Planning Board — April 29, 2025
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General Business (3)
- Update from the Community Development Department
- Adoption of Planning Board meeting transcripts (2/4/2025, 2/11/2025, 2/25/2025)
- Multifamily Design Guidelines (Materials)
Public Hearings (2)
- 6:30pm — East Cambridge Community Enhancement Overlay (APP 2025 #14) Zoning Petition by BMR-320 Charles LLC c/o BioMed Realty, L.P to Create a new overlay district called the East Cambridge Community Enhancement (ECCE) Overlay District that would allow for increases in height and floor area by special permit to facilitate the conversion of older industrial properties to new structures in a way that will improve the edge of the district adjacent to Ahern Field, improve the pedestrian experience within the zoning district, and/or provide support for community services in East Cambridge. (Materials) [special-permit, zoning]
- 7:30pm — Floodplain Overlay (ORD 2025 #9) Zoning Petition by Cambridge City Council to replace the Floodplain Overlay and Planning Board Special Permit with the Massachusetts model ordinance structure for permitting development in the flood plain through administrative review, update references to the most recent FEMA maps to maintain compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program, and revise other parts of the Zoning Ordinance for internal consistency. (Materials) [special-permit, zoning]
Board of Zoning Appeal Cases (1)
- BZA-1160291 — (scheduled to be heard by BZA on 5/8/2025) 59 First Street - Variance to install three outdoor banners to the First Street facade of the existing city- owned public parking garage with banners exceeding allowable size, square footage, and height for wall signs. Art. 7.000, Sec 7.16.22.c (Wall Sign). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.30 (Variance). (Materials) [variance]
From the Minutes
Present: Mary T. Flynn (Chair)
Full transcript: 196 pages