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Please use the following application for all Special Permits.

Special Permit Application-City Council

Applications for a Marijuana Manufacturing Establishment

Marijuana Manufacturing Establishment Application

Marijuana Manufacturing Establishment Amendment Application

 Important Documents:

Special Permit Ordinance 4.3 Table of Principal Uses
5.2 Table of Dimensional Regulations Table of Off-Street Parking Standards

The Holyoke City Council approves the following Special Permits:

USE REGULATIONS:

4.4.3 Dwelling units in accessory structures 4.7.3 Nonconforming structures, other than single-and two-family structures
4.4.9 Accessory to scientific research 4.7.5 Nonconforming single-and two-family structures
4.7.2 Nonconforming uses 4.8.2 By special permit Home Occupation

DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS:

5.3.1 Height limitation

GENERAL REGULATIONS:

6.1.8.1 Special permit for a driveway in a front yard
6.4.7 Non-Accessory Signs - Please Call the City Clerks Office

SPECIAL REGULATIONS:

7.1.1 Hospital Height 7.2.13 Outdoor sales lots for new and used motor vehicles and trucks, and marine and recreational vehicles
7.2.1 Motor vehicle service station  7.2.13(a) Motor vehicle repair garage
7.2.2 Bulk fuel, oil, gas, coal storage or distribution operation 7.2.13(b) Motor vehicle body repair or paint shop
7.2.3 Advertising blimps 7.2.14 Refuse transfer station
7.2.4 Financial institutions in industrial park districts  7.3 Removal of earth materials
7.2.5 Flea market  7.4.1 Conversion of two-family dwelling into a three-family
7.2.6 Boarding houses  7.7.2 Retirement Communities
7.2.7 Bed and breakfast 
7.2.8 Adult entertainment 
7.2.9 Third dwelling unit in an existing
7.2.11 Motor car race tracks, speedways; horse and dog race tracks
7.2.12 Temporary storage units 

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND ANTENNAS:

7.8.4 Wireless Telecommunication facilities and antennas  7.8.9 Alterations to Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
7.8.5 Antenna on an existing wireless telecommunications 7.9. Solar Facilities

SPECIAL DISTRICTS:

7.10.Medical Marijuana Facilities 8.4 Professional Office Overlay District (POOD)
8.1.2 Floodplain overlay district  8.7.4 Arts and Industry Overlay District 
8.3.3.1 Motor vehicle light service shopping center Ordinance 8.8.3 Nonconforming Downtown Residential District 
8.8.5 Dimensional Variation 

Zone Change:

Zone Change Parcel – Application

Other:

As of Right Home Occupation Application

4.8.1 As of Right Home Occupation Ordinance

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