Planning Board — November 19, 2019
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General Business (4)
- Update from the Community Development Department
- Adoption of Planning Board meeting transcripts
- PB# 352 — 31 Church Street – Extension (Letter)
- PB# 353 — 45-51 New Street – Extension (Letter)
Public Hearings (3)
- 6:30 p.m. — Shared Mobility Zoning Petition (continued from 10/15/2019) Zoning petition by the City Council to amend the Zoning O rdinance of the City of Cambridge by creating a new line in Article 4.32 Tables of Use Regulations; Transportation, Communications & Utility Uses for Shared Mobility Platform and associated definitio ns for Shared Mobility Device and Shared Mobility Platform in Article 2.000. (Materials) [zoning, continued]
- 7:30 p.m. — Harvard Square Overlay Zoning Petition Zoning petition by Suzanne P. Blier, et al., to amend Section 20.50 Harvard Square Ove rlay District and Harvard Square Historical Overlay District with changes to revise the composition of the Harvard Square Advisory Committee and the conduct of its meetings; allow retail uses as of r ight in certain areas, subject to restrictions; delete th e payment requirement for the reduction of parking when the Gross Floor Area is the maximum allowed; increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for residential uses in the Business B district; allow increas ed FAR by Planning Board special permit; allow ground flo or retail exemptions for 1,500 SF or less; limit the street frontage allowed for some uses; and allow Fast Order Food Establishments as of right, provided that they are not formula businesses. (Notice) (Materials) [special-permit, zoning, formula-business]
- 8:00 p.m. — Alexandria Grand Junction Overlay Zoning Petition Zoning petition by Joseph T. Maguire on behalf of the Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., to amend the Zoning Map of the City of Cambridge by creating a new overlay zoning district entitled Grand Ju nction Pathway Overlay District in the area of the existi ng Grand Junction Railroad Right of Way between Cambridge Street and Binney Street, and to amend Article 20.000 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge by creating a Section 20.1000 Grand Junction Pathway Overlay District. (Notice) (Materials) [zoning]
From the Minutes
Present: Catherine Preston Connolly (Chair)
Full transcript: 240 pages