1 Garfield Zoning determination 2015-11-05City of Northampton
Massachusetts
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS
212 Main Street ● Municipal Building
Northampton, MA 01060
Thomas Michel
P.O. Box 60657
65 North Main Street
Florence, MA 01062
November 5, 2015
Dear Mr. Michel,
I have reviewed the most recent zoning permit applications you have submitted to for a single
family dwelling at 1 Garfield Avenue in Florence.
I have conditionally approved these two proposals. You will need to submit the documentation
required by the Homeowner’s Association Declarations and by the deed to the property before we start
to review a building permit application.
The Homeowner’s Association Declarations require:
a. a plot plan of the lot, showing the location of the proposed construction:
b. building plans, including drawings which show the elevations of the proposed construction;
c. a description of exterior materials and colors; and
d. the lot owner's proposed construction schedule.
The property deed requires requirement that the grantee hire one of the licensed architects who
entered the City's 2013 "small lot/BIG IDEAS" design competition when they design a house for the
property
I feel confident that I will be able to approve either of the two most recent proposals. The plans
you have submitted don’t show the degree of detail needed for an unqualified approval but both seem
reasonable.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Perhaps we could sit down and have a
reasonable discussion about this process. It could save us both some time and aggravation.
Respectfully,
Louis Hasbrouck
Building Commissioner
City of Northampton
(413) 587-1240
lhasbrouck@city.northampton.ma.us
cc Office of Planning and Sustainability