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Town of Lincoln Zoning Ordinance
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§ 260-14

Service business uses

[Amended 9-15-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-9; 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-14; 12-19-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12; 10-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-15]

  • A. Includes hair salons, barbers, manicurists, beauty service, tanning salons.
  • B. Includes shoe repair, self-service laundry, drop-off dry cleaning and retail on-site dry cleaning of items dropped off on site.
  • C. Facility and establishment that arranges for and prepares funerals, including preparation of corpses for burial, related ceremonial function rooms.
  • D. Includes the erection of wireless transmitting and receiving antennas, including satellite dish type as accessory uses.
    • (1) **In granting a special use permit, the Zoning Board of Review may impose conditions, to the extent the Board concludes such conditions are necessary, to minimize any adverse effect of the proposed tower on adjoining properties. Any such uses or structures shall be considered "commercial construction" subject to the review of the Area of Planning Concern Review Committee (APC). Recommendation of the APC shall be sought prior to the zoning hearing. The APC hearing shall have complete authority to review compatibility with neighboring land uses and may make recommendations for physical construction. Any person(s) placing a tower structure shall provide a commercially viable bond prior to construction as approved by the Town Solicitor to the Town of Lincoln for the cost of demolition of said structure once its use is abandoned. Any tower structure authorized within the Town shall be removed from the site and regraded to a natural condition within 90 days of abandonment of authorized use.
  • E. Gasoline sales, including alternate fuels, with no service of automobiles, but including the accessory sales of related products.
  • F. Automobile service station, primarily selling gasoline or alternative fuels, also performing automobile repairs.
  • G. Automobile repair shops, including lubrication shops, transmission shops, muffler and brake service and automobile upholstering. Sale of gasoline or alternate fuels is not permitted.
  • H. For storage and breeding of dogs, cats and other household animals.
  • I. Veterinary service and animal hospital.
  • J. Day-care center; or day care in lieu of parental care or supervision is offered at the same time to more than six individuals who are not relatives of the caregiver, or more than a total of eight individuals receiving day care.
  • K. Retail photo-duplication and printing with a gross floor area of less than 5,000 square feet.
  • L. Business providing a supply of food for consumption at a different location.
  • M. Includes an above-grade tower, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers or monopole towers or similar structures more than 35 feet in height for communications equipment principally intended for the transmittal or reception of commercial, governmental and related radio, television, microwave, cellular phone and similar telecommunications signals. Monopole-type towers with multiple users, or co-use of existing structures is encouraged, so as to minimize the numbers of towers, to conserve the value of land and buildings in the surrounding area and to minimize visual impacts. Including the accessory buildings, storage facilities and related equipment required for broadcasting and telecommunications towers or any other such equipment necessary for telecommunications antennas.
    • (1) **In granting a special use permit, the Zoning Board of Review may impose conditions, to the extent the Board concludes such conditions are necessary, to minimize any adverse effect of the proposed tower on adjoining properties. Any such uses or structures shall be considered "commercial construction" subject to the review of the Area of Planning Concern Review Committee. Recommendation of the APC shall be sought prior to the zoning hearing. The APC hearing shall have complete authority to review compatibility with neighboring land uses and may make recommendations for physical construction. Camouflage of towers, such as sky blue or tree green paint may be a requirement of the APC. Any person(s) placing a tower structure shall provide a commercially viable bond prior to construction as approved by the Town Solicitor to the Town of Lincoln for the cost of demolition of said structure once its use is abandoned. Any tower structure authorized within the Town shall be removed from the site and regraded to a natural condition within 90 days of abandonment of authorized use.
    • (2) Any applicant for such uses or structures shall submit visual impact data including but not limited to photographic simulations of the proposed facility as it would be seen from residential areas, public rights of way, parks, and other recreational facilities.
    • (3) Any such proposed uses and structures located within the vicinity of historic structures, historic districts or designated scenic corridors shall not be approved unless such proposed uses and structures are so concealed as to be substantially invisible. The views of, and vistas from, such structures, districts or designated scenic corridors shall not be impaired or diminished by the placement of such uses and structures.
    • (4) Any applicant for such uses or structures shall be required to submit evidence that additional users for the proposed new use or structure have been solicited. Evidence shall include, but not be limited to, copies of notices sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to all other providers of cellular or wireless communications services within the Town of Lincoln and adjacent communities, advising of the intent to construct a new tower, identifying the location, inviting the joint use and sharing of costs, and requesting a written response within 15 business days. Replies received in response to the notice shall also be submitted as evidence in connection with the application.
    • (5) The required setbacks for such uses or structures shall be no less than 1.5 times the tower height to the nearest property line.
    • (6) No structure housing telecommunications equipment shall exceed 750 square feet in area nor 12 feet in height. All such structures shall be screened with an appropriate landscaped vegetative buffer and shall be secured with appropriate fencing.
  • N. Includes antennas, towers or similar structures installed on tops of or attached to existing buildings, water tanks or similar facilities if the total height of the tower/structure exceeds 55 feet above grade. Includes the accessory buildings, storage facilities and related equipment required for or any other such equipment necessary for telecommunications antennas that may be attached to or on the facades of buildings or structures.
    • (1) **In granting a special use permit, the Zoning Board of Review may impose conditions, to the extent the Board concludes such conditions are necessary, to minimize any adverse effect of the proposed tower on adjoining properties. Any such uses or structures shall be considered "commercial construction" subject to the review of the Area of Planning Concern Review Committee. Recommendation of the APC shall be sought prior to the zoning hearing. The APC hearing shall have complete authority to review compatibility with neighboring land uses and may make recommendations for physical construction. Any person(s) placing a tower structure shall provide a commercially viable bond as approved by the Town Solicitor to the Town of Lincoln for the cost of demolition of said structure once its use is abandoned. Any tower structure authorized within the Town shall be removed from the site and regraded to a natural condition within 90 days of abandonment of authorized use.
  • O. Includes antennas, equipment or other similar structures installed at or attached to existing towers or similar structures, including the accessory buildings, storage facilities and related equipment required for broadcasting and telecommunications towers or any other such equipment necessary for telecommunications antennas.
    • (1) **In granting a special use permit, the Zoning Board of Review may impose conditions, to the extent the Board concludes such conditions are necessary, to minimize any adverse effect of the proposed tower on adjoining properties. Any such uses or structures shall be considered "commercial construction" subject to the review of the Area of Planning Concern Review Committee. Recommendation of the APC shall be sought prior to the zoning hearing. The APC hearing shall have complete authority to review compatibility with neighboring land uses and may make recommendations for physical construction. Any person(s) placing a tower structure shall provide a commercially viable bond prior to construction as approved by the Town Solicitor to the Town of Lincoln for the cost of demolition of said structure once its use is abandoned. Any tower structure authorized within the Town shall be removed from the site and regraded to a natural condition within 90 days of abandonment of authorized use.

Editor's Note: The Table of Uses is included as an attachment to this chapter.