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Zoning Ordinance IIc: Section 10 DefinitionsF) stion 6.-- VALIDITY.- -The invklldity of any section or provisioa of this ordinance shall not invalidate any other section or provision thereof. a�j�MAt- lotion 7.-- ZFYECTITE DATE. - -The effective date of this ordinance is hereby deolared.to be February 14, 1949. DISTRICTS AND DEFINITIONS setion 8.-- DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.- The City of Northampton is hereby divided into seven districts designated as follows, and as shown on the zoning asap attached hereto, and filed with the City Clerk, which map is hereby made a part of this ordinance t Residence "A" Residence "B" Residence "C" Business Business Industry Industry OA" o Section 9.- DISTRICT BoUxDARIES. -.- (a) District boundaries shall be as shown on the zoning map. (b) Whore a district boundary divides a lot in a single, joint, or canon ownership at the time such district is established, a use authorized on the less restricted portion of such lot W be e xtended into the more restricted portion, but in A0 ease .more than thirty (30) feet over the established boundary. Section 1 0.-- DEFINITIONS. --For the purpose of this ordinance certain terns or words shall be defined as below. Words in the present tense include the future, the singular nuaber includes the plural and vise- versa. The word, "person," includes a partnership, corporation or other entity. The word, "lot" includes the word, "plot'. The word, "building", includeshe word, "structure ".. K (1) A "family". is any number of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit,, provided that a group of not acre than seven persons keeping house together, . but not necessarily related by blood or marriage may be oonsiderid a family. (2) A "family dwelling unit" is a dwelling or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied by one family for residential purposes. (3) A Mdwelling, one family" is a detached building designed for or occupied by one family. � n � �t 8 (4) A "dwelling, two family" is a detached building designed for or occupied by two famili6a living Independently of esoh other. {5) A "lot" is a plot or parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by one principal building and the acoessory buildings or uses customarily incident to it including such open spaces as are required by this ordinance. In the vase of multiple dwellings and public, institutional., commercial or industrial buildings, a group of buildings under the same ownership say be considered as occupying the same lot. (6) A 'corner lot" is a lot at the intersection of and abutting on two or more streets where the single angle of intersection is not more than 135 degrees or where the intersection is rounded by a curve having a radius of 1048 than 100 feet. (7) A "through lot" is a lot other than a corner lot which abuts two or more streets which do not intersect at the lot. (8) A "lot line" is established line of division between lots or between a lot and a street. (9) A "non - conforming use" is a use of land, building or premises which is not a use permitted by the Provisions of this ordinance for the district in which such land, building, or premises are situated. (10) A ° non - conforming building" is a building the use or eenstruction of which does not conform to all the applicable provisions of this ordinance. (11) A "dwelling unit" is a dwelling or part of a dwelling 000upied or intended to be occupied by one family for residential purposes. 4 12 ) A "front pw W is an open space between the building and the front lot line, extending the full width of the lot, or in the case of a corner lot, extending along all streets. (13) A "rear yard" is an open space between the building and the rear lot line, extending the full width of the lot. PI (ltd) A "aide part " is an open space between the building from the front yard , and a side lot line, eIttending yard. Any yard not a rear yard or a to the rear front yard shall be deemed a side yard. (15) " building" sir structure s structure having a roof .and A housing or enclosure of intended for the shelter, animals or materials. Any + persons, more than eight feet high shall be considered as a or wall, but excluding building, including solid fence trsnsmissi line'or . o ®ra.il2road an electric wa telephone er Pole, highway bridge or ale. (16) ding area" is the ground_ area enclosed by A "bui d together with the area the Ovalle of a building and other. er all covered porches (17) A "building e is the percentage which the all buildings on the lot aggregate building area of bears to the area of the lot. (18) The "building height" le the vertical distance from within th the average finished grade walls point o� dat walls of the building to the high ® or mansard roofs inctludingth eeaovesoanad ridgeefr or level between to the mean gable, hip or gambrel- roofs. (i9) An "accessory building" is any building which is is incidental a on subordinate to and whose use of the principal building accessory to the use the same lot. (20) a use" is any use The accessory which is subordinate use of the same bot to and incidental a principal or building. (21 all A 'front lot line"_ t all dividing lines between be front lines. a street and the lot considered (22) (22) The "side lot line" is the bounding he street towarde a lot which appro�tely perpendicular to :the apP on on in a direction street. ( �3) The "rear lot line" is the line bounding stoat the rear and approximately p ara ll el distance from the front lot line. maximum M •(24) The "minimum width of a lot" is the distance between the side lot lines measured in a straight line at right angles to the mean direction of such side lot lines, which line of measurement shall touch, but be not in front of the building line. In the case of a corner lot, the minimum width shall be similarly measured, and, for the purpose of the measurement only, the front lot line which has• the least dimension .shall be considered the front lot line and the lot lines adjacent thereto shall be considered as side lot lines. (25) A "building line" is a line parallel to a street at a distance equal to the required front yard. or at a greater distance when otherwise established by the city of Northampton. (26) 1 "boarding house" is a dwelling in which the business of providing not more than 20 people with rooms or meals and rooms is conducted for profit. (27) A "neighborhood grocery store" is a food and grocery store servicing the neighborhood people where it is located. It may include such items for sale as are ' normally carried in food and grocery stores except �..� that it shall not include the sale of gasoline, garage supplies, or alcoholic beverages. (28) A "hotel" or "Inn" is a superior lodging and boarding house accommodating more than twenty people. (29) k "lodging house" shall mean a house where lodgings are let to five or more persons not within the second degree of kindred to the person conducting it and shall not include. dormitories of charitable, educational, or philanthropic institutions. (30) A "commercial vehicle" is a vehicle registered for commercial use. An "owner" In relation to a lot in single, joint, or .(3m) common ownership shall be each person having any interest therein, but regarding Section 11 (j) one signature is sufficient if there is no visual evidence that the owners are not in agreement. If there is disagreement among the owners of a lot, than the assent or dissent of that lot shall be determined by the majority, a tie will constitute dissent. In any event, regardless of the number of signatures, each lot will count as VV one owner in determining the 90% of signatures required. f , 11 (32) A "tourist home is a dwelling in which the business of providing not more than 20 people with rooms or meals and rooms is conducted for profit. (33) A "oustonary home 000upation is an occupation which is customarily performed by the ocoupant in the normal course of his.or her home duties such as sewing, cooking, washing clothes. (34) An $ open space' is a spade, not occupied by a building or other roofed structure, on the same lot as the principal building. (35) A 'trailer o*&*W* Is - ar vehicle or object on wheels and having as awt1*6 power of its own, but which is drawn by, or used in connection with, a sotor vehicle, and which is so designed and amstructed, or reeon- etrueted or added to by means of such aeoessories as to permit use and occupancy thereof for human habit- ation, whether resting,on wheels, jacks or other foun- dation, and shall include the type of vehicle known as a mobile home. (36) A O trailer campu shall include any preises used or permitted to be used for the parking of' than one oacupied trailer soach. RESIDENCE "A" Section 11.---- DErIWITIONS, MEPTI©NS, ETC. --The residence "A" district shall include all the area of the city not included in any other district. In-this district no building shall be erected for or altered for-and no building or premises shall be used for any purpose exaopts l (a) Detached one family dwelling. (b.) Chureh, parish house, museum, library, and educational, use. (a) The office or studio of a physician, artist musician, lawyer, teacher, engineer or other like proitesional person who is residing on the promises in the same building. (d) Farm, pub1try farm, garden or nursery selling only produce or plants the major portion of which is raised in the ally of Northampton and exoluding any use injurious, noxious or offensive . to the neighborhood. No business use except roadside stands shall be allowed as an accessory use and as otherwise provided in this secgion. (e) .11unlelpal, recreational or water supply use. 12 (f) Tourist hones and boarding houses taking not pore _ than four persona. (g) Garage space or parking space for not more than two (2) motor vehicles provided that for each two thousand. (2000) square feet that the area of the lot exoeeds five thousand (5000) square feet, one additional motor vehicle may be garaged or parked, provided however, that except on a farm, not more than one (i) coameroial vehicle ahall'be garaged or parked on any lot in a residential district. (h) Telephone service buildings, provided they are con- struated to conform to and harmonize with the buildings in the district, and provided further, that the ppe- posod or actual use does not include a storage yard or repair shop. (1) Any of the following uses, provided they are not injurious,,. noxious or offensive to the neighborhogA, and only if authorized by permit issued by the Board of Appeals after a public hearing. 1. Private club not conducted for profit and not containing more than five sleeping rooals, pro. vidod, that there is no bowling alley or sale Of intoxieatiag beverages. 2. Hospitals, charitable institutions, and sana. toriums provided, such buildin be located not less than ode hundred (100ffeet from the exterior lines or the plot on which the insti- tutioa is located and provided, they are not primarily for contagions diseases nor for the care of spilepties, drug and liquor patieats, nor as corraotional institutions nor for the care of the insane or feebleminded. 3. 0wtoarary home occupations carried on for a profit by a resident occupant, with the assistaaee of not more than two employees regularly eagaged therein. 4. A storage yard for periods up to five years the permit for which maybe renewed by the Board of Appeals after a public hearing if in the Opinion of the board it is not injurious,' noxious, or offensive to the neighborhood. The storage yard shall be.screened from vier in _a manner appropriate to the environment -" determined by the Board of Appeals. 5. Aviation field, broadcasting station, eesotery, fur farm, gold club, aou8t27 club, green house, eonvalesoent or nursing home, doe harvesting, and storage on the sane promise, mumisipal uses il C \> outdoor movie theatre, stables, stone quarrying, gravel bank, sand bank, removal of topsoil, trailer oamps, .and overnight camps. b. (Conversion of '& single family house to accommodate two familles, and provided: a. That the area of the lot on which the house is located is at least 7500 square feet. b. The appearance and character of a single family house 'is preserved and no mayor structural change is made in the exterior other than is necessary to provide means of egress from each dwelling unit as required by the state or.municipal building codes or fire regulations. o. Stairways leading to the second or any higher floor, unless in the rear of the building, shall be located within the walls of the building, and on a corner lot all such stairways shall be within the walls. of the building. (J) The Beard of Appeals may authorize a neighborhood grocery . store If in the opinion of the Board public necessity warrants it and if ninety (90) percent of the property owners within a radius of .three hundred (300) feet of the center of the proposed location of the building consent_ in writing to mush use. The petitioner does not count as a property owner unless he owns all the land within the three. hundred (300). feet radius of the center line of the propo sed. building,, in which oase he would be the only signer. (k) Advertising sign in conjunction with permitted uses which sigma shall not exceed a total area of two (2) square feet for saoh pernitUd use, and shall be such signs as are customary on any building used for the purposes permitted in this section. (1) Advertisiag signs pertaining to the sale or lease of a lot or bundle; upon which they are plaoed, which signs shall not exosed a total area of twelve (12) square feet. (a) Any acoeasorl use as defined in Section 10(n). (n) Zvery bs►ilQing housing or designed to house one or more Asailles shall provide in connectio=n with it and on the same lot, off-- street parking space for automobiles equal to the number of dwelling units provided in such dwelling.