20.171 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to Parking StandardsCity of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
In the Year Two Thousand Twenty
Upon the Recommendation of Mayor David J. Narkewicz and Planning & Sustainability
20.171 An Ordinance Relative to Two-Family By Right - Amendment to Parking Standards
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:
Chapter3 50-PARKING STANDARDS 8.8
D. Parking shall not be located within five feet from the front lot line for residential uses, 15 feet for
uses in M District, nor 10 feet for other uses.
(1) For all residential uses in all residential districts except for URC, parking for more than
two vehicles shall not be permitted within the front yard setback.
(2) Within in the URA, B and C districts, no more than 1 parking space may be located
between a public street and the front of a dwelling’s front façade.Parking is not
permitted within any of the setbacks in the Planned Village District.
G. There shall be a maximum of one driveway curb cut per lot. In CB, GB, EB and HB Districts,
and for all new two-family lots, a special permit from the Planning Board is required for more
than one curb cut.
Two-Family By- Right
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