URB-C District ECODE ReadyCity of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year Two Thousand Twenty
Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability
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:
Amend 350 Attachment 7, 8 for URB and URC tables with additions and strikethroughs follows, with no other changes to those attachments:
FOR URB, URC
Lot Dimension Requirements
Layout Setbacks . See additional form/layout requirements for two-family below in “Uses Allowed by Right”
Lot Size
Single or Two family: 3,750 ft2
3+ units: 2,500 ft2 minimum (min) per unit
Frontage/Width = 50’ Min.
Depth = 75’ Min.
Detached accessory structure/garage/storage = 10’ behind front of principal structure , 4’ (side and rear lot line)
Design Standards Illustrated
Planning Board may waive, by site plan approval elements 2, 3, 4 below if it can be shown that a different design meets a pedestrian-scale design that encourages public/private transition
and interface (e.g. similar elements facing internal courtyards or private streets)
1. For attached garages/ parking structures that face the street,
The front face of the garage must be stepped back 10’ from the house façade; and
The garage 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.
The side setback may be 10’ for the garage only when not used as living area.
See additional specific criteria for 2-family homes
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1. For attached garages/ parking structures that face the street,
The front face of the garage must be stepped back 10’ from the house façade; and
The garage 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.
The side setback may be 10’ for the garage only when not used as living area.
See additional specific criteria for 2-family homes
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ADD: /
USES ALLOWED
Site Plan Approval required for the following:
Two single-family dwellings per lot
Special Permit Approval required for the following uses by Planning Board unless otherwise noted:
NOTE: All references to Accessory dwelling units and provisions for such units attached or detached by right or by special permit to be deleted in its entirety in the URB and URC tables.