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25C-095 (36) Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws (MGL) Chapter 40A, Section 11, no Finding or any extension, modification or renewal thereof, shall take effect until a copy of the decision bearing the certification of the City Clerk that twenty days have elapsed after the decision has been filed, or if such an appeal has been filed that it has been dismissed or denied, is recorded in the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds or Land Court, as applicable, and indexed under the name of the owner of record or is recorded and noted on the owner's certificate of title. The fee for such recording or registering shall be paid by the owner or applicant. It is the owner or applicant's responsibility to pick up a the certified decision of the City Clerk and record it at the Registry of Deeds. The Northampton Zoning Board of Appeals hereby certifies that a Finding has been GRANTED and that copies of this decision and all plans referred to in it have been filed with the Planning Board and the City Clerk. Pursuant to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40A, Section 15, notice is hereby given that this decision is filed with the Northampton City Clerk on the date below. If you wish to appeal this action, your appeal must be filed pursuant to MGL Chapter 40A Section 17, with the Hampshire County Superior Court or Northampton District Court and notice of this appeal filed with the City Clerk within twenty(20) days of the date this decision was filed with the City Clerk. Applicant: Michael G. Sissman—211 North Street This Decision is Dated: June 14, 2001 This Decision was Filed with the City Clerk on: ,Tune 26, 2001 I 4k CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 11, I, Angela Dion, Board Secretary, hereby certify that I caused copies of this decision to be mailed, postage-prepaid, to the applicant and owner on June 26, 2001. 5. "North Elevation Floor Plans for the Twin Cleaners Building, 211 North Street, Northampton, MA"Drawing No. PR.2, prepared by Ford Gillen Architects, Inc., dated May 23, 2001. Zoning Board Members present and voting were: Chair Mark NeJame, Larry Snyder and Sara Northrup. The Findings of the Board under Section 9.3 (1)(D) for a change in use on a Pre-existing non- conforming structure were as follows: 1. The Board found that such change, conversion of a first floor drycleaners and second floor residential use to first floor and partial second floor offices, will not be substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing nonconforming structure and when said change, extension or alteration will not extend any closer to any front, side or rear property boundary than the current zoning allows or existing structure already extends and will not create any new violation of other zoning provisions and does not involve a sign. The following conditions were imposed with this Finding: 1. Office use is for "Business offices including such uses as corporate offices, back offices, and insurance processing and any other office EXCLUDING medical, banking and any offices where a primary function is to provide services to retail customers or individuals; 2. DPW approval of stormwater drainage plans prior to the issuance of a building permit; 3. Exterior lights will be off by midnight; 4. Lights will be baffled to allow zero candlepower at the property line; 5. Evergreens shall be planted as a buffer along the property line of Lynne M. and Mark F. Schmittlein to protect their residence from the exterior lighting at this site; 6. The letter dated June 14, 2001, from Michael Sissman to the ZBA, that outlines agreements with abutters shall become conditions of this permit, and; 7. According to the plans submitted to the Office of Planning & Development. � i PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT • CITY OF NORTHAMPTON Citp Hall• 2 i o Main Street,Room ii • Northampton,MA o i o60-3198 • (413)S87-1266 • Fax:S87-1264 p iden,Director•email:planning @city.northampton.ma.us•internet:wivmnorthamptonp[anning.org SUN 2 6 2001 p6� Of BU�tpti•�G1NSP01p60 S DECISION OF �l(R7e ��N,MA THAMPTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS APPLICANT: Michael G. Sissman APPLICANT'S ADDRESS: 134 South Street Northampton, MA 01060 OWNER: Robert D. Raymond OWNER'S ADDRESS: 211 North Street Northampton, MA 01060 RE LAND OR BUILDINGS IN NORTHAMPTON-AT: 21;1 North Street ASSESSOR'S MAP and PARCEL NUMBERS 25C PARCELS 94,.95 &9& At a meeting conducted on June 14, 2001, the Northampton Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously voted 3:0 to grant the request of Michael Sissman for a FINDING under the provisions of 9.3(1)(D) in the Northampton Zoning Ordinance to convert a first floor drycleaners and second floor residential use to first floor and partial second floor offices at 211 North Street, Map 25C, Parcels 94, 95 & 96 in accordance with the following plans: 1. "Existing Conditions Plan for the Twin Cleaners Building, 211 North Street, Northampton, MA"Drawing No. 1, prepared by Henson Fuller& Daylor, dated May 24, 2001. 2. "Layout Plan for the Twin Cleaners Building, 211 North Street, Northampton, MA"Drawing No. 2,prepared by Henson Fuller&Daylor, dated May 24, 2001 and revised June 14, 2001. 3. "Grading&Utility Plan for the Twin Cleaners Building, 211 North Street, Northampton, MA"Drawing No. 3, prepared by Henson Fuller &Daylor, dated May 24, 2001. 4. "Detail Sheet, for the Twin Cleaners Building, 211 North Street, Northampton, MA"Drawing No. 4, prepared by Henson Fuller&Daylor, dated May 24, 2001. planning board•conservation commission -zoning boardof appeals •housing partnership•redevelopment authoritS •northampton GIS economic development -comm unitpdevelopment.historic district commission •historical commission•central business architecture original printedon recycedpaper