Amherst
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Industrial
1Residential
4General provisions
239 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Incidental agriculture is permitted without a zoning certificate... not occupy over five acres... yard sales... limited to 48 hours per sale and no more than one such sale per month.
Except for permitted apartments in single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings and manufactured home parks where permitted, no more than one dwelling unit may be permitted on a lot or parcel of land.
no more than one dwelling unit may be permitted on a lot or parcel of land.
Private access to a parcel of land used appropriately in a zoning district as provided herein shall be prohibited through another zoning district.
Private access to a parcel of land used appropriately in a zoning district as provided herein shall be prohibited through another zoning district.
Each flag lot must have a minimum of 25 feet of frontage on the street.
Each flag lot must have a minimum of 25 feet of frontage on the street... The development of one flag lot behind another flag lot shall be prohibited.
All departments, officials, and public employees of the town who are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
No person shall subdivide land without making and recording a plat of such subdivision and without fully complying with the provisions of this chapter.
Any use not expressly permitted or permitted by special use permit in a specific district is prohibited.
Any use not expressly permitted or permitted by special use permit in a specific district is prohibited.
Any use not expressly permitted or permitted by special use permit in a specific district is prohibited.
Any use not expressly permitted or permitted by special use permit in a specific district is prohibited.
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions or requirements of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of $200.00 for the initial summons or ticket, and a civil penalty of $500.00 for each additional summons or ticket arising from the same set of operative facts.
Dwelling units, which include guest houses, garage apartments, additional dwellings within a home, mother-in-law dwellings, and other residential accommodations, may be established accessory to a single-household residence...
Dwelling units... may be established accessory to a single-household residence... No lot shall contain more than two accessory dwellings, for a total of three dwellings on a lot... acceptable provision for water and wastewater must be obtained.
Wherever the requirements of this chapter are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive or that imposing higher standards shall govern.
Unless district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, and where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply...
Mobile homes are allowed only in manufactured home parks.
No outdoor storage of goods and equipment is permitted in residentially zoned areas.
Source documents
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