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DEPARTMENT OF BUILDIIIG INSPECTIONS g
212 Main Street ' Municipal Building
INSPECTOR Northampton, Mass. 01060
Edward J. Tewhill
April 3, 1987
Mr. Joseph G. Packard
18 Hubbard Ave.
Northampton, Mass. 01060
Dear Mr. Packard:
We have received the decision from the Zoning Board of Appeals today;
granting your application. There is now a twenty (20) day appeal period
you must await. After the appeal period is up, you must go to the City
Clerk' s office and get a stamped copy from them which will indicate that
there has, been no appeals on the decision you received from the Zoning
Board. Then bring the stamped copy they give you over to the Registry
of Deeds and file it with them, but be sure they give you a copy to give
to us to keep on file in our office. Then you can come to our office to
apply for the building permit, but until all the above listed steps are
complete our office can 't issue you the building permit. Be sure to get
the above mentioned copy from the Registry of Deeds , so we can process
the building permit immediately.
For Your Information: Zoning Ordinance Section 10.6 - Permit Time
Limits. A Zoning Board Decision granted under the provisions of Section
10. 10 shall lapse within eighteen (18) months (including such time re-
quired to pursue or await the determination of an appeal ) from the grant
thereof has not sooner commenced except for good cause, or if, in the case
of a permit for construction, construction has not begun by such date
except for good cause.
Sincerely,
Edward `iewhi -IL"��"
Building Inspector
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ZONING B OF APPEALS
At a meeting held on March 18, 1987, the Zoning Board of
Appeals of the City of Northampton voted unanimously tojUZApt
the Variance request of Joseph G. Packard, 18 Hubbard Avenue,
Northampton, MA, for the purpose of constructing a sing].e-
family dwelling which will violate setback requirements on a
lot which is nonconforming in its area at property located on
Coolidge Avenue (more particularly identified as Parcel 82 of
Sheet 25A of the Northampton Assessors ' Maps) , Northampton, MA '
(URB Zone) . Present and voting were: Chairman Robert C. j
Buscher, Peter Laband and Sanford Weil, Jr.
The findings were as follows:
P. Laband stated that as the Zoning Ordinance exists, it
precludes the use of this lot as a building lot in joint
ownership with the two other lots; however, at the time the
lots were laid out, it was considered an acceptable lot and is
now in keeping with the theme of growth management recommended
by the Strategic Planning Consultants. He found that a
hardship would be created if relief is not granted, as this lot
could not be used for any other reasonable purpose; that as
other lots in the area are laid out in a similar fashion,
relief can be granted without detriment to the public good and
without nullifying the intent of the Ordinance.
S. Weil concurred, finding that the construction of a
single-family dwelling on that site will be an improvement to
the area.
R. Buscher also concurred, noting that the Board has taken
into consideration the minor violation of setback requirements
} in deciding whether or not to grant the Variance.
The following restrictions shall apply:
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1. That Lots #70 & 71 of Sheet 25A of the Northampton
Assessors ' Maps be combined and considered as one lot
after separated from Lot #82.
2. That the exterior walls of the structure be built no
less than 14 feet away from any side lot line.
3 . That the exterior wall of the structure be built no
less than 18 feet away from the rear lot line.
4. That the proposed structure be built as a single-
family, single-story dwelling.
Pet r Laband ,_
Robert C. Buscher, Chairman
Sanford Weil, Jr.