Use and Dimen Regs CBZONING
350 Attachment 9
City of Northampton
Table of Use, Dimensional and Density Regulations
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CB)
Uses Allowed by Right-combinations are
permitted, including accessory uses, structures
and share driveways (unless otherwise noted)
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
Design
(same for
all uses)
All retail, retail marijuana,1 wholesale and business
sales and supply of goods and services
Lot size = 0
Frontage/Width/Depth = 0
Setbacks:
Front = Maximum 5 feet
Side = 0
Rear = 0
Minimum height = 30 feet
Maximum height = 70 feet
The Planning Board may grant a special permit to allow a building to be set farther back or to a lower height if it finds
that a greater setback or lower
height is necessary to preserve
historic buildings or character,
allow for urban pedestrian
malls that encourage street-
level activity, or that proposed
construction is a minor
addition to an existing
building. (See diagram.)
Landscaping and pedestrian
malls or plazas shall be
constructed between the
building and the front lot line,
and no parking is permitted in
this area. In the CBD, these
mall and plaza areas qualify as
open space.
Open space: see landscape/ screening
Site/Parking lot
landscaping: See
§ 350-8.9 for
additional land-
scaping
A 30-foot-wide
buffer strip shall be
planted along the
boundary with any
residentially zoned
lot. It shall contain a
screen of plantings ofvertical habit in the center of the strip notless than three feet in
height at the time of
occupancy of such
lot. Individual shrubs
shall be planted not
more than five 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
evenly spaced.
The buffer may be reduced to a min-
imum 20-foot width
if the Planning Board
finds that a sight-
impervious wall or
fence will be erected
of appropriate
0*
See also
§§ 350-8.2
through 350-
8.11 for
location,
construction,
layout, require-
ments for
parking lots.
*Note: No new parking re-quired for any reuse or new
construction,
except in the
case of new
footprint/con-
struction for
theaters,
churches,
gyms, places of
public
assembly with
seating, hotels/
motels and/or
nightclubs. See
table in § 350-
8.1C for re-
quirements.
See Central
Business
Archi-
tecture
review
criteria,
Chapter
156
Office (drive-through only allowed by special
permit)
Office with drive-through √√ Planning Board
Restaurant (drive-through not allowed), bar,
entertainment, community center
Hotel/Motel
Trades, artist’s space
Temporary event
Health/Athletic club, indoor recreation, membership
club operated for profit or nonprofit
Any residential use above the first floor, any
residential use located to the rear of otherwise
permitted nonresidential uses that occupy a space at
least 20 feet deep, and any residential use on a
property which does not abut on a public way or
public park (however, not classifying rail trails as
public parks) maintained by the City. Home
businesses are considered residential uses for these
purposes.
Commercial or public parking facility or the addition
of 6 or more parking spaces √
Single or multimodal passenger terminal
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 must be above
first floor only)
Agricultural uses
Telecommunication antennas on existing towers or
other structures which do not require the
construction of a new tower (in accordance with
§ 350-10.9)
√
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NORTHAMPTON CODE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CB)
Uses Allowed by Right-combinations are
permitted, including accessory uses, structures
and share driveways (unless otherwise noted)
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
Design
(same for
all uses)
materials and
sufficient height to
screen abutting properties and will provide at least as
Veterinary hospital in which all animals are kept
inside permanent buildings
Private utility substation or similar facility or
building √
Power plant and/or district utility √√ Planning Board
New telecommunications structures/facilities (in
accordance with §§ 350-2.1 and 350-10.9)√√ Planning Board
Research and development facilities √
See 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.
See above.See above.
More than one curb cut (>1 existing may remain
unless change of use triggers site plan)√√ Planning Board
Access to parking over residential lot; see § 350-8.9 √√ Planning Board
Rooftop solar hot water and photovoltaic N/A None 0 None.
Install-
ations must
be main-
tained in
good
condition
Solar photovoltaic of any size, ground-mounted:
1.Over any legal parking lot or driveway;
2.At any landfill site not separated from the site-
assigned property by any road; and
3.At an airport not separated from the runways by
any road.
√Same setbacks as setbacks
for other accessory
buildings in the district
Sufficient land-
scaping within the
setbacks to
provide effective
visual separation
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ZONING
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CB)
Uses Allowed by Right-combinations are
permitted, including accessory uses, structures
and share driveways (unless otherwise noted)
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
Design
(same for
all uses)
with
painting,
structural
repairs and
security
maintained
and
facilities no
longer
being used
dismantled
within 90
days.
Accessory solar photovoltaic ground-mounted on a
parcel with any building or use, provided that the PV
is sized to generate no more than 200% of the annual
projected electric use of the non-PV building or use
√Setbacks:
Front = 50 feet
Side = 50 feet
Rear = 50 feet
And such open space as
applies to the principal
building
See above 0
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.
√
Medical marijuana √
Any marijuana independent testing laboratory or
other testing labs only when located below grade,
above the first floor or behind a street-front unit
reserved for an allowed commercial use, which is at
least 30 feet deep, or in a building that does not abut
on a public way maintained by the City.
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NORTHAMPTON CODE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CB)
Uses Allowed by Right-combinations are
permitted, including accessory uses, structures
and share driveways (unless otherwise noted)
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
Design
(same for
all uses)
Short-term rentals. Such rentals must be registered
with the City and are only valid for the year in which
registration is completed and expire December 31
each year.
Notes:
1 No establishment shall be located within 200 feet of a preexisting public or private school providing education in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12. Building facades and
property must be consistent with the character of the neighborhood, including such items as transparent storefront windows with a view into the interior of the building. Security measures
must appear from the outside of the building to be consistent with the character of the neighborhood.
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