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APPLICATION IS HEREBY MADE TO THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS,
2. Owner of Property Robert N and Audrey S Wade
Address 422 North Farms Road,(Florenge) Northampton _
3. Applicant is: xOwner; El Contract Purchaser; F] Lessee; ❑Tenant in Possession.
4. Application Is made for:
xVARIANCE from the provisions of Section VI page 1 of the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Northampton. Table Dimensional and Density Regulations,
Paragraph RR
1 SPECIAL PERMIT under the provisions of Section page of the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Northampton.
OTHER:
5. Location of Property 422 North Farms Road being situated on
the westerly side of N. Farms Road Street; and shown on the Assessors' Maps,
Sheet No. 7 Parcel (s) 9 and 10
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7. Description of proposed work andlor use; Reduce frontage requirements -- in
order to form thre parcels with large set—hank from th rna,l
8. Sketch plan attached; XYes No
9. Site plan. Attched Not Required Note that Plot Plan is attached.
10. Set forth reasons upon which application is based: _ See attached sheet
11, Abutters (see Instructions; list on reverse side of form)_
12. 1 hereby certify that information contained herein is true to the best of my knowledge.
Date May 9, 1978 A pplicant's Signature -1 '2—
10. set forth reasons upon which application is based:
The shape and topography of the subject parcel, where the
frontage is limited but the depth is great makes a variance
necessary so that the land on the westerly portion of the property
does not go into disuse, thus posing a genuine substantial hard-
ship for the Applicants.
Any homes to be constructed would be in the far westerly
portion of the property, with the proposed house on parcel one
to be set back 1500 feet from North Farms Road and that on parcel
three 1200 feet from North Farms Road. Thus, the intent of the
by -law applicable to frontage is not derogated from in that the
density will not be increased by a granting of the variance.
If the variance is granted no detriment to the public good
will be posed due to the great distance of the proposed homes
from the road.
In fact, the subject parcel, due to its shape and topography,
would use the frontage primarily as an access to homes on the far
westerly portion of the parcel. If the variance is not granted,
the Applicants are deprived of the full use of their property,
while paying the full tax rate on this property. Neither the
intent of the by -law nor the public good would be harmed owing
to the particular shape and topography of the land for which
Applicants seek a variance from the frontage requirements.
INSFECiI:i : Li'_4T
NORTY,AML
DECISION OF THK
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
At its meeting on Wednesday, July 18, 1976, the Zoning Board
of Appeals for the City of Northampton voted to grant the petition
of Robert N. and Audrey S. Wade for a variance to allow two homes
to be built on a lot on North Farms Road which has less frontage
than is required under the Zoning Ordinance.
Based upon evidence presented to the Board, the Board made
the following findings in regard to the variance:
1. The property in its present form is unique and has prob—
lems affectin,P it and no other in the Zoning District in that
it is a key lot with insufficient frontage, resulting from a
'Zoning change after applicants' purchase of the lot., but a
large area.
2. The literal enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance would in—
volve substantial hardship to the owners in that it prohibits
them from making a fair and reasonable use of their property.
3. The proposed use will not be detrimental to the public
good in that it will not overload public facilities or result
in overcrowding because the lot size exceeds the Zoning Ordi—
nance requirements.
4. The proposed use will not nullify or derogate the intent
of the Zoning Ordinance because residential dwellings are
allowed in this Zoning District.
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RAYMOND OND CA hRS, ASSOCIATE . �
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DAVID WAme r; , ASS 0 A'.L;
City of Northampton, Massachusetts
Planning Department
Rm. 102, Municipal Office Bldg. • 212 Main St.
Northampton, MA 01060 a (413) 584 -0344
•Conservation Commission• H Wmlml Commission• Planning Board Board of Appeals
•Community Development Program•Hausing Behabllitailon Program
-Capital Improvement Program Committee
June 5, 1978
Mr. Charles W. Dragon
Chairman
Board of Appeals
Northampton, MA 01060
OPINION OF THE PLANNING BOARD IN THE MATTER OF -
Request of Robert and Audrey Wade for a variance to reduce the
frontage requirements in order to form three parcels -
The Planning Board, at its meeting of May 17, voted unani-
mously to recommend that the subject application be approved.
The Board noted that the shape of the parcel in question is
unusual, and that as a result, the strict application of the
zoning ordinance regulations would create a hardship. The Board
also noted that the proposed division of land would effectively
preclude any further subdivision, and consequently, the character
of the neighborhood would be more or less preserved, not injured.
If you have any questions, please c 1 me.
cc: Building Inspector
Law Department
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,Sn,ME oRGUJMTTG AGAINST THE PETITInN at 422 North Farm- Road
1. Detriment to public goo ".
a. North Fame woad as an offically named scenic route.
b. The woods and hills up there as an unofficial but
traditional public park, recreational area.
2. No substantial hard §hip shown. j
The 36 acres were bought for 12,250 and are assessed at /
cal, ?8630, Building lots around there in 1973 were
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five -six thousand an acre, and are assessed at about
$2aab_ per acre. He has no building lots "going into disuse."
He has 36 woodland acres sumo nding his nice private home.
He is not paying taxes at building lot rate, but at countryxl
side rate.
3. petition contradicts the intention of the ordinance. The ordinznce
has as a purpose "to lessen congestion; to encourage the most
appropriate use of land; to conserve the value o5 land." Frontage
regulations are to control density of pe ulation, period; not
just to control the nambe: of houses next to a given road. To
cut a regulation of 175 feet down to 49 feet is to increase density.
And it is also to give up any reasonable control, for the sane
arguments which he has used this time would be equally applicable
should he ask to subdivide his remaining 27 acres later, cutting
frontage dorm to 39, 29 or 10.
4. The circumstances appealed to in the petition are not
peculiar to this one lot, but apply to mam many lots in Northampton's
Rural Residential districts. Not only his lot has extensive back
acreage with small frontage, but so do lot,),iQ 8, 44; Tizotte's
lot, Ba,owski's, dager'e(former homessead on east of NFd)• o0
does the 27 acres Air. Wade bought this sear adjacent to lager's,
with only some 400 feet of frontage. And many more.
5. uo finally granting the petition would amount t nullifying
the frontage control regulation altogether and opening the way:
to uncontroled development in the North Farms Road area.
If and when the city is ready for such development anc..
expansion, I think it should take over those small frontages and
open city roads back into the area tr be developed; and do this
in a planned, controlled way. Until then, it should stick to
its new zoning regulations and the plans they embody.
Quentin Quesnell
390 North Farms Road
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