21.339 An Ordinance to Allow Beverage Service and Entertainment at Farm Stands - FINAL Certified21.339
In the Year Two Thousand Twenty One
Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability
21.339 AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW BEVERAGE SERVICE AND ENTERTAINMENT AT FARM STANDS UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
An Ordinance of the City of Northampton, Massachusetts, providing that the Code of Ordinances, City of
Northampton, Massachusetts, be amended to allow beverage service and entertainment licenses as part
of agricultural farm stands under certain circumstances.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Northampton, in City Council assembled, as follows:
Amend Chapter 350 Attachments 4, 5, 24
Under category of Uses Allowed by right in SR/RR/WSP/SC tables, amend as follows
Agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, noncommercial forestry, the growing of all vegetables and a
temporary (not to exceed erection or use for a period of four months in any one year) greenhouse or
stand for retail sale of agricultural or farm products raised primarily on the same premises. The use
described above includes the following only when licensed by the License Commission or with a Mayoral
license:
1. service of alcoholic beverages produced on site and/or;
2. accessory events and entertainment unrelated to onsite production not to exceed 12-such events
in one year
Under category of USES ALLOWED BY SITE PLAN in SR/RR/WSP/SC tables, amend as follows:
Year-round greenhouse/stand for wholesale and retail sale of agricultural farm products raised on site.
The use described above includes the following only when licensed by the License Commission or with a
Mayoral license:
1. accessory events and entertainment unrelated to onsite production exceeding 12 such events per
year.
in City Council, March 17, 2022
Adopted in E'inal Reading on Roll Call Vote of 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Attest: a , Clerk of council
Approved: Gina -Louise Sciarra, Mayor
Passed final reading, ordained and enrolled.
1 hereby certify that the above Ordinance was adopted by the Northampton City Council on March 17, 2022
Gina -Louise Sciarra, Mayor approved the Ordinance on March 25, 2022
Attest: , Clerk or council