11.e. Accessory Apartments by-right-WF5.3.20NORTHAMPTON CODE
URC USES ALLOWED
Uses Allowed By Right:
xSingle-, two-, three-family multifamily, townhouses with six or fewer units
xAttached (to a single-family) accessory dwelling unit not to exceed 900 square feet gross living area.
See § 350-10.10. Same setback as for principal structures.
xHome business up to 25 visits per week as defined in § 350-2.1
xZero lot line single-family; see § 350-10.14
xAccessory uses to residential:
Tag sales: temporary sales of personal and household articles
Pets/Animals (§ 350-5.3)
xAccessory structures, detached (but no larger than 1,000 ft2 of lot coverage or 3% of lot area,
whichever is greater, unless it is used for agricultural purposes). See also § 350-6.7. Setbacks:
Front: 20 feet
Side: 4 feet
Rear: 4 feet
xFamily day care (registration w/Building Commissioner required)
xPreexisting nonconforming uses (may trigger ZBA permit)
xCemetery
xTemporary event as defined in § 350-2.1
xAgriculture, horticulture, floriculture, noncommercial forestry, the growing of all vegetables and a
temporary (not to exceed erection or use for a period of four months in any one year) greenhouse or
stand for retail sale of agricultural or farm products raised primarily on the same premises
xRooftop solar hot water and photovoltaic
xAccessory solar photovoltaic (PV) ground-mounted on a parcel with any building or use, provided
that the PV is sized to generate no more than 100% or 8 KW of the annual projected electric use of
the non-PV building or use. Same setbacks as for detached accessory structures.
xSolar photovoltaic of any size, ground-mounted over any legal parking lot or driveway
xMunicipal facility; facilities for essential services
Site Plan Approval Required for the Following:
xAny construction (other than for a single-family home) greater than 2,000 square feet
xThe addition of a principal structure to a parcel where one already exists.
xEducational use: nonprofit, dormitories, any religious use, day care, school-aged child-care program
(MGL c. 28A, § 9) and historical association or society and nonprofit museum (may include the
residence of a caretaker). See also educational use overlay standards.
xParking off-site and combined parking. See §§ 350-8.5 and 350-8.7.
xCreation or expansion of six or more parking spaces
xParking lot access for nonresidential uses across a residential lot. See § 350-8.9.
xParking requirement reduction. See § 350-8.10F.
xResidential shared driveways. See § 350-8.8, Expansion of parking by more than six spaces.
xTelecommunications antennas located on existing telecommunications towers or other structures
which do not require the construction of a new tower (in accordance with § 350-10.9)
xReuse of historic educational or religious building(s) for any residential use, live/work space, or
office; provided, however, that no more than 20% of the floor space of the building(s) shall be used
for medical, banking or any offices where a primary function is to provide services to retail
customers or individuals. All such uses approved under this provision shall be within the footprint of
existing building(s) and may only be approved contingent upon protection of all historically
contributing portions of the building with an historic preservation restriction granted to the City of
Northampton in a form acceptable to the Planning Board, with input from the Historical
Commission, as preserving the key character-defining features visible from the road (and not
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The language shown in red is in this district
and every residential district in the city.