20.164 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to URA Table of UseCity of Northampton
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In the Year Two Thousand Twenty
Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability
20.164 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to URA Table of Use
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.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Northampton, in City Council assembled, as follows:
URA Attachment 6 Be modified by adding and deleting text as Follows with no other changes to Attachment
6:
1. 1. If a garage or otherFor
attached garages/
parking structure isthat
face the street attached
a. , it must be set stepped
back 20’ 10’ from the
house façade;
b. and the garage/structure
shall comprise no more
than 30% of the front
facade of the primary
structure unless the
garage is stepped back
from the façade by 20(A).
;
The criteria above does not
apply to residential structures
that are either behind another
principal structure which is
along the street front or if the
structure is setback 40’ or
more from the front lot line.
c. The sSide setback may be
10’ for the garage only
when not used as a living
area.
See additional specific criteria
for 2-family homes
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Uses Allowed by Right:
Two-Family By- Right
Ordinances 2 of 10
• Single-family home
Two – family less than 3,400 sf total of new construction. See additional criteria in 350-6.11 NOTE-
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Uses Allowed by Site Plan
Two single-family dwellings per lot See additional criteria in 350-6.11 NOTE- Make HYPERLINK
Two-family, greater than 3,400 sf total of new construction See additional criteria in 350-6.11 NOTE-
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