test-delete Former Northampton Nursing Home
737 Bridge Road
Map/Block 18C-048
Continued use as a licensed Nursing Home is allowed as of right
Potential uses based on URB zoning and the existing structure; most will require zoning
approval:
• 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
• Licensed Nursing Home or licensed Assisted Living facility
• 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 with site plan approval, or, with a special permit, a townhouse
project creating seven or more units in one or more phases within a five-year period.
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 MGL c. 40B, § 21
Specifics:
Property is 6.2 acres; potential for up to 108 dwelling units at 2500 sf per unit.
70,000 sf building; it could likely accommodate 70+ assisted living units