Zoning Dictionary

Category: General Terms

Commercial Motor Vehicle

Commercial vehicles in excess of 5,000 pound gross weight (weight of vehicle plus load and trailer plus load if included). A motor vehicle used for commercial purposes with or without an attached or permanently attached delivery body and includes vehicles such as catering or canteen trucks, buses, cube vans, tow trucks, tilt and load, dump […]

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Compatibility

Harmony in the appearance of two or more external design features in the same vicinity.

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Compatible

A building, structure, activity or use that blends with, conforms to, or is harmonious with the surrounding ecological, physical, visual or cultural environment. That which is harmonious with and similar to surrounding buildings and/or uses.

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Compensation

The receiving of goods, services, or money in exchange for or as a result of a service performed.

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Complementary Uses

Additional uses in close proximity to a use that have the effect of supplying a use with services to accompany and complement the primary use.

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Conditional Use

A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon showing that such use in a specified location will comply with all the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as specified in a zoning ordinance and authorized by the planning board. A use that, owing to some special characteristics attendant […]

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Condominium

A building in which each individual unit is held in separate private ownership and all floor space, facilities and outdoor areas used in common by all tenants are owned, administered and maintained by a corporation created pursuant to the provisions of the appropriate statute. An individual dwelling unit under individual ownership in a multiple unit […]

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Conforming

A use which falls within the uses permitted in and conforms to all the regulations set out in this By-law for the zone in which the use, building or structure is located.

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Conservation

The preservation, protection and improvement of the components of the natural environment through a comprehensive management and maintenance program administered by a public authority for individual or public use. The wise management of the environment in a way which will maintain, restore, enhance and protect its quality and quantity for sustained benefit to man and […]

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Conservation and Wildlife Sanctuary

Land left in its natural state for the purpose of providing sanctuary, habitat and breeding grounds for wild birds, animals and plant-life and includes a forest reserve.

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