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'Innovative zoning' package advances in Northampton; will allow 2-family homes by right

‘Innovative zoning’ package advances in Northampton; will allow 2-family homes by right
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NORTHAMPTON The city is closer to allowing two-family homes by right all across the city.
At its meeting on Thursday night, the City Council unanimously approved, on first reading, a package of zoning changes that would allow two-family homes by right anywhere in the city. Ordinances need two votes for council approval.
“Single family home zoning is exclusive,” Carolyn Misch, assistant director of the city’s department of planning and sustainability, told the council. “And in that way, it sort of demarcates who’s allowed and who’s not allowed. And so we want to start to lift those sort of historic patterns of inequity and acknowledge the fact that we don’t want to create the barriers for people and their choice about where they want to live.” ....

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New density dogs Bay State Village neighborhood

New density dogs Bay State Village neighborhood
Cate Rowen talks about the development in her neighborhood on Landy Street in Northampton. She’s no fan of the newer, more expensive homes being built on split-up lots, but says she doesn’t “want to be a NIMBY.” STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Diane Scott stands in front of her home on Landy Street and talks about the development in her neighborhood. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
39 Landy St. in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Jackie Ballance chats with a passing neighbor as she checks her mail at her home on Warner Street in the Bay State Village section of Northampton on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING ....

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