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20.165 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - MODIFIED Amendment to URB-URC Tables of UseCity of Northampton MASSACHUSETTS In the Year Two Thousand Twenty Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability 20.165 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to URB-URC Tables 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: 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 for all uses. 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. If aFor attached garages/ or other parking structures that face the street, is attached, it must be set a) The front face of the garage must be stepped back 120’ from the house façade; and b) Tthe 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). DELETE: Two-Family By- Right Ordinances 3 of 10 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 workshop/storageliving area etc.  See additional specific criteria for 2-family homes ADD: USES ALLOWED Uses Allowed By Right:  Two – family less than 3,400 sf total of new construction  Attached(to a single family) accessory dwelling unit not to exceed 900 F 2 Gross Living Area. See 350-10.10. Same setback as for principal structures. Site Plan Approval required for the following:  Any Construction (other than for a single family home or two-family less than 3,400 sf) greater than 2,000 ft2  Two single-family dwellings per lot  Two-family, greater than 3,400 sf total of new construction Special Permit Approval required for the following uses by Planning Board unless otherwise noted:  Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit see 10.10—Zoning Board of Appeals Special Permit