2 Clocktower Pl, Nashua, NH 03060

General Industrial-Mixed Use Overlay District

General Industrial: The General Industrial GI Districts are the older, traditional industrial areas of the inner City. They are often in close proximity to the Nashua or Merrimack Rivers and are generally accessible by railroad and/or local roads. Most of Nashua's heavy industries are located in the GI Districts. This district implements the Master Plan recommendation to provide a reasonable amount of space for heavy industrial uses, provided they are environmentally sound and do not detract from neighboring land uses.; Mixed Use Overlay: Mixed Use Districts are established from time to time to achieve the following objectives: To promote the goals, objectives and strategies adopted as part of the City's Master Plan.; To assist conventional underlying zoning and land use regulations where the modification of use, dimensional, density and other requirements is appropriate through site plan review.; To protect the value and efficiency of operation of surrounding properties.; To maintain unique aesthetic, architectural and visual amenities of an individual building or cluster of buildings.; To enable infill development to occur in a manner that will be compatible with the surrounding site environment and neighborhood.; To ensure that private development and rehabilitation will be compatible and coordinated with public investment and improvements.; To support new construction and adaptive reuse of buildings through appropriate engineering, architectural and design solutions.; To guide the orderly and timely transition from one land use to another within areas subject to building obsolescence, changes in technology, environmental conditions and adjoining development patterns and influences.; To ensure that redevelopment occurring in close proximity to the Nashua and/or Merrimack Rivers will conserve and incorporate natural features and enable both visual and physical riverfront access.; To promote development opportunities that will eliminate blight and disinvestment.; To introduce uses that will have positive long-term social and economic impacts.; To establish a complimentary and integrated working, shopping and living environment.