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Agenda Items ▸ Applications & Petitions
APP 2024-14
A citizens’ petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Articles 4, 5, and 8)
Zoning petitionfiled by residentsMGL c.40A §5
How it started
Filed by Joseph S. Ronayne and fellow residents — state law (MGL c.40A §5) lets ten registered voters put a proposed zoning change before the Council, which must process it on statutory clocks.
What happened
↪ Referred, 6–0 — sent to the Ordinance Committee and Planning Board, as §5 requires. (Apr 8, 2024) The Planning Board held its hearing May 21 and reported Jun 3 (CMA 2024 #115); the Ordinance Committee heard it May 28.
Voted yes (6) — unanimous
Marc McGovern
Joan Pickett
Sumbul Siddiqui
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
E. Denise Simmons
Absent (3)
Burhan Azeem
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
What’s next
⏳ No action taken — the city’s own zoning tracker lists this among past amendments not adopted. Under MGL c.40A §5, a petition the Council does not adopt within 90 days of its hearing lapses; adoption would have needed a two-thirds vote (6 of 9).
The document the petition text · 13 pages
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