21.356 An Ordinance Relative to Housekeeping Changes to the Zoning OrdinanceCity of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-One
Upon the recommendation of Council President Gina-Louise Sciarra, Councilor Karen Foster
and Councilor John Thorpe
21.356 An Ordinance Relative to Housekeeping Changes to the Zoning Ordinance
An ordinance of the City of Northampton, Massachusetts, providing that the Code of Ordinances,
City of Northampton, Massachusetts, be amended to incorporate housekeeping changes
recommended by the Ordinance Review Committee in its report dated March 31, 2021 and
additional changes proposed by the Office of Planning and Sustainability and the Disability
Commission subsequent to the issuance of the Ordinance Review Committee's report.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Northampton, in City Council assembled, as
follows:
The Code of Ordinances shall be and hereby is amended as follows:
In section 350-2.1, by deleting in the definition of “ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE” the
phrase “disabled residents” and replacing it with the phrase “persons with disabilities”.
In section 350-3.4, by deleting in subsection A the word “Development” and by replacing it with
the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-3.5, by deleting in subsection A the word “Development” and by replacing it with
the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-6.2, by deleting in subsection A by deleting the phrase “Handicap access” and
replacing it with the phrase “Accessible wheelchair” and by deleting the phrase “the physically
handicapped” and replacing it with “persons with disabilities”.
In section 350-7.4, by deleting in subsubsection D(3) the word “Development” and by replacing
it with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-8.1, by deleting in subsection C the phrase “500 square feet of gross floor area, up
to a maximum of two per dwelling unit Development” and by replacing it with the phrase “See
specific district use table”.
In section 350-8.8, by deleting in subsection P the word “Development” and by replacing it with
the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-8.8, by deleting in subsection Q the word “Development” and by replacing it with
the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-8.10, by deleting in subsection B the word “Development” and by replacing it
with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-10.1, by deleting in subsection A the word “Development” and by replacing it
with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-10.1, by deleting in subsubsection B(1) the word “Development” and by replacing
it with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-10.4, by deleting in subsection C the word “Development” and by replacing it
with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-10.9, by deleting in subsubsection C (2) the word “Development” and by
replacing it with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-10.15, by deleting in subsubsection 7 of subsection B the word “Development”
and by replacing it with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-11.5, by deleting in subsection A the word “Development” and by replacing it
with the word “Sustainability”.
In section 350-20.7, by deleting in subsection A the phrase “the disabled” and replacing it with
the phrase “persons with disabilities”.