XXX737 Bridge potential zoning use 2017-02-16
Former Northampton Nursing Home
737 Bridge Road
Map/Block 18C-048
Summary of potential uses based on URB zoning and the existing structure:
• Uses allowed per MGL c. 40A, § 3
• Municipal facility; facilities for essential services
• Educational use: nonprofit, dormitories, any religious use, day care, school-aged child-care program
(MGL c. 28A, § 9) and historical association or society and nonprofit museum
• Educational use: private for-profit colleges, schools, etc.
• Community Center
• 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 live nudity (not practical)
• The addition of a principal structure to a parcel where one already exists.
• Townhouses with six or fewer units
Other possibilities:
Subdivide the property to create additional building lots (frontage on Prospect Ave and Hatfield St)?
Rockridge / Lathrop type community with Assisted Living and cottages?
Affordable Housing development per 40B-21; where is Northampton re affordable units?
Specifics:
Property is 6.2 acres; 100 dwelling units at 2500 sf per unit.
70,000 sf building; it could likely accommodate 60+ dwelling units