Proposed Amendment No. 3 - Section 400 Districts
Amendment No. 3
Section 400
Reasons for the proposed changes
The amendment places the listing of permitted uses in both Districts in Section 400 and removes them from being repeated in each District’s list of permitted uses. Multiple uses are permitted everywhere in Brookline, including schools, municipal buildings, and any house of worship and these uses are repeated in each district. This eliminates the repetition.
400.00 DISTRICTS
For the purpose of this Ordinance the entire Town of Brookline shall be divided into two districts which shall be called:
A. Industrial-Commercial District
B. Residential-Agricultural District
These two districts may also include areas designated Regulatory Floodway as delineated on the Flood Insurance Maps of the Town of Brookline dated May 19, 1987, as prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency - Federal Insurance Administration, or as amended.
Other overlay zones include the Wetlands Conservation District and the Aquifer Protection District.
401.00 Uses Permitted
The following Uses are permitted in both districts. Uses permitted may require additional review. Additional requirements may be required if the Use is in an overlay district.
- Excavations
- Farming & Forestry
- Housing for Older Persons
- Farmstands
- Houses of Worship, associated parsonages, convents
- Municipal Facilities and Buildings
- Schools, nurseries, day care centers
- Public, private, non-profit recreational facilities, fraternal orders, membership clubs