38A-060 receiving zoning as allowed by this Zoning Ordinance in accordance
with the criteria below. The ' Planning Board shall base their
decision on the criteria in this section and the requirements for
Site Plan Review for the Sending Zone,, not the Receiving Zone. The
Special Permit criteria of 510.10 (3) shall not apply.
1. The maximum number of dwelling units that can be transferred
is the greater of the following:
A. The number of dwelling units allowed in a current valid
Definitive Subdivision,Approval or Open Space Residential
Development (Cluster) or Planned Unit Development Special
Permit; or
B. Sixty percent of the number of dwelling units that could
potentially be developed based on the maximum number of
dwelling units allowed' in a cluster, in accordance with
511.4 (5) (A) , and including deductions for wetlands but
excluding deductions for roadways.
2 . Development rights may not be transferred from land which may
not be otherwise be developed for a residential subdivision
because of ownership statusdeed restrictions, easements, or
prior transfer of development rights, including:
A. Land with conservation restrictions or agricultural
preservation restrictions;
B. Land owned by a government agency for permanent park,
agricultural or conservation purposes;
C. Land owned by a nonprofit corporation, a principal
purpose of which is conservation or preservation of open
space or farmland;
D Land where the development rights have already been
transferred out of the', parcel.
3. Transfer of Development Rights is contingent on placing a
permanent Conservation Restriction or Agricultural
Preservation Restriction, in accordance with the provisions of
Mass. General Laws, on the :, land from which the development
rights were transferred (sending parcel) and restricting the
use of the land to agriculture, forestry, or undeveloped open
space open for passive recreation only, or deeding the land to
the City as permanent park or conservation land with no
acquisition cost (but only with the consent of the City
Council and the Conservation or Recreation Commission, as
appropriate) .
4. Development rights may be transferred off a parcel and held
indefinitely before being assigned to a "receiving parcel."
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SECTION 19.0
FARMS, FORESTS & RIVERS OVERLAY DISTRICT (FFR)
Section 19.1 - Purpose: To protect sensitive open space and
ecological features, to preserve the farms, forests and rivers of
Northampton, and to allow landowners the ability to develop their
property in a manner that is sensitive to these unique resources.
Section 19.2 - Uses in the Farms, Forests & Rivers Overlay (FFR) :
Uses in the FFR are limited to any of the following:
1. Agriculture, horticulture and floriculture uses, educational
uses, and child care facilities which are allowed as-of-right
by Northampton Zoning and the Zoning Act (MGL 40A) ;
2. Development with a Special Permit issued under 511.4 - Open
Space Residential Development (Cluster) or §11.5 - Planned
Unit Development (PUD) , provided however, that the Planning
Board finds that the following conditions are met, to the
maximum extent possible, before granting a Special Permit for
a Cluster Development or PUD in the FFR District:
A. If the protected open space is to be used for farmland,
all buildings, roads, drainage systems, utilities and
other development shall be laid out in a manner to
provide the least disturbance to actual or potential farm
operations and shall be located on the soils least
suitable for the production of crops;
B. Open space shall be laid out to maintain views of
agricultural lands and open space, and to maintain
distant vistas across open space;
C. Development shall be integrated into the existing
landscape through the use of building placement, landform
treatment, and screening. When possible, development
should be placed within existing woodlands and not in
open fields.
D. No more than twenty five percent (25%) of a parcel may be
developed into building lots, roads, drainage facilities,
or other development.
3. A driveway or road, whether serving properties inside or
outside the FFR.
4. Non-commercial recreation facilities.
Section 19.3 - Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) : The Planning
Board shall grant an owner of land in the Farms, Forests and Rivers
district a Special Permit to transfer the right to develop
residential units from the FFR district (sending or donor zone) to
the Planned Village Development District (PVD, see 518.0) or other
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3. The project, including anyConcurrent road improvements, will
not decrease the level of Oervice (LOS) of any area roads or
intersections below the existing conditions when the project
is proposed or below 1992/93 conditions, whichever has a worse
LOS, and shall consider the incremental nature of development
on the LOS. In reviewing a project the Board shall look at
other projects permitted or planned for the PVD zone and
consider the cumulative impacts. If requested by the
applicant, the Planning Board may accept in-lieu-of-payments
to fund a project's proportional share of making necessary
improvements to mitigate off-site traffic impacts, in-lieu-of
requiring off-site improvements, when it finds that such
payments, in conjunction with funds from other projects or
sources, will be used to fund improvements to mitigate traffic
impacts;
4. Landscaping, new buildings, parking, and other improvements
must be designed and maintained to minimize the visual
intrusion to the surroundin area and to preserve and enhance
the "campus" appearance in� the Planned Village Development
overlay. The Planning Board shall find that this criterion is
met if:
A. An imaginary plane sloping up at a twenty-five percent
(25%) slope from the ground at the edge of the PVD
district and from existing streets can not intersect any
new buildings. Buildings can be designed to exceed this
height if, and only if" the Planning Board finds that the
proposed combination of architecture, building materials,
and landscaping will contribute to a "campus" appearance
and will have positive !, impacts on views from surrounding
properties, public ways, and from internal roadways and
buildings.
B. There must be no mote than minimal disturbance of
existing land contouts, especially ridge-lines and
hilltops.
C. All mechanical equipment must be screened from public
view and from views from surrounding properties and ways.
D. The Planning Board shall not review the design of
specific buildings if subsections A-C above are met and
if it finds that private covenants are established for
the development that ' require adequate architectural
controls so that buildings will be designed to encourage
compatibility with each other and with the surrounding
area.
5. Access to public transit must be provided when possible.
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alterations, will be done in accordance with U.S. Department
of Interior Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings,
and in particular that the following guidelines are followed
to the extent possible:
A. Historically significant exterior facades are protected;
B. Original roof lines be preserved.
Section 18.5 - Uses allowed with a Special Permit: The following
uses shall be allowed in the Planned Village Development District
with a Special Permit from the Planning Board, in accordance with
the criteria listed in this section and the PVD Special Permit
Criteria below:
1. All uses, including PUDs and parking and dimensional uses,
allowed as-of-right, with site plan approval, or with a
Special Permit in the underlying zoning district and not
otherwise allowed by §18.3 or §18.4. These uses are allowed
in accordance with all the standards and regulations that
apply to that district and not the dimensional and density
requirements that generally apply to PVD (518.1) , except that
in all cases the Planning Board shall be the Special Permit
Granting Authority and the PVD Special Permit criteria must be
met.
2. Public or private educational use, conference center, arts
center, and/or research facility, and related campus services,
including related housing, dining and recreation facilities
and bookstores provided primarily for students, faculty, and
staff, on a minimum lot area of fifteen (15) acres.
3. Business Planned Unit Developments (as opposed to residential
PVDs allowed by the underlying zoning) with mixed residential
and commercial uses (including non-retail offices, research
establishments and light manufacturing) , in accordance with
the requirements for "Business" Planned Unit Developments,
§11.5.
Section 18.6 - Planned Village Development Special Permit Criteria:
Before granting a Special Permit, the Planning Board must find that
the following criteria are met and any approval shall include
conditions and limitations to assure that the project meets the
criteria:
1. Special Permit conditions of 510.10 and other applicable
sections and other zoning requirements must be met;
2. Site Plan criteria must be met (see 510.11) ;
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regulations that apply toi that district, including 510.11
requirements for Site PlanReview/Approval;
Section 18.4 - Uses Allowe§ As-of-Right with Site Plan
ReviewJApproval: The reuse of buildings which are listed or are
eligible for listing, as contributing structures, in the National
Register of Historic Places shall be allowed in the Planned Village
Development District with Site Plan Review/Approval from the
Planning Board (see 510.11) in accordance with the conditions
listed herein:
1. Building may be reused for:
A. All residential uses listed in 55.2, Table of Use
Regulations; and
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B. All community facilites listed in 55.2, Table of Use
Regulations; and
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C. Tradesman, not conducting retail sales on the premises;
and
D. Business Offices andServices; and
E. Research offices or establishments for research and
development activities; and
F. Manufacturing and light manufacturing uses.
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G. Retail uses, not to ex !eed seven (7) percent of the gross
floor area of the building or complex of historical
buildings being redeveloped under this section.
2. Prior to the issuance of a occupancy permit, the building
must be listed as a contributing structure in the National
Register or a preservation' restriction, in accordance with
M.G.L. Chapter 184, must bO granted to and accepted by the
City of Northampton or another authorized government agency or
non-profit corporation, recive the approval of the Planning
Board and such other appfounty
ovals required by law, and be
recorded in the Hampshire Registry of Deeds or Land
Court, as appropriate;
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3. The PVD Dimensional and Den ity Regulations (518.2) and, when
not covered in this chapt r (518.0) , other standards that
generally apply to the Gen ral Business District (GB) shall
apply to these uses, howeverj' the height limit shall not apply
to existing buildings;
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4. As part of their site plan review/approval, the Planning Board
must find that the rehabilitation and reuse, and all future
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Percent Building Coverage not applicable
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) not applicable
Open Space (in percent) not applicable
Landscaped Area (in percent) 40 percent, except 30 percent
for uses under §18.3 (1) and
18.4 (l)
Screening and Buffers as applies elsewhere (see 56.5)
Parking as applies elsewhere (see 58.0)
2. The Planning Board may, as part of Site Plan Review/Approval,
allow frontage requirements to be met on private internal
access roadways if they find that adequate and permanent
access is provided to the lot and that:
A. The access roadway is designed to the standards required
for "Type II Subdivision streets for other than retail or
industrial uses" in the City of Northampton Subdivision
Regulations, as amended, however, sidewalks are only
required on -one side of the street, only a fifty foot
right-of-way is required, and the Planning Board may, at
its discretion, grant waivers of these standards when it
finds that a waiver will not decrease the quality of the
development and will meet the site plan criteria;
B. The access roadways must be designed to serve as many
parcels as possible, to link to other internal roadways
or future roadways, and to minimize curb cuts onto City
and State streets to the minimum required for safe
access. A landowners association must be responsible for
maintaining the roads, with adequate assurances that the
roads will be adequately maintained in the future and
that all owners will have permanent access.
Section 18.3 - Uses Allowed As-of-Right: The following uses are
allowed in the Planned Village Development overlay district as-of-
right (Site Plan Review/Approval, 510.11, may apply, if
applicable) :
1. Any number of units allowed with a Transfer of Development
Rights (TDR) special permit from the Farms, Forests and Rivers
District (see 519.3) Notwithstanding any other requirement of
518.0, development rights may be transferred to a parcel as-
of-right, without limit, when, after the transfer, all of the
requirements of PVD Dimensional and Density Regulations,
518.2, are met. Development rights may be used for
three, and multi-family dwellings, townhouses, planned unit
developments, and open space residential developments.
2. All non-residential uses allowed as-of-right in the underlying
zoning district in accordance with all the standards and
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temporary construction activity)
2 . In enforcing these standards, the Building Inspector or permit
granting authority shall " call upon specified standards,
technical specifications, ajnd the technical expertise of sueh
appropriate federal, statei eF regional, and local agencies
having an nteFest—Win--the—sgee-i re--lire--ef n
disturbene-e-under questi-< , neluding--but net limited to-the
FederazEroirenmentQi—Preteeti-en Age..e1 , the Massaehuset
Deprt-mente -Na-tttL-al ReseuLoees, the Ateml ,
trre—Fccicx-a-rE631F3i eattenScvrcacrrsr1-6n.
3 . When reviewing an application for a zoning permit �_ = ==a
by seet_en (see §10.2) or other zoning relief, the Building
Inspector or permit granting authority may require the
submission of a statement, from an independent authority
qualified in addressing al specific type of environmental
concern indicating that theproposed structure and/or use will
not constitute a detriment ;to the community with respect to
that particular environment4i concern.
SECTION 18. 0
PLANNED VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT (PVD)
Section 18.1 - Purpose: To encourage economic diversity and
vitality, to foster the creation of a "village center" with
development patterns similar i' to traditional Northampton
development, to provide for a high quality of life, and to meet
other community goals.
Section 18.2 - Dimensional and Donsity Requirements:
1. The following dimensional and density requirements shall apply
to developments in the PVD overlay, except as otherwise noted:
Minimum Lot Area-Residential 4,000 square feet plus 1,000
square feet/unit
Minimum Lot Area-Other/Mixed 40,000 square feet
Min. Lot Front/Width-Residential; 75 feet
Minimum Lot Frontage/Width-Otheri 120 feet (see Subsection 2)
Minimum Lot Depth-Residential 80 feet
Minimum Lot Depth-Other 140 feet
Min Front & Side Yard Setback 0 feet, except 35 feet from
1 collector streets and from the
edge of the PVD overlay
Minimum Rear Yard Setback 20 feet, except 35 feet from
collector streets and from the
edge of the PVD overlay
Maximum Building Height 55 feet, except 518.5 (1)
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Density Requirements (§18.2) .
9. In non-residential districts the common open space requirement
is reduced to twenty (20) percent, with the open space
requirement otherwise calculated the same way as for
residential districts, except that there is no slope
requirement for open space for Business PUDs in the PVD
district.
10. {No change}
11. Petaened All buildings shall be at least fifty (50) feet from
the perimeter of the Planned Unit Development in residential
districts and at least thirty-five (35) feet in non-
residential districts and overlays.
{No change for remainder of section, add new subsection at end: }
20. For Business Planned Use Developments, the Dimensional and
Density Requirements of 518.1 shall apply, not the
requirements of §11.4.
Section 12.1 -
{no change to first paragraph. Renumber §12 . 1(1) ( (a-i) ) to
§12 . 1 (1) (A-I) . No other changes in §12 . 1(1) (A-H) . Amend the
remainder of the section as follows: }
I. Noise and vibrations shall not be allowed which causes a
disturbance te residentsdier eeeupants ef on adjacent
properties. No exceptionally loud or distinctive noise
shall be allowed between the hours of 10:00 PM and 7: 00
AM. All noise must meet the following standards at the
property boundary (using a sound meter which meets the
American National Standards Institute's Specification for
Type 1 Sound Level Meters: 81.4-1971. ) :
Adiacent Land Uses Max. Noise (Decibels) *
Residential (7:00 AM-10:00 PM) 60 dBA
Residential (10:00 PM-7:00 AM) 50 dBA
Business, Commercial, Institutions 65 dBA
General Industrial Uses 70 dBA
*Adjust if noise: Adjust Max. Noise
Occurs for less than 2 minutes in plus 15 dBA
any one hour period
Occurs for less than 10 minutes in plus 5 dBA
any one hour period
Repetitive or periodic noise minus 5 dBA
(eg hammering, but not including
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A. Business offices and , services, including large scale
offices but excluding professional offices, such as
medical or legal offices, and any offices where the
primary function is ' to provide services to retail
customers or individuals.
B. Research offices or establishments for research and
development activities.
C. Manufacturing and light manufacturing, when the Planning
Board finds there are adequately sight and sound buffers
from all uses, and especially from residential uses.
4. Each residential structure/use may be on its own individual
lot or there may be multiple structures/uses on a single lot
under common ownership (including master deed/condominium
ownership) in accordance with the provisions of §11.4 . Each
non-residential structure o use may be on its own individual
lot meeting the requirements for a three family home in the
§11. 4 Table of Dimensional ;and Density Regulations or, if on
a common lot with other structures/uses, the setback
requirements must be increased to the requirements for a three
family home and the other , dimensional requirements of the
common lot must be increased by the requirements for a three
family home (except no incpease is required for day care) .
Notwithstanding the above,' for the PVD overlay the PVD
Dimensional and Density Requirements (518.2) shall apply.
5. For a planned unit development in the residential district,
the business and membership club gross floor area shall not
exceed a maximum of sixty ($0) square feet per dwelling unit.
For a planned unit development in ire business or industrial
districts, the gross floor, area devoted to residential use
shall not exceed thirty (30) percent of the gross floor area
devoted to non-residential Uses. For a business PUD in the
PVD District, the gross floor area devoted to residential use
shall not exceed thirty (30� percent of the gross floor area
nor be less than fifteen (15) percent. Residential
development may occur before I, at the same time, or after other
aspects of the PUD, but th� approved plans must show where
residential space can be devheloped economically and this land
can not be used for any use other than residential
development.
6. {No changes}
7. {No changes}
8. {Add at end of subsection, otherwise no changes: }
For a Business PUD in the PVD District the maximum density
shall be controlled exclusively by the PVD Dimensional and
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Ino changes until §10. 11 (3) (Projects Requiring Site Plan Review) .
Add at the end of the paragraph (no other changes) : }
Any project that is requesting a provision of the zoning that
is allowed only with site plan approval and which is not
otherwise a Major Project.
Planned Village Development (PVD) projects which require a
Site Plan Review in accordance with 518.0 and are not
otherwise Major Projects.
Section 11.5 Planned Unit Development (PIID) . Planned Unit
Developments are mixed residential, business, and institutional
developments with extensive open space. Planned Unit Developments
are not subject to the Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations
in §6.2 , except for Floor Area Ratios (FAR) in non-residential
districts other than the Planned Village Development District.
PUDs may be allowed with a Special Permit from the Planning Board
in accordance with all of the requirements and conditions of §11.4
(Open Space Residential Development--Clusters) , §10. 11 (Site Plan
Review/Approval) ,, and, when applicable, 518.5 (Planned Village
Development) with the following modifications to §11.4 and the
additional conditions:
1. {no change}
2 . The tract may be a new development or incorporate existing
development, and it shall be in common ownership or control.
The minimum area of a tract for a Planned Unit Development in
each of the relevant zoning districts is as follows:
RR - 40 contiguous acres
SR - 40 contiguous acres
UR-A - 30 contiguous acres
UR-B - 20 contiguous acres
PVD - 15 acres within the PVD (if a Business PUD)
All others - 5 contiguous acres
3 . The following uses shall be permitted: residential, including
single-family, two-family and three-family houses, townhouses
and multi-family dwellings; religious or educational uses;
nursery; kindergarten; day care; membership clubs (not-for-
profit and for-profit) ; public recreation or open space; fire
station; and business (retail or service only) establishments
not exceeding 5, 000 square feet in gross floor area.
In addition, in the Planned Village Development District, if
developed as a "Business PUD" (developed in accordance with
518.5(3) , as opposed to a PUD allowed by the underlying
zoning) , the following uses may be permitted:
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15, 1991)
(Section 8. 10.2 - Amended July t9, 1990)
Section 8.12 - Bicycle Storage
Except in the Central Business District, bicycle racks or other
provision for indoor or outdoor storage of bicycles must be
provided for all uses for which the zoning requires ten (10) or
more parking spaces. Storage; must allow for the locking of
bicycles to racks or inside of Storage containers.
Section 9.2 - Extension and Altgration.
{Add as new last paragraph (no other changes) }
Applications for Findings, as allowed in this chapter, shall follow
the same procedural requirement$ as special Permit applications.
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Section 10.2 - Permit Required. '
{add at end of second paragraph (noother changes) :
The issuance of a Zoning Permit does not relieve an applicant or
owner of the responsibility to obtain all required zoning and non-
zoning permits.
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Section 10.6 - Permit Time Limit's.
{amend second paragraph as follows (no other changes) : }
A Special Permit or Finding granted under the-previsiens e€ Setree
10. 19 this ordinance shall lapsq whin eighteen (18) twenty-four
(24) months deluding s eh —egtiedte-pursue er await the
de€erminten e from ''the grant thereof if a substantial
use thereof has not sooner commenced emeept fems-geed eause,- or if,
in the case of a permit for cons ruction, substantial construction
has not begun by such date or has been halted indefinitely-eft
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Section 10. 10 - Special Permits+
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{renumber 10. 10 (3) ( (a-f) ) to 10� 10(3) (A-F) , amend 10. 10(3) (E) as
follows (no other changes) : }
E. The requested use meet any special regulations �rtrhe
use a-9 set forth in t e Zoning Ordinance wis=e-X! are
Section 10. 11 - Site Plan Review.LApproval.
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K. Ino change}
L. {no change}
X. {no change}
(Section 8.10.1 - Amended July 19, 1990)
{Renumber 2 a through i to 2 A through I. No other change until F1
F. In all Zoning Districts except the Central Business (CB)
Districts, the Bear-d ef Appeals Planning Board may grant
a Special Permit to allow the reduction of the parking
space requirements to eighty (80) percent of that
required in the Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations
where conditions unique to the use will reasonable
justify such a reduction, previded that'. The Planning
Board may grant a greater percentage reduction may be
allervifed where joint use of the same spaces by two or more
uses or establishments is justifiable by virtue of the
fact that the uses or establishments generate peak demand
at substantially different time periods.
G. in the design ofInparking lots --- . ._, uses leeated in
Business er industrial Distriets-W.1-1. p-evide with more
than seventy-five (75) parking spaces, the expanse of
pavement shall be interrupted by separating rows of
parking spaces from each other and from driveways by
using planting strips, which may also contain pedestrian
sidewalks, at least six (6) feet in width. Provision of
these required planting strips shall take into account
the need to store snow, the nee to locate light poles,
tse-ize to allow safe pedestrian movement, the need to
maximize emergency access, and the neQ to separate
different traffic movements. Any medifieatien te a
partleular In addition, if an existing parking lot whieh
eaused the let te emeeed the is expanded to over seventy-
five (75) ear standard spaces, shall eause the - . . It
e4 planting strips shall be to be required -irn for the
entire lot. All proposals to construct or modify such
parking lots shall be reviewed by the Planning Board in
light of the requirements of this Section.
H. {No change}
I. Parking lots with over fifteen (15) parking spaces
serving uses located in Business, Industrial, Business
Park or Planned Village Development Districts must have
at least one shade tree (minimum two inch caliper) for
every fifteen (15) required parking spaces. Added August
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and shall expire if and when the lease for said parking expires.
(Amended July 28, 1986)
Section 8. 10 - Parking and Loading Space Standards. (See also §2.1
Definitions: Parking Space)
1. All parking and loading areas shall comply with the following:
A. {no change}
B. {no change}
C. Parking shall not be located within five (5) feet from
the front lot/street line for residential uses nor ten
(10) feet for other uses. For all residential uses in
all residential districts except for UR-C, parking for
more than two vehicles shall not be permitted within the
front-yard setback. P rking is not permitted within any
of the setbacks in the Business Park or Planned Village
Development Districts.
D. {no change}
E. {no change}
F. There shall be a maximum of one driveway/curb cut per
lot, except that a lot! with frontage on two streets may
have a curb cut on each street. The Planning Board may,
as part of Site Plan Approval, allow additional
driveways/curb cuts if, and only if, such Permit will
promote safe and efficient traffic circulation. Any two
driveways leading to o� from the same street and from the
same lot shall be a minimum of thirty (30) feet of each
other at their intersection with the front lot line.
G. A driveway's entrance or exit shall not exceed, at its
intersection with th front lot line, a width of:
fifteen (15) feet for ingle, two and three-family uses;
and thirty (44) twenty ;four (2 4) feet for all other uses,
except that the Planning Board may, as part of Site Plan
Approval, allow a thirty foot width if, and only if, such
Approval will promote safe and efficient traffic
circulation.
H. {no change}
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I. {no change}
J. {no change}
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requirements as- s:t ferth in the Table ef Off- Street--
Parking Regulatiens. (Amended July 28, 1986 and
September 20, 1990)
D. A use which is temporary and seasonal and only operating
from Mayist - September 39t1i April 1st to October 31,
and which is not located inside a permanent structure or
in a heated space. (Added September 20, 1990)
E. Municipal facilities and municipal properties. (Added
September 20, 1990)
3. TABLE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS
A. The number of off-street parking spaces required to serve
added floor space in the Central Business (CB) District
is shown in parentheses. Where no parenthesized number
appears, the parking requirement for added floor space in
the CB District is the same as that which applies in all
other zoning districts. (Amended March 1, 1984, and July
19, 1984)
B. Parking shall be provided to serve the parking needs
which are generated by a particular use or structure.
When there is more than one primary use of a structure,
the parking requirements for each use must be met unless
one use in incidental to the principal use of the
structure. (Amended July 19, 1990 and August 15, 1991)
TABLE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS
{No changes to the TABLE or the remainder of this section}
Section 8.5 - Combined Facilities. The Zening Beard ef Appeals
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 July 19, 1990)
Section 8.7 - Location of Parking spaces. Required off-street
parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the principal
use they are required to serve. When practical difficulties exist
which prevent their establishment of the same lot, the Beard ef
Appeals Planning Board may grant a Special Permit to allow spaces
to be on a non-municipal lot, the closest point of which is no
further than goo 500 feet from the premises to which they are
appurtenant, except when such spaces are required to serve a
college dormitory, the Beard ef Appeals Planning Board may allow
such spaces to be within 1500 feet. A Special Permit issued under
this provision shall be coterminous with the length of the lease
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districts, emeept—the--Gera s-mess Distriet (GB+ off-street
parking spaces shall be provided for every new structure, the
enlargement of an existing strudture, er the develepment of a and
new or expanded land uses, except as noted below, in accordance
with the TABLE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS and other
requirements contained herein.
1. For all zoning districts, except the Central Business (CB)
District, in cases of a change in use where the existing use
(or in cases of vacancy, the next previous use) did not
provide for the number of off-street parking spaces required
under this Ordinance, then the proposed use dees net have-te
previde fer any additienal 9€€-stye king spaees,
spaees-under th}s-9rdinaee! 1-Aft-an-t-ire-ung use (e= in ase
the-prepesed ue<—::aild-requiresaalarger number- ef ez f_stree
parking spaees, the prepeg-p! use shall only have to provide an
additional number of off-street parking spaces equal to the
a i f fee, nee increase, if any between the number required under
this Ordinance for the exi ting use and the number required
for the proposed use. (Amended August 16, 1984)
2. For Central Business (CB) listricts only, no additional off-
street parking is requiredfor the following:
A. Continued use or reuse! of existing buildings, as long as
that use or reuse does; not increase the total floor area
within the building. lieweve_r,eff-stre_t parking shall
be p evided fems--any net strueture, €er an en-larg meat-er
addi-tien te an emlstin4 building, in a---,lone- withmow,.
€e3lew i-ag—Tab le- f Gf#--S_treet--Parking Regu lat-rens Fer
purpeses of this-9-rdin&nee the-€ellewing are exemptf=em
B. The replacement of an 4mount of floor space equal to that
in existence at the time of enactment of this Ordinance
(this is not considered to be an addition of new space) ,
(Amended September 20,! 1990)
C. The addition of a sedond floor to one-story buildings
existing in the CB District at the time of the enactment
of this ordinance (this is to encourage the restoration
of building heights in the District which are more
uniform and consistent with the scale of development
which has historically! existed) . However, the addition
of third, feurt-ha ,d! frrfth additional floors or an
expanded building foo4rint tesaid ene-stery building_
the E-B-Gistriet is-ex-istenee-at the time of adept
=---
ef this-- erdinanee shall be subject to the parking
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signs for each building, provided each sign:
1. Shall not project horizontally for more than twelve
(12) inches therefrom the wall of the building;
2. The surface area of each sign shall not aggregate
more than 7 1/2% of the area of the front or side
wall area of the floor on which it is displayed;
3. If lighted, each shall be illuminated internally or
by indirect method with white light only;
4. Not more than one sign shall be attached to any
wall; and
5. No wall sign may be higher than fifteen (15) feet
above the ground or sidewalk.
B. In all SI Districts, one wall sign shall be permitted,
subject to the regulations set forth in Section 7 .4
above.
C. In all SI, GI and BP Districts and for PVD Districts as
provided in Subsection D below one ground sign for each
establishmentbuilding, provided:
1. It shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet
in surface area;
2. It shall be set back at least fifteen (15) feet
from any street lot line;
3. It shall net be erected so that no � portion of
it is over fifteen (15) feet in an "I" or BP
District and over ten (10) feet in a PVD District
above the ground or sidewalk; and
4. If lighted, it shall be illuminated internally or
by indirect method with white light only.
D. For PVD Districts, for each building either up to two
wall signs, as described in Subsection A above or one
ground sign, as described in Subsection C above
E. For GI, BP and PVD Districts where a number of
individually owned parcels are developed as a single
collective entity (i.e. an Industrial, Business Park, or
Planned Village Development) the Planning Board may grant
a Special Permit permitting one additional ground sign
for each entrance to the development (not to a specific
building) off of a collector street identifying the
collective entity and/or the individual business located
therein. Said sign must conform to all of the
requirements for ground signs contained in Subsection C
above.
(Amended November 50, 1981 and August 15, 1991)
Section 8. 1 Off Street Parking Requirements. For all zoning
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Parcel 54 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 55 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 56 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 57 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 58 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
To narrow the boundaries of the Watershed Protection (WP) :
That section of:
Parcel 7 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30D from the current WP boundary
to the new WP boundaries shown on the attached plan entitled
"Proposed Zoning, Northampton State Hospital"
Section 5.2 - Table of Use Regulations.
{no changes first two paragraph}
Nete See also:
ArtieleV! Ter Dimension ad density regulations §6.0
V11 rtiele11i fer Sign requirements 57.0
Artzele Vill fer Parking a d loading regulations 58.0
Artiele X. 11 rer site Plan view/Approval r_e, _____"t, 510.11
special Conservancy (SC) §13.0
Water Supply Protection District 516.0
Business Park District 517.0
Planned Village Development District 518.0
Farms, Forests and Rivers District 519.0
{No changes for rest of section}
Section 6.2 - Table of Dimensional and Density Regulations.
{No changes first paragraph. Add at end of second paragraph under
"see also. . . " : }
Planned Village DevelopmenDistrict §18.0
Farms, Forests and Rivers District §19.0
Section 7.5 - signs Permitted in' the "I." BP and PVD Districts. In
all "I, " BP and PVD Districts, the following exterior signs, and no
others, are permitted:
1. Signs permitted in 57.3 ("Rl" Districts) , subject to the same
regulations. j
2. Business signs shall be perlmitted as follows:
A. In all GI and BP Districts and for PVD Districts as
provided in Subsectioi D below not more than two wall
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shown on the attached plan entitled "Proposed Zoning,
Northampton State Hospital" as being in the FFR overlay
Parcel 20 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 31D west of the Mill River
Parcel 29 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 37 east of the westerly most
power-lines on that parcel
Parcel 56 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 37 shown on the above referenced
plan as being in the FFR overlay
Parcel 30 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38 shown on the above referenced
plan as being in the FFR overlay
From Urban Residential-A (URA)
to Rural Residential (RR) and Farms Forests and Rivers (FFR) :
That section of:
Parcel 7 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30D north of the Mill River
From Urban Residential-B (URB)
to Rural Residential (RR) and Farms Forests and Rivers (FFR) :
All of:
Parcel 51 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 37
From Suburban Residential (SR) to Rural Residential (RR) and
Planned Village Development (PVD) :
That section of:
Parcel 7 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30D currently in SR and shown on
the attached plan entitled "Proposed Zoning, Northampton State
Hospital" as being in the PVD overlay
From Suburban Residential (SR) to Urban Residential-B (URB) :
That Section of:
Parcel 30 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38 shown on the attached plan
entitled "Proposed Zoning, Northampton State Hospital" as
being in the URB.
Parcel 56 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38 shown on the attached plan
entitled "Proposed Zoning, Northampton State Hospital" as
being in the URB.
From Urban Residential-B (URB) to remain Urban Residential-B (URB)
and to be added to Planned Village Development (PVD) :
All of:
Parcel 46 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 48 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 49 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 50 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 51 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
Parcel 53 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 38
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� a
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) : A mixed residential, business, and
institutional development with extensive open space undertak
where the mixed uses are
integrated with each other, with a variety ef business and --- - - --
uses,
develeped at an overall density not exceeding that which would be
ordinarily expected from a typical conventional development. (See
§11.5 and §18.5)
Section 3.1 - Division into Districts.
{insert after Special Conservancy, otherwise no changes}
Farms, Forests & Rivers FFR Overlay "O"
District
Planned Village Development PVD
Section 3 .3 - Suy Ovetlay Zoning Districts. A Farms,
Forests & Rivers District, Planned Village Development, Watershed
Protection District, Water Supply Protection District erm and
Residential Incentive Development District 3:9 are tete
superimposed over the other districts shown on the Zoning Map, as
recognition of the special conditions which exist in such areas.
See Artie-les-X!,XIV and = Sejctions 11.0, 14.0, 16. 01 18.0 and
19.0 for applicable regulations.:
Section 3.4 - Zoning Map.
{amend Zoning Map to show the following rezoning:
From Suburban Residential (SR)
to Rural Residential (RR) a4d Farms, Forests and Rivers (FFR)
All of:
Parcel 2 of Zoning/Assessors' leap 30D
Parcel 15 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 31C
Parcel 21 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 31D
Parcel 55 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 37
Parcel 76 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 37
That section of:
Parcel 85 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30B currently in SR
Parcel 89 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30B currently in SR
Parcel 90 of Zoning/Assessors' Neap 30B currently in SR
Parcel 91 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30B currently in SR
Parcel 92 of Zoning/Assessors' Map 30B currently in SR
Parcel 93 of Zoning Assessors' Miap 30B currently in SR
Parcel 7 of Zoning/Assessors' M8p 30D south of the Mill River and
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City of Northampton, Massachusetts
Office of Planning and Development
City Hail • 210 Main Street ''` ° 2 2
Northampton, MA 01060 • (413) 586-6950 $
FAX (413) 586-3726 * �`
Community and Economic Development �t
• Conservation •Historic Preservation
• Planning Board•Zoning Board of Appeals
• Northampton Parking Commission
PROPOSED REZONING
NORTHAMPTON STATE HOSPITAL
This rezoning proposal implements the zoning sections of the
"Northampton State Hospital Plan, " adopted by the Northampton
Planning Board on March 26, 1992 and revised March, 1993 .
New language is in bold,
APPENDIX A
{make following replacements wherever they occur in the Zoning
Ordinance, keeping same case}
ARTIGLE SECTION 1.0
ARTIGLE -IS SECTION 2.0
ARTICLE !I! SECTION 3.0
ARTIGLE -I-V SECTION 4.0
ARTIE-LE -V SECTION 5.0
AflTIG E SECTION 6.0
ARTICLE V11 SECTION 7.0
ARTIGLE V-111 SECTION 8.0
ARTICLE SECTION 9.0
ARTIGLE -X SECTION 10.0
ARTIGLE SECTION 11.0
ARTIGLE Nil SECTION 12.0
ARTIGLE Kill SECTION 13. 0
ARTIGLE K! SECTION 14.0
ARTICLE SECTION 15.0
ARTICLE XWE SECTION 16.0
Section 2. 1 - General.
{insert the following Landscaped Area definition and amend the
Planned Unit Development definition, otherwise no changes}
LANDSCAPED AREA: The percent of the site, including buffers and
setbacks, with vegetation (i.e. grass or live ground cover, shrubs,
trees) underlaid by a pervious surface (soil) . Used as a measure
of the intensity of land use.
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City of Northampton, Massachusetts
Office of Planning and Development s •
City Hall • 210 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060 • (413) 586-6950 MAR 2 2
FAX (413) 586-3726 +�
• Community and Economic Developmentt
•Conservation •Historic Preservation
• Planning Board•Zoning Board of Appeals
• Northampton Parking Commission
TO: Penny Kim, Planning Director
Robert Buscher, Chair, Zoning Board of Appeals
Andrew Crystal, Chair, Planning Board
Diane Welter, Vice-Chair, Planning Board
Judith Hale, Planning Board
Marion Mendelson, Planning Board
Kenneth Jodrie, Planning Board
David Murphy, Chair, Housing Partnership Zoning Subcommittee
George Andrikidis, Assistant City Engineer, DPW
_n Frank Sienkiewicz, Building Inspector
Kathleen Fallon, City Solicitor
William Ames, Chair, City Council Ordinance Committee
Mayor Mary L. Ford
FROM: Wayne Feiden, Senior Planner
RE: Proposed Zoning Changes Related to the
DATE: March 17, 1993
Enclosed is a newly revised draft of the proposed zoning changes to implement the
Planning Board's Northampton State Hospital Plan. This incorporates the comments we
have received to-date. The Planning Board will be discussing this draft ordinance at their
March 25, 1993 meeting.
I would like to invite you to a follow-up meeting to discuss the draft on Tuesday, March
30, 1993 at 4:30 PM, in the City Hall second floor hearing room (use the back door to
City Hall).
If you have any comments, it is critical that you either attend the meeting or give me your
comments prior to this meeting. The Planning Board has indicated that they would like
to formally approve a zoning change and submit it to City Council at their April 8, 1993
meeting. Once the ordinance is formally submitted to Council, it is much more difficult
to make amendments.
(gis/wp/nsh/review2.nsh March 17, 1993)