25C-251 Fairgrounds Decision 1979•
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At its meeting on Wednesday, September 26, 1979, the Zoning
Board of Appeals for the City of Northampton voted to grant the
petition of the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural
Society, d/b/a Three County Fair, Fair Street, P. O. Box 305,
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060, for a special permit to con-
struct an arena and two horse barns at the Three County Fairgrounds,,
Northampton, Massachusetts.
Based on evidence presented to the Board, the Board made the
following findings in regard to the special permit:
1. The proposed use is listed in the Table of use Regulations.
2. The proposed use bears a positive relationship to the
public convenience in that the proposed facility will be
used for numerous agricultural and horticultural activi-
ties, and that shelter will be provided for these
activities which might otherwise have to be cancelled or
postponed in inclement weather.
3. The proposed use will not create undue traffic congestion
nor will it impair pedestrian safety because off-street
narking will be provided. While traffic problems do exist
at peak hours during periods of activity at the Fairgrounds,
the buildings themselves will not add to these problems
which can be controlled by effective traffic management
and Droner enforcement of parking violations.
4. The nronosed use will not overload public water and sewer
facilities as the applicant has taken prover steps to
provide adequate drainage with a water retention area to
prevent water pooling on the site, and the applicant will
make provisions for pumping sewage from the site to adequate
city sewage lines.
S. The pronosed use will not impair the character or integrity
of the area because the proposed structures are in keeping
with the general nature of the buildings on the parcel,
and the proposal is for an existing use, the only difference
beino that the events will be held indoors, and, as pro-
vided for in Section 9.3 of the Zoning Ordinance, the
extension of this non -conforming use would not be more
detrimental than it was previously.
6. The proposed use will not affect the health, morals or
general welfare of the community by the addition of these
buildings.
Based on the above findings, the Board voted unanimously to
grant the special permit subject to the restriction that the
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buildings be used only for agricultural or horticultural shows,
or activities related to the Fair, and subject to the conditions
j imposed by the Conservation Commission.
Charles W. Dragon
Chairman
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Raymond Capers
Associate
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Received at city Clerk's Office
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CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, Adeline Murray, City Clerk of .the City of Northampton, hereby
certify that the above Decision'of•.the Northampton Zoning Hoard
of Appeals was filed.in•the..Office.of the City. Clerk on November
$1, 1979, that twenty.days-b ve•elapsed since such filing and that
no appeal has been. filed,,ir�hi.s• matter;.
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Received and entered riitZ 9ampshire County Registry of
Deeds. Book 2207 PAGE 335,
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