24C-020 (3)1/5/2017 City of Northampton Mail-135 Woodlawn Ave
City of
Northampton Louis Hasbrouck <lhasbrouck@northamptonma.gov>
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135 Woodlawn Ave
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Louis Hasbrouck<Ihasbrouck@northamptonma.gov> Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:24 PM
To: nuttchip@yahoo.com
Cc: Carolyn Misch <cmisch@northamptonma.gov>, Charles Miller<cmiller@northamptonma.gov>, Kyle Scott
ks cott@northamptonm a.gov>
Walter,
We've reviewed your proposal for a garden center at 135 Woodlawn Avenue. You will need a finding from the
Zoning Board of Appeals per Northampton Ordinance Chapter 350 section 9 (see below). You should contact
Carolyn Misch (587-1287)for more information about the next steps.
350-9.2. Extension and alteration.
350-9.3. Change, extension or alteration of legally preexisting nonconforming
structures, uses, or lots.
Legally preexisting nonconforming structures, uses, or lots may be changed, extended or altered
as set forth below. If a use is not eligible under one subsection, proceed to the next subsection.
This Zoning Ordinance shall not apply to structures or uses lawfully in existence or
lawfully begun, or to a valid building or special permit issued before the first publication of
notice of the public hearing on this chapter or to any other exemptions in accordance with
MGL c. 40A, § 6. The ordinance shall apply to any change or substantial extension of such
use, to a building or special permit issued after the first notice of said public hearing, to
any reconstruction, extension or structural change of such structure, and to any alteration
of a structure begun after the first notice of said public hearing to provide for its use for a
substantially different purpose or for the same purpose in a substantially different manner
or to a substantially greater extent.
A. A finding, as used in this chapter, requires that the Zoning Board of Appeals determine that
a change, expansion or alteration to a preexisting nonconformity will not be substantially
more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing nonconforming nature of the
structure, lot and or use. The Zoning Board may impose conditions as part of approving a
finding.
B. Applications for findings, as allowed in this chapter, shall follow the same procedural
requirements as special permit applications; however, a finding shall be granted upon the
vote of a simple majority of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Louis Hasbrouck
Building Commissioner
City of Northampton
Town of Williamsburg
413) 587-1240 office
413) 587-1272 fax
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