elderly & or handicapped housing

1 space per two residential units

 

2473 Certain Districts In all districts except TCC, which is exempted, every non-residential structure or building shall provide for a minimum parking of five (5) cars or comply with the following schedule, whichever will produce the greater number of parking spaces. The space provided for ingress and egress may not be again calculated as parking area.

Use Number of Spaces

                       USE

      NUMBER OF SPACES

Theater

1 space/5 seats

Church

1 space/8 seats

Funeral home

1 space/50 sq. feet floor area

Restaurant, bar

1 space/50 sq. feet floor area

Skating Rink

1 space/100 sq. feet floor area

Bowling alley

1 space/250 sq. feet floor area

Offices

8 spaces office or 1 space/350 square feet floor area whichever is greater

1 space/350 sq. feet of floor area

Miscellaneous (any building or structure, not

specifically identified by one of the above mentioned use categories, which exceeds 350 sq. feet in floor area.)

1 space/350 sq. feet floor area or portion thereof

 

Article 19.  Zoning Amendment: Adult Entertainment: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws as follows: By deleting footnote 17 from Section 2440(B4) and inserting a new Section 2440(B9) in the table of Permitted Principal Uses, which shall provide as follows:

 

2440            Permitted Principal Uses

 

 

Residential

Commercial

Seashore

Public Use

 

 

Res1

Res2

Res3

ResB

TCC

GC

S

M

A.

Residential

 

A1a

Single Family Dwelling

 

1. one per lot

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

2. two per lot (each separate structure)

NO

BA

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

3. three or more  (each separate structure)

NO

NO

YES8

YES8

YES8

NO

NO

A1b

Two Family Dwelling

 

 

1. one per lot

NO

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

2. two per lot

NO

NO

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

3. three or more per lot

NO

NO

YES8

YES8

YES8

NO

NO

A2

Multi Family Dwelling

NO

NO

YES8

YES8

YES8

NO

NO

A3

Boarding, lodging or tourist homes

NO

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

A4

Nursing Home

NO

BA

BA

BA

BA

NO

NO

A5

Manufactured home park or subdivision

NO

NO

NO

BA

BA

NO

NO

A6

Cluster Development

NO

NO

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

B.

Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B1

Business or professional offices, banks

NO

NO

NO1

YES

YES

NO

NO

B2

Funeral Home

NO

NO

NO

YES

YES

NO

NO

B3

Hotel, motel or inn

NO5

NO5

YES3

YES2

YES2

NO

NO

B4

Retail sales or service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a. neighborhood

BA

BA

BA

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

b. art gallery

NO

NO

YES

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

c. motor vehicles sales, rental or services 4

NO

NO

NO

BA

YES

NO

NO

 

d. marine service, boat sales

NO

NO

NO

YES

YES

NO

NO

 

e. package store

NO

NO

NO

BA

BA

NO

NO

 

f. all other retail

NO

NO

NO

YES