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20.172 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to SC Table of Use - CERTIFIEDCity of Northampton MASSACHUSETTS In the Year Two Thousand Twenty Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability 20.172 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to SC 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: SC Attachment 18 Be modified by adding and deleting text as Follows with no other changes to Attachment 18: SC USES ALLOWED Uses Allowed By Right: (see above) • Attached (to a single-family) accessory dwellingtwo family unit not to exceed 900 ft2 gross living area. See§ 350-10.10. Same setback as for principal structures. Allowed ONLY within homes existing as of June 30, 2005, and for those that meet all State Building Code and requirements under the Wetlands Protection Act and Wetlands Ordinance. Site Plan Approval Required for the Following: • Any construction (other than for a single-family home) greater than 2,000 ft2  The addition of a second unit less than 900 sf. on a parcel detached from the existing single family home. Allowed ONLY within existing footprint and within homes existing as of June 30, 2005, and for those that meet all State Building Code and requirements under the Wetlands Protection Act and Wetlands Ordinance. See additional criteria in 350-6.11 Special Permit Approval Required for the Following Uses by Planning Board Unless Otherwise Noted: • Detached accessory dwelling unit. See § 350-10.10—Zoning Board of Appeals Special Permit Two-Family By- Right Ordinances 10 of 10