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Assisted Living Facilities Ordinance
ORDERED

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARLBOROUGH that the Code of the City of Marlborough, Chapter 200 Zoning, as amended, be further amended by adding to Chapter 200, Section 4 (Section 5 in the proposed reformatted amendment), the following definitions in alphabetical order:


Assisted Living Facility:  A managed residential community, operating under the provisions of MGL Chapter 19D.  Further, said facilities may provide assistance with activities of daily living, together with meal service, housekeeping services, social and recreational activities and personal care services, in a group setting for persons who require help or assistance with activities of daily living but do not require full-time nursing care.

Auto Shop/Repair:  The business of maintaining, servicing, repairing or painting of vehicles, excluding the sale or dispensing of fuels, including the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar vehicular accessories.

Automotive Services:  The sale or dispensing of vehicular fuels and for the servicing and repair of automobiles, including the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar vehicular accessories.

Commercial Greenhouse:  A business located in a building or group of buildings for the propagation, display and sale of plant products and items associated with gardening and/or landscaping.

Commercial Kennel:  Buildings and facilities for the business of lodging and caring for domestic animals.

Convalescent Home/Nursing Home:  A residential facility providing long-term medical assistance to clients as defined in MGL Chapter 112, Section 108, but not a hospital or facility for treating mental illness.

Heliport:  Any area of land, water or building other than an airport which is made available for landings and takeoffs of helicopters.

Hospice Facility:  A building or part of a building for the provision of services to the terminally ill.  

Hospital/Sanitarium:  A licensed facility for short- and long-term medical treatment of illnesses and injuries, including mental illnesses and hospice services.

Landscaping Operations:  Storage of vehicles, equipment and bulk materials related to off-premises landscaping business activity, excluding retail or wholesale sale on the premises.

Light Manufacturing:  Fabrication, assembly, processing, finishing work or packaging in such a manner that noise, dust, vibration or similar objectionable features are confined to the premises.

Manufacturing:  The use of land or buildings for fabrication or assembly requiring chemical reduction, metal stamping and similar activities as primary uses.

Medical and Dental Clinic:  An institution licensed under MGL Chapter 111 Sec.51 for the purpose of providing medical, surgical, dental or mental health services on an outpatient basis.

Mixed Use:  A mix of residential and commercial uses within one structure.

Offices and Professional Offices:  A building or portion thereof wherein services performed are predominately administrative, professional or clerical operations.

Open Storage:  The storage in the open for use or sale of bulky items such as lumber, stone, gravel, cement and similar merchandise, including contractor’s equipment.

Outdoor Storage:  The storage in the open of any material that is incidental to the primary use on the premises, excluding any activities related to resale.

Principal Building:  A building in which the primary use of the lot on which the building is located is conducted.

Principal Use:  The main use of land or structures on a lot, as determined by the Building Inspector.

Private Club Non-Profit:  Buildings or facilities, owned or operated by a corporation, association, or persons for a social, educational or recreational purpose; but not for profit; excludes synagogues, churches, mosques or other houses of worship.

Private Indoor Recreation:  Sports or leisure time activities or facilities which are operated by a private entity and which occur within a building.

Private Outdoor Recreation:  Sports or leisure time activities or facilities which are operated by a private entity and which occur principally outside of a building.

Public Indoor Recreation:  Sports or leisure time activities or facilities which are operated by a public agency and which occur within a building.

Public Outdoor Recreation:  Sports or leisure time activities or facilities which are operated by a public agency and which occur principally outside of a building.

Retail Sales and Service:  The sale of goods and services to end consumers, including personal service and consumer service products such as hairdressing, barbers, insurance offices, optometry shops, drugs stores and similar services but not restaurants.

Salesroom:  A building or part of a building for retail or wholesale display and/or sale.

Self-Storage Facility:  Enclosed individual units for rent to individuals and businesses for the purposes of storing property.

Veterinary Hospital:  A building for the care and treatment of animals, including facilities for testing, surgical and extended care.

Warehouse:  A building used primarily for the storage of goods and material.

Wholesale Sale:  The sale of goods in large quantities.


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