NO2226-350j Use and Dimen Regs EB 8-14ZONING
350 Attachment 10
City of Northampton
Table of Use, Dimensional and Density Regulations
ENTRANCEWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT (EB)
Allowed Uses (by right unless otherwise noted)
-any mix or their accessory uses/structures,
including common drives
If checked, site plan
approval required by
Planning Board
See § 350-11.1 (new
construction of 2,000+
triggers site plan)
If checked, special
permit approval
required by
designated board
Dimensions
(same for all uses)
Landscaping
(same for
all uses)
Minimum
Parking
(same for
all uses)
Building/
Site Design
(applies to
all façade
and roof
changes)
All retail, wholesale and business sales and supply
of goods and services. Establishments with drive-
through component are not allowed.
Minimum lot size = 0
Frontage/Width/Depth = 0
Setbacks:Front = 0*Side = 0
Rear = 0
Minimum height = 20 feet
Maximum height = 65 feet
Open space = N/A (see land-
scape/screening)
* No parking allowed between
street and building and the
horizontal plan extended from
the building running parallel to
the sidewalk.
Along street:
When building abuts
sidewalk, no landscaping
between building and
sidewalk; otherwise,
minimum 8-foot buffer as stated below (w/o trees) or plaza are required between sidewalk and building
AND
A 10-foot-deep planted
buffer between sidewalk
and parking lot shall
include 1 shade tree per
25 feet of lot frontage in addition to mix of shrubs, grasses, perennials, seating, etc. Turf grasses only
allowed by Planning
Board site plan approval.
Sustainable, no-mow
grasses are strongly
encouraged. Screening
shall be at least 3 feet high upon planting to screen car grills. See City list for shade trees.http://www.northampton
ma.gov/planbd/
Parking lots shall be
designed to prevent
bumpers from
overhanging 10-foot
buffer. Additionally, to accommodate increased pedestrian traffic when site plan is triggered, a 10-foot cement concrete
sidewalk shall be
constructed along the
length of the property in
the right-of-way unless
Based on
footprint/GFA in
accord with table
§ 350-8.1
One bike rack
per 10 parking
spaces up to 15 required (indoor or outdoor). Storage must allow locking of
bicycles to racks
or inside storage
containers.
See remaining
portion of § 350-8for other provisions to share or reduce parking.
No additional
off-street parking
is required for:
(1) Continued use
or reuse of existing buildings,as long as that useor reuse does not increase the total
floor area within
the building nor
include outside
storage of cars for
sale or rent.
(2) The replacement of
Any proposed
landscaping
and pedestrian
malls or plazas
shall be
constructed between the building and the front lot line, but may
wrap around
the side of the
building.
All facades visible from a public way shall comply with the
following:
Street façade
shall include a
door facing the
street or on the
corner of the building. Windows and doors shall comprise at
least 30% of
each floor’s
front wall
unless other
projections or
elements are used to enhance the pedestrian experience.
Facades
facing
Office with drive-through component √√ Planning Board
Office (no drive-through)
Restaurant (drive-through not allowed), bar,
entertainment, community center
Hotel/Motel
Health/Athletic club, indoor recreation, membership
club operated for profit or nonprofit
Any residential use above the first floor, home
office/occupation
Commercial or public parking lot or structure,
passenger terminal/stand √
Facilities for essential services, municipal facility
Education, religious use, day care, school-aged
child-care program (MGL c. 28A, § 9), family day
care (with registration with Building
Commissioner); historical association, and nonprofit
museum (residence of a caretaker above first floor
only)
Agricultural uses; horses and animals as accessory
uses in accordance with § 350-5.3
Tradesman, artist’s space
Temporary event
Funeral establishment
Veterinary hospital in which all animals are kept
inside permanent buildings
Access to parking over residential lot; see § 350-8.9 √√ Planning Board
Addition of 6 or more parking spaces √
Automotive repair (not junkyard) without gasoline
sales √
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NORTHAMPTON CODE
ENTRANCEWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT (EB)
Allowed Uses (by right unless otherwise noted)
-any mix or their accessory uses/structures,
including common drives
If checked, site plan
approval required by
Planning Board
See § 350-11.1 (new
construction of 2,000+
triggers site plan)
If checked, special
permit approval
required by
designated board
Dimensions
(same for all uses)
Landscaping
(same for
all uses)
Minimum
Parking
(same for
all uses)
Building/
Site Design
(applies to
all façade
and roof
changes)
otherwise waived by the
Planning Board for
intermediate site plan
projects.
Site/Parking Lot Landscaping:
See also § 350-8.9 for
additional required items
in parking lots.
Landscaped islands
constructed to meet the
existing finished
floor space and
unfinished
basements on the
same parcel with
site plan approval
(but no increase innet floor space).
(3) Municipal facilities or
projects.
Parking shall not
be located within
10 feet of front lot
residential
districts shall
be designed to
minimize impacts and noise, including special care to
enclose HVAC
or other
accessory
equipment.
For buildings
less than 30 feet high, roof lines should have a minimum pitch
of 5:12 unless
approved
otherwise by
the Planning
Board.
Telecommunications antennas which are located on
existing telecommunications towers or other
structures which do not require the construction of a
new tower (in accordance with § 350-10.9)
√
More than one curb cut (more than one existing may
remain unless change of use triggers site plan)√√ Planning Board
Automotive service station (not junkyard) with or
without convenience commercial, selling leasing
renting automobiles and/or used automobiles and
trucks, new automobile tires and other accessories,
boats, motorcycles and household and camping
trailers
√√ Planning Board
Private utility, substation or similar facility or
building √
Power plant or district utility √√ Planning Board
New telecommunications structures/facilities (in
accordance with §§ 350-2.1 and 350-10.9)√√ Planning Board
Buffer to Residential
Districts:
A 30-foot-wide buffer
strip shall be planted
along the boundary with
any residentially zoned
lot. It shall contain a screen of plantings of vertical habit in the center of the strip not less than 3 feet in width
and 6 feet in height at
the time of occupancy of
such lot.
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ZONING
ENTRANCEWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT (EB)
Allowed Uses (by right unless otherwise noted)
-any mix or their accessory uses/structures,
including common drives
If checked, site plan
approval required by
Planning Board
See § 350-11.1 (new
construction of 2,000+
triggers site plan)
If checked, special
permit approval
required by
designated board
Dimensions
(same for all uses)
Landscaping
(same for
all uses)
Minimum
Parking
(same for
all uses)
Building/
Site Design
(applies to
all façade
and roof
changes)
Individual shrubs shall
be planted not more than5 feet on center, and individual trees thereafter shall be maintained by the owner
or occupants so as to
maintain a visually
impervious screen (upon
planting) year-round. At
least 50% of the
plantings shall be evenlyspaced.
The buffer may be reduced to a minimum
20-foot width if the
Planning Board finds
that a site-impervious
wall or fence will be
erected of appropriate
materials and sufficient height to screen abuttingproperties and will provide at least as much mitigation as the
vegetated barrier
described above.
Existing trees and
ground cover should be
preserved in this strip, reducing the need to plant additional trees. Trees may not be cut down in this strip
without site plan
approval.
All landscaping shall be
maintained in a healthy
growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance, and free of refuse and debris. All plantings shall be
arranged and maintained
so as to not obscure the
vision of traffic.
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NORTHAMPTON CODE
ENTRANCEWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT (EB)
Allowed Uses (by right unless otherwise noted)
-any mix or their accessory uses/structures,
including common drives
If checked, site plan
approval required by
Planning Board
See § 350-11.1 (new
construction of 2,000+
triggers site plan)
If checked, special
permit approval
required by
designated board
Dimensions
(same for all uses)
Landscaping
(same for
all uses)
Minimum
Parking
(same for
all uses)
Building/
Site Design
(applies to
all façade
and roof
changes)
Reuse of an historic educational or religious building
for any residential use on the ground floor or any
other commercial use not otherwise allowed in the
district, provided that such use is within the footprint
of the existing building. The existing building may
be expanded to accommodate elevators and
stairwells, provided that all historically contributing
portions of the building are retained and covered
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). 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.
√
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