Northampton Soccer Club Permit Ext. 2011-05-16 (2)City of Northampton
Massachusetts
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS
212 Main Street ● Municipal Building
Northampton, MA 01060
Mark A. Tanner
Bacon Wilson, P.C.
31 Trumbull Road
Northampton, MA 01060
May 18, 2011
Dear Attorney Tanner,
I received your letter dated May 13, 2011 requesting that I enforce the terms of the August 6,
2007 Planning Board decision regarding soccer activities at the Oxbow Marina, and not enforce the
terms of the 2010 Planning Board decision restricting activities at the same location. Your request is
based on the opinion that Section 173 of Chapter 240 of the Acts of 2010, known as the Permit
Extension Act, applies to the 2007 Planning Board decision.
It is my determination that the Permit Extension Act does apply to the 2007 Planning Board
decision, and that Special Permit is extended until June 30, 2012. Soccer activity is allowed under the
terms and conditions of that permit. I have included a copy of the decision.
The conditions of the 2007 permit include utilization of an offsite parking area and traffic counts.
The next traffic count must begin as soon as possible.
The condition concerning traffic reduction states “the applicant shall utilize an off-site parking
area to enable park and walking to fields and/or carpooling to fields. Such a site shall accommodate 60
cars”. The board’s determination included the wording “The applicant will utilize a parking lot offsite for
at least 60 vehicles to reduce the total number of vehicles traveling down Island Road to the
Marina/soccer site”. If the club chooses to utilize a parking area other than the PCA lot at the west end
of Island Road, I will require some sort of proof that a significant number of the players are carpooling.
Please contact me to discuss how we might verify this.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Respectfully,
Louis Hasbrouck
Building Commissioner
City of Northampton
(413) 587-1240
lhasbrouck@city.northampton.ma.us
cc by email: Northampton Planning Department
Northampton Soccer Club
Island Road Residents