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350 Attachment 6:3 09 - 01 - 2014
URA USES ALLOWED
Uses Allowed by Right:
• Single-family home
• Attached accessory dwelling unit not to exceed 900 square feet gross living area. § See 350-10.10.
• Home business (up to 25 visits per week as defined in § 350-2.1).
• Accessory uses to residential:
Tag sales: temporary sales of personal and household articles
Fences
Pets/Animals (see § 350-5.3)
• Accessory structures, detached (but no larger than 1,000 square feet 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
• Preexisting nonconforming uses (may trigger Zoning Board of Appeals permit)
• Family day care (registration w/Building Commissioner required)
• Cemetery
• Temporary event as defined in § 350-2.1
• Municipal facility; facilities for essential services
• Agriculture, 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
• Rooftop solar hot water and photovoltaic
• Accessory solar photovoltaic (PV) ground-mounted on a parcel with any building/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/use. Same setbacks as for detached accessory structures.
• Solar photovoltaic of any size, ground-mounted over any legal parking lot or driveway
Site Plan Approval Required for the Following:
• Any new construction, other than for a single-family home, greater than 2,000 square feet
• Educational use: nonprofit, dormitories, religious use, day care, school-aged child-care program
(MGL c. 28A, § 9)
• Private bridge tunnel
• Reuse 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(s) 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
necessarily meeting federal or state preservation standards for the entire building). The existing
building may be expanded to accommodate elevators and stairwells. Portions of the building that are
not part of the original architecture of the building and which do not contribute to the historical or
architectural significance of the building as determined by the Planning Board, with input from the
Historical Commission, may be demolished.
• Cluster development. See below for lot layout standards, and see § 350-10.5 for other criteria.
• Parking off-site and shared parking. See §§ 350-8.5 and 350-8.7.
• Creation or expansion of six or more parking spaces.
• Parking requirement reduction. See § 350-8.10F.
• Parking lot access for nonresidential uses across a residential lot. See § 350-8.9.
• Residential shared driveways. See § 350-8.8R.
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350 Attachment 6:4 09 - 01 - 2014
• Private utility, substation or district utility, small-scale hydroelectric generation
• Year-round greenhouse/stand for wholesale and retail sale of agricultural products raised on site
• Telecommunications 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)
Special Permit Approval Required for the Following Uses by Planning Board Unless Otherwise
Noted:
• Detached accessory dwelling unit (see § 350-10.10–Zoning Board of Appeals special permit)
• Home business for personal service business by appointment only or home business with more than
25 visits per week, etc. (see § 350-10.12 for more criteria–Zoning Board of Appeals special permit)
• Accessory solar photovoltaic ground-mounted on a parcel with any building or use, between 8 KW
or over 100% but no more than 200% of the annual projected electric use of the non-PV building or
use
• Removal of sand and gravel quarry or other raw material. See § 350-10.2.
• Commercial stable or kennel in which all animals, fowl, or other forms of life are completely
enclosed in pens or other structures. See § 350-10.8 and exemptions under MGL c 40A. Parking
determined by § 350-8.2.
• Community center
• Bed-and-breakfast/tourist home.
• Halfway house
• Nursing homes, assisted living
• Membership club operated as a not-for-profit corporation, as defined by MGL c. 180, excluding any
adult establishments which display nudity
• Filling of any land. See § 350-10.4.
• Filling of water or wet area. See § 350-10.3.
• Crematory
• Heavy public use–City Council special permit
Cluster Development Lot Layout Standards
1. Project lot = 2-acre minimum
2. Project frontage = 75 feet
3. Project depth = 100 feet
4. Setbacks from project boundary:
Front =20 feet
Side = 15 feet
Rear = 20 feet
5. Individual lot frontage, setbacks, frontage = 0 feet
6. Maximum height = 40 feet
7. Project open space = 50%
8. Design: Planning Board to review layout to ensure project transitions between existing neighborhood
along street and proposed project. For new buildings, setback, scale, massing should fit within the
block face. Mature specimen trees shall be preserved unless shown to be infeasible. No minimum
setbacks, lot size, frontage, or open space for internal lots. More than one structure may be located
on a single lot.