FoW Zoning Description

**Description of Worcester's Zoning Districts**

Note: this is not official information and reflects the interpretation of the preparer.

Revised Last: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Designation	Permitted Uses	Min. Lot Size	Min. Tract Size
AGR * See note below	Agriculture Residential Residential (clustered) * Country club * School * Park, playground * Church * Day camp * Farm market * Residential life care * Municipal	none 80,000 sq ft 30,000 sq ft 7.5 acres (maximum) 80,000 sq ft	10 acres 50 acres 25 acres 10 acres 25 acres 25 acres 25 acres 75 acres
R-AG-200 * See note below	Agricultural Residential Residential (clustered) *	none 80,000 sq ft 11,000 - 60,000 sq ft	10 acres
R-AG-175 # See note below	Agriculture Residential Country club # Medical hospital # School# Residential life care # Recreational # Research laboratory # Church# Post office # Municipal	none 60,000 sq ft 60,000 sq ft	50 acres 50 acres 25 acres 25 acres 25 acres 25 acres 25 acres 5 acres
R-175 # See note below	Agriculture Residential Post office # Municipal	none 60,000 sq ft 60,000 sq ft	5 acres
R-150 # See note below	Agriculture Residential Post office # Municipal	none 50,000 sq ft 50,000 sq ft 50,000 sq ft	5 acres
R-100 * See note below	Agriculture Residential Mobile homes * Municipal	none 30,000 sq ft 5000 sq ft 30,000 sq ft	10 acres
R-75	Agriculture Residential Municipal	none 20,000 – 40,000 sq ft none
R-50 * See note below	Agriculture Residential (clustered) * Townhouses Mobile homes * Municipal Nursing home/life care	none 11,000 to 60,000 sq ft See zoning ordinances 5000 sq ft not specified not specified	10 acres See zoning ordinances 10 acres not specified
LPD overlay * See note below	Agriculture Residential Residential (clustered) * Country club * School * Park, playground * Church * Day camp * Farm market * Residential life care * Municipal	none 80,000 sq ft 15,000 sq ft 7.5 acres (maximum) 80,000 sq ft	10 acres 50 acres 25 acres 10 acres 25 acres 25 acres 25 acres 75 acres
AQRC	Age-qualified res. comm. Agricultural Municipal	NA See AGR district	75 acres See AGR district
MR overlay dotted * See note below	Same as underlying use Multifamily residential * Municipal	Same as underlying dist. Same as underlying dist.	Same as underlying dist. 5 acres
MH * See note below	Mobile homes * Municipal	5000 sq ft not specified	10 acres
RO	Residential Office or studio Municipal	30,000 sq ft 30,000 sq ft 30,000 sq ft
C^ ^ See note below # See note below	Retail store Office or bank Personal services shop Medical office Undertaker Baker or custom shop Restaurant or catering Similar retail uses # Auto sales or repair # Gasoline station # Hotel/motel # Wholesaler # Multi-use office # Dry cleaner # Nursing home/life care # Hospital# Municipal	25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft 25,000 sq ft
SC+ + See note below # See note below	Retail store Office/bank Personal services shop Medical offices Undertaker Baker/custom shop Theater/library/day care Similar uses # Repair shop # Upholstering # Carpentry/woodworking # Municipal	5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres 5 acres
LI # See note below	Manufacturing Storage/warehousing Kennel Research facilities Similar uses # Municipal	10 acres 10 acres 5 acres 10 acres 10 acres 10 acres

Notes:

* This use is allowed only as a “conditional use” when authorized by the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing.

# This use is allowed only when authorized as a “special exception” by the Zoning Hearing Board after a public hearing.

^ In the Commercial district, building size is limited to 6500 sq ft without a zoning waiver. Only one use is permitted per building, and only one building is permitted per lot.

+ A significant difference between the C (commercial) and SC (shopping center) districts is that in SC, buildings may be larger than 6500 sq ft and may contain multiple uses.