Most of the North Andover zoning requirements for the downtown area are considered General Business District (GBD). In addition to the General Business District there has been an overlay added to downtown and to the historic mill area called the machine shop district. Below you can find the North Andover zoning copied from the town site for General Business District. Downtown Overlay and Historic Mill Area. This list is in reference to types of businesses allowed within the area.
GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
- Retail stores and wholesale stores, salesrooms, funeral parlors, showrooms or places for any professional, artistic or mercantile activity, not involving manufacturing; also, retail bakeries or retail confectioneries.
- Banks, offices and municipal, civic, or public service buildings, such as a post office, telephone exchange, Town offices, school, library, museum, place of worship, local passenger station.
- Hall, club, theater, or other place of amusement or assembly.
- Automobile service and filling stations, automobile storage and repair garages, including automobile body repairs and painting, and automobile sales agencies for new and used cars, provided there are not displayed or stored outdoors on such premises more than 25 automobiles or other vehicles.
- Restaurant, dining room or lunchroom.
- Residential use where such use is not more than 50% of the total floor space in the structure.
- Any accessory use customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses, provided that such accessory use shall not be injurious, noxious, or offensive to the neighborhood.
- Agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture or silviculture.
Farming of crops and row crops, truck gardens, orchards, plant nurseries, and greenhouses.
On any lot of at least three acres, the keeping of a total of not more than three of any kind or assortment of animals or birds in addition to the household pets of a family living on such lot, and for each additional acre of lot size to five acres, the keeping of one additional animal or bird; but not the keeping of animals, birds, or pets of persons not resident on such lot.
On any lot of at least five acres, the keeping of any number of animals or birds regardless of ownership and the operation of equestrian riding academies, stud farms, dairy farms, and poultry batteries.
The sale of products raised as a result of the above uses on the subject land.
- Day-care center by special permit.
Downtown Overlay
North Andover downtown zoning permitted uses The following uses shall be permitted by right in the Downtown Overlay District:
(1) General merchandise retail stores and salesrooms.
(2) Specialty food stores, retail bakeries and coffees shops.
(3) Sporting goods stores.
(4) Craft, hobby, book and music stores.
(5) Art galleries.
(6) Hardware stores.
(7) Convenience stores.
(8) Drugstores, pharmacies.
(9) Banks.
(10) Professional offices.
(11) Medical or dental offices.
(12) Business services, such as copying and mailing services.
(13) Travel agencies.
(14) Municipal, civic or public service buildings, such as post offices, telephone exchanges, Town offices, schools, libraries, museums, or places of worship.
(15) Halls, clubs, theaters, or other places of amusement or assembly.
(16) Food services establishments such as full- or limited-service restaurants and drinking establishments.
(17) Indoor amusements.
(18) Bed-and-breakfast facilities or inns with six rooms or less.
(19) Multifamily dwellings (18 or fewer units).
(20) Mixed-use structures.
(21) Any accessory use customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses, provided that such accessory use shall not be injurious, noxious, or offensive to the neighborhood.
(22) All uses allowed by right in the underlying zoning districts are allowed.
The following uses shall be permitted by special permit in the Downtown Overlay District:
(1) Drive-throughs for any of the above allowed uses.
(2) Freestanding automated teller machines (ATMs).
(3) Day-care centers.
(4) Bed-and-breakfast facilities or inns with more than six rooms.
(5) Hotels or motels.
(6) Funeral homes.
(7) Any retail uses listed above as an allowed use that exceed a gross floor area of 25,000 square feet.
(8) Public garages.
(9) Multifamily dwellings (greater than 18 units).
(10) All uses allowed in the underlying zoning district by special permit are allowed by special permit issued by the Planning Board.
Historic Mill Area
North Andover downtown zoning permitted uses
The following uses shall be permitted by right in Subdistrict A:
(1) Detached one- or two-family residential structures;
(2) Multifamily dwellings, up to six dwelling units;
(3) Townhouses;
(4) Mixed-use structures (for permitted uses);
(5) Retail sales establishments, excluding automobile service stations, car washes, body shops, automobile repair shops, or sales of motor vehicles, of no more than 15,000 square feet of floor area;
(6) Restaurants, cafes, or other establishments serving food and/or beverages, establishments of no more than 15,000 square feet of floor area;
(7) Business offices [a primary use consisting of office activities of any type, including business and financial office activities (including banks and financial institutions) and professional office activities, excluding automobile service stations, car washes, body shops, or automobile repair shops];
(8) Professional offices (a primary use consisting of office activities by a doctor, dentist, architect, lawyer, engineer or other professional person or persons);
(9) Day-care centers;
(10) Halls, clubs, theaters, or other places of assembly, establishments of no more than 15,000 square feet of floor area;
(11) Places of recreation;
(12) Veterinary hospitals;
(13) Research and development facilities;
(14) Light manufacturing, including fabrication, processing, finishing, assembly, packing or treatment of articles or merchandise, craft brewing or food processing, provided such uses are conducted solely within a building;
(15) Printing and reproduction;
(16) Educational uses exempt from zoning prohibition by MGL c. 40A, § 3;
(17) Religious uses exempt from zoning prohibition by MGL c. 40A, § 3;
(18) Art galleries or museums;
(19) Public buildings or uses and public service corporations.
(20) Personal service establishments.
[Added 6-17-2021 ATM by Art. 29]- The following uses shall be permitted by special permit by the Planning Board in Subdistrict A:
(1) Multifamily dwellings, seven or more units;
(2) Mixed-use structures for uses allowed by special permit;
(3) Independent elderly housing, congregate housing, assisted living, nursing care facilities;
(4) Retail sales, establishments, excluding automobile service stations, car washes, body shops, automobile repair shops, or sales of motor vehicles, of more than 15,000 square feet of floor area;
(5) Restaurants, cafes, or other establishments serving food and/or beverages, establishments of more than 15,000 square feet of floor area;
(6) Halls, clubs, theaters, or other places of assembly, establishments of more than 15,000 square feet of floor area;
(7) Hotels or motels;
(8) Hospitals;
(9) Warehousing and wholesaling;
(10) Pet day care or boarding;
(11) Any drive-through facility accessory to an above use;
(12) Freestanding automated teller machines;
(13) Photovoltaic power generation systems;
(14) Public garages;
(15) Any accessory use customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses, provided that such use shall not be noxious or dangerous to the neighborhood.
