20.163 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to Definitions City of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year Two Thousand Twenty
Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability
20.163 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to Definitions
An Ordinance of the City of Northampton, Massachusetts, providing that the Code of
Ordinances, City of Northampton, Massachusetts, be amended to allow two-family homes/lots
by-right in most of the residential districts within the City by amending multiple sections within
Chapter 350 relating to definitions, parking, lot layout, design.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Northampton, in City Council assembled, as
follows:
Chapter 350-2.1 DEFINITIONS
ACCESSORY APARTMENT
See § 350-10.10, Accessory apartments.
DWELLING, Two- Family/ Two Single Family below
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A Two-Family Dwelling is a residential building type in which two dwelling units are contained
within a single free-standing structure, including attached accessory apartments, two unit
townhouses, backyard cottages. Units may be in distinct, but attached, massesA detached
building containing two dwelling units.
DWELLING, TWO SINGLE-FAMILY
Two Single-Family Dwellings Located on One Lot is a residential development type in which two free
standing detached single-family dwellings are located on a single lot, including detached accessory
apartments and backyard cottages, two-unit townhouses.
Two-Family By- Right
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