4.8.1 Purpose: The purpose of the Commercial District~I is to provide areas for light manufacture, assembly, research, industrial parks, office parks, high technology and similar uses. (10-29-98, Art. 22)
4.8.2 Uses Permitted with Site Plan Approval by the Board of Selectmen:
4.8.2.1 Research Laboratory.
4.8.2.2 Office Building.
4.8.2.3 Light Manufacturing.
4.8.2.4 Veterinary Hospital.
4.8.2.5 Office Parks.
4.8.2.6 Industrial Parks.
4.8.2.7 Retail store, service establishment, and retail business of which the gross floor area of the store or establishment is not greater than three thousand (3,000) square feet. (5_8_89, Art.~20)
4.8.2.8 Restaurant, public dining room or lunch room, not including any drive-through, of which the gross floor area of said restaurant, public dining room or lunch room, shall not be greater than three thousand (3,000) square feet and provided that the site in total contains fifty thousand (50,000) square feet or more of gross floor area. (10_30_89, Art.~1)
4.8.2.9 Deleted. [Refer to 4.14] (10-29-98, Art. 22)
4.8.2.10 Medical and dental offices and laboratories and clinics.
4.8.3 Uses Permitted on a Special Permit Granted by the Planning Board and Site Plan Approval by the Board of Selectmen: (10-21-85, Art. 15; 5-4-87, Art. 12 - See editor’s note below)
4.8.3.1 Utility buildings, contractor's storage warehouses and buildings, and wholesale distribution plants.
4.8.3.2 Passenger depots and terminals.
4.8.3.3 Retail store, service establishment, and retail business with gross floor area in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet; and service establishment for the retail distribution of petroleum products, provided that such shall not permit gasoline service stations and garages. (10-21-85, Art. 15; 5-8-89, Art. 12)
4.8.3.3.1 Any retail store, service establishment or retail business with a combined gross floor area of seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet or more. (5-8-89, Art. 12)
4.8.3.4 Automobile repair services provided that:
(a) All service is performed within an enclosed structure.
(b) Such building shall be located not less than three hundred (300) feet from properties used or zoned for residential purposes, and not less than six hundred (600) feet from a school.
(c) Such building shall be set back at least fifty (50) feet from the street right_of_way.
(d) No motor vehicles in an inoperative condition are to remain on such site for more than a two (2) week period unless enclosed in a building or fenced or screened from abutting properties and streets.
(e) Screening in accord with Section 6.5 shall be provided and maintained along all adjacent property boundaries.
4.8.3.5 Banquet Facilities, Function Halls and Dinner Theaters. (7-28-03, Art. 3)
4.8.3.6 Senior Residential Overlay (SRO) District (See Section 4.16 Senior Residential Overlay (SRO) District for additional regulations and requirements)
Editor’s note—Amendment of Sec.~4.8.3 on 5-4-87 added the requirement of site plan approval to the existing special permit requirement.
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