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e 2 <br /> �as amended, <br /> ARTICLE 30 To see if the Town will vote to amend /the Zoning <br /> By-Law by striking out Sections 1 to 21 inclusive thereof and sub- <br /> stituting therefor the following Sections 1 to 20 inclus9 e, or act <br /> in any other manner in relation thereto: <br /> iy� i W5tl� c 1. . i„i a ef, 14 `T `s r.4 7 ' a2P�. n .v kfz <br /> t <br /> rr <br /> ' <br /> . € { : ' iin7v '' , t”r'+ "{�n ` , al " ' r , , SY"ld �x5;1,vfi n 1' tv'''0"0 <br /> n s k.11 ')T1 .', x t fte.?'' ° : ,Y ,fi ; °a4, C1 $1)10'.717...°);0f0'; ' ir. x„ 1r:,,-10.,,' 1u . <br /> , «=.2'- Y i, Y/ '' .r ^* .C. ..,713;;;Ai „ty4„;';,.. 14'4, '—,. ^s'01'1*v”, '.EYIm :xw`,1`t?"I / mss' x;. '.is t' rs1�i-0. , S ' r4,.�:ry, 04 ',1 &7yY <br /> For the purposes set forth in General Laws, Chapter 40, See. . <br /> tions 25 to 30B inclusive, and, all acts in amendment thereof and in <br /> addition thereto, and under the authority thereof and of General <br /> Laws, Chapter 143,,--and any other enabling laws, the inspection, <br /> materials, construction, alteration and repair,height, area, location-and <br /> the use of buildings and structures and the use of'land in the Town of - <br /> Lexington are hereby regulated as herein provided, and the Town is - <br /> divided into districts as hereinafter defined and as shown on the Zoning <br /> Map prepared by William M. Burns, Town Engineer, dated 1950, and <br /> filed with the Town Clerk, which, Map is hereby made a part of this- <br /> Sy-Law. <br /> SECTION 2. <br /> DEFINITIONS <br /> For the purpose of this By-Law, the following words and terms <br /> used herein are hereby defined or the meaning thereof is explained or - t <br /> limited: <br /> (a) Family. Any number of individuals living and cooking to- <br /> gether in a single housekeeping unit, , <br /> (b) One Family Dwelling. A detached residential building in- - <br /> tended and designed to be occupied exclusively by a single <br /> family. <br /> (c) Two Family Dwelling. A detached residential building in- <br /> tended and designed to be occupied exclusively by twq <br /> families. - <br /> (d) - Accessory Use or Building. An accessory use or building is <br /> a use or building customarily incident to and located on <br /> the same lot with the use or building to which it is acces- <br /> sory and not detrimental to the neighborhood. <br /> (e) Non-Conforming -Use or Building. A IawfulIy existing use <br /> or building which does not conform to the regulations for <br /> the district in which such use or building exists. <br /> (f) Lot. An,area of land in one ownership with definite bound- <br /> aries ascertainable by recorded deed or plan and used or set <br /> aside and available for use as the site of one or more <br /> -buildings or for any other definite purpose. <br /> r`(g) Street. A publicway^or a private way legally open or dedi- i` <br /> cated to public use or approved by the Planning Board. <br /> (h) Hotel. A building or a portion thereof designed or used for <br /> serving food in a public dining room and containing fifteen <br /> or more sleeping rooms for resident or transient guests. <br /> (i) Building. The word "building" shall include the word "struet . <br /> tyre,"unless the context unequivocally indicates otherwise- <br /> (j) Erected. The word "erected" shall include the words "built,'' <br /> "constructed," "reconstructed," "altered," "enlarged," and <br /> "moved." - <br /> '(k) Story- That portion of a building contained between any <br /> floor and the floor or roof next above it, but not including <br /> the lowest portion so contained if more than one-half of <br /> such portion vertically is below the mean finished grade <br /> of the ground adjoining such building. <br /> '(1) Half Story. A story directly under a sloping roof in which <br /> the points of intersection of the bottom of the rafters and <br /> the interior faces of the walls are less than 3 feet above <br /> the floor level. <br /> (m) Recorded. The due recording in the Middlesex County South <br /> District Registry of Deeds or, as to registered land, the <br /> due filing in the Middlesex County South District Land - <br /> Registration Office. <br /> '(n) Front Yard. The open space between a building and the <br /> exterior line of each street on which the lot on which it <br /> stands abuts. <br /> (o) Side and Rear Yard. The open space at the sides and rear <br /> of a building between the building and the boundaries, - <br /> other than streets, of the lot on Which it stands. <br /> SECTION 3. <br /> DISTRICTS DEFINED <br /> The Town is hereby divided into districts designated as follows: <br /> (a) -R 1—One family dwelling districts. <br /> (b) R 2—Two family dwelling districts. ' <br /> (c) C 1—Local business districts. <br /> (d) C 2—General business districts. <br /> (e) T 1—Trunk highway districts. <br /> (f) M 1—Light manufacturing districts. , <br /> (g) A I—Garden apartment and hotel districts. <br />