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20.168 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - MODIFIED Amendment to SR-RR Table of Use City of Northampton MASSACHUSETTS In the Year Two Thousand Twenty Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability 20.168 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to SR-RR 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: SR and RR Attachments 5 & 4 Be modified by adding and deleting text as Follows with no other changes to Attachment 4 or 5: SR & RR District Design Standards Illustrated Planning Board may waive, by site plan approval element 2, 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. 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). 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 50’ or more from the front lot line. DELETE: ADD: Two-Family By- Right Ordinances 6 of 10 See additional specific criteria for 2-family homes. If a garage or other parking structure is attached, it shall comprise no more than 30% of the front facade of the primary structure. SR & RR USES ALLOWED Uses Allowed By Right:  Single Family residence  Two- Family less than 3, 400 sf See also §350-6.11 NOTE: Make Hyperlink Site Plan Approval required for the following:  Two-Family greater than 3, 400 sf and Two Single Family dwellings per lot . See also §350-6.11 Note: Make Hyperlink  Any Construction (other than for a single family home) greater than 2,000 ft 2