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Grafton Zoning By-Law
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**PLEASE NOTE: UPDATED ZONING BY-LAW **
The Grafton Zoning By-Law has been updated to reflect changes adopted at the October 19, 2009 Town Meeting and approved by the Attorney General's Office in February 2010.

The Purpose of this By Law is to promote the health, safety, convenience amenity  and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Grafton, through encouraging  the  most  appropriate use of the land as authorized by Chapter 40A of the General Laws with the objectives as follows:

To conserve health; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to lessen congestion in the streets and ways; to provide adequate light and  air; to prevent over crowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to recognize the need for housing for persons of all income levels; to facilitate  the adequate provision of transportation, water, water supply, drainage, schools, parks, open space, and other public requirements; to conserve the  value  of  land and buildings, including the conservation of natural resources and   the  prevention of blight and pollution of the environment; to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the town, including consideration of town  plans and programs, and to preserve and increase amenities.

Section
Title
Entire Document
 
Administration And Interpretation
Definitions
Use And Intensity Regulations
General Regulations
Special Regulations
Flood Plain Districts - Overlay to all other districts.
Water Supply Protection Overlay District
- Overlay to all other districts.
Traffic Control
Campus Development Overlay
Fisherville Smarth Growth Overlay District
Chapter 43D Priority Development Site Overlay District
A: Amendments to the Zoning By-Law
B: Town Meeting Action
As approved at the May 211, 2009 Town Meeting.
 
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