Planning Board — August 5, 2025
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General Business (2)
- Update from the Community Development Department
- Advisory Design Consultation AHO-8 28-30 Wendell Street – Affordable housing project proposal by HRI 30 Wendall LLC to construct a new 8- story building to create 95 affordable rental units and amenities, and 77 long-term and 8 short-term bicycle parking spaces with a gross floor area of 110,803 square feet pursuant to section 11.207 Affordable Housing Overlay. (Materials - under Planning Board Materials tab) [affordable-housing]
Public Hearings (1)
- 6:30pm — Short-term rental amendments (CMA 2025 #176) Zoning Petition by Cambridge City Council to amend Section 4.60 to redefine short -term rental, add definitions for “operator-occupied short-term rental,” “owner-adjacent short-term rental” and “booking agent,” add conditions of authorized uses to comply with the state building code, fire code, sanitary code, and all other state and local habitability requirements, add requirements to provide booking information and other documentation to the City upon request, and add enforcement mechanisms for violation of the ordinance or state regulations. (Materials) [zoning]
From the Minutes
Present: Mary T. Flynn (Chair), Tom Sieniewicz (Vice Chair)
Full transcript: 166 pages