Planning Board — October 21, 2025
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General Business (2)
- Update from the Community Development Department
- PB-179 — 20 Child Street – Use Determination Request (Materials)
Public Hearings (2)
- 6:30pm — Massachusetts Avenue (CMA 2025 #235) (Materials) Zoning Petition by Cambridge City Council to amend the Cambridge Zoning Map and Ordinance in Articles 2.000, 3.000, 4.000, 5.000, 6.000, 11.000, 17.000, and 20.000 with the intent of establishing three new base zoning districts for the Massachusetts Avenue corridor in order to: (1) encourage patterns of development consistent with the vision of the Mass Ave Planning Study (2025); (2) allow up to 12 stories of residential uses along the length of the corridor; (3) incentivize active non-residential uses on the ground floor; (4) establish building and site design standards to achieve urban design goals; and (5) create a Planned Unit Development Overlay District in Porter Square allowing up to 18 stories of residential uses in exchange for increased open space requirements and minimum retail density. [zoning, pud]
- 7:00pm — Cambridge Street (CMA 2025 #234) (Materials) Zoning Petition by Cambridge City Council to amend the Cambridge Zoning Map and Ordinance in Articles 3.000, 17.000, and 19.000 with the intent of establishing four new base zoning districts for the Cambridge Street corridor in order to: (1) encourage patterns of development consistent with the vision of the Our Cambridge Street Planning Study (2023); (2) allow up to 8 stories of residential uses along the length of the corridor; (3) incentivize active non-residential uses on the ground floor; (4) establish building and site design standards to achieve urban design goals; and (5) allow additional residential height of up to 10 stories in parts of Inman Square, up to 12 stories in the Webster Ave/Windsor Street area, and up to 15 stories in the Lechmere area. [zoning]
From the Minutes
Present: Mary T. Flynn (Chair), Tom Sieniewicz (Vice Chair)
Full transcript: 202 pages