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Section 8.2 Off-Street Loading and Unloading Requirements. J
1. Provisions must be made for adequate off-street loading for all uses, except for residential
and agricultural use. At a minimum, each retail, wholesale and industrial use over 25,000
square feet of gross floor area and all other service,community facility,utility and business
uses over 75,000 square feet of gross floor area shall have at least one loading space. The
Planning Board may, as part of Site Plan Approval, require additional loading space's or
reduce the requirement for loading spaces.
2. The loading spaces shall be on the same lot as the use they are intended to serve. Loading
spaces shall not be used to satisfy parking requirements. {Amended 11/21/96}
Section 8.3 Existing Spaces. Parking or loading spaces being maintained in any district in
connection with any existing use on the effective date of this Ordinance,or any spares subsequently
provided in accordance with this Ordinance,shall not be decreased or any way removed from service
to the use originally intended to be served, so long as said use remains,unless a number of parking
or loading spaces is constructed elsewhere, such that the total number of spaces conforms to the
zoning requirements. This regulation shall not,however,require the maintenance of more parking or
loading spaces than is otherwise required. Existing or new parking spaces that are not allocated to
specific projects or uses can be allocated to future projects that are developed within two years by
Site Plan Approval.
Off-street parking or loading spaces which are developed to serve a use or structure and which are
subsequently accepted by the City of Northampton for parking or loading purposes, shall be
considered to continue to meet the parking and loading space requirements so long as said use and
structure remains. (Amended 5/18/2000)
Section 8.4 Computation of Spaces. When the computation of required parking or loading spaces
results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of one-half or more shall require one
space.
Section 8.5 Combined Facilities. The Planning Board may issue a Special Permit permitting two
or more buildings or uses located on separate lots to provide for their required parking in combined
facilities on the same lot, subject to the provisions of Section 8.7. (Amended 7/19/90 and 6/17/93)
Section 8.6 Shared Parking.
In all Zoning Districts except the Central Business (CB)Districts,the Planning Board may:
1. Through site plan approval, allow the reduction of the parking space requirements of up to
twenty(20)percent of that required in the Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations where
conditions unique to the use will reasonably justify such a reduction, including 2-story
buildings in(IB).
2. Through site plan approval, reduce parking requirements for Major Projects listed in
§8.1 by up to 20 percent of parking needed for employees (no credit for parking needed
for visitors or customers) if:
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INSPECTOR 212 Main Street * Municipal Building
January 23, 2003 Northampton, MA 01060
Mr. Andrew Kaufman
112 Hawley Street
Northampton, MA 01027
RE: Northampton Zoning Parking Ordinance violation
Dear Mr. Kaufman;
I have received a complaint that you have reduced the parking on the property located at
112 Hawley Street. I made a site visit and found that you have erected a fence closing off
the rear of building to tenants, where garage and parking area are located The
construction of the fence prevents your tenants from using the garage and parking area at
rear of property which had been previously used for parking by your tenants. The tenants
are now parking on a right of way this has created a potential obstruction for the passage
of emergency vehicles as well as created a violation of Northampton Zoning section 8.3
for existing spaces (copy attached). You cannot decrease the number of parking
spaces that an existing property has.
The continued violation of this ordinance can result in housing court action as well as
fines of$100 per day for each day violation continues. You must provide the on site
parking you previously had.
If you have any questions please contact me at 587-1240.
Sincerely,
Anthony Patillo
Building Commissioner
City of Northampton
CC: Chief Duggan Northampton Fire Department, Attorney S. O'Leary