A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to a Zoning Petition which amends Article 8.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance

ORDINANCE NO. 2021-1 - FINAL PUBLICATION CITY OF CAMBRIDGE In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-One AN ORDINANCE That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge be amended on a petition by the City of Cambridge Law Department, along with the Community Development Department and Inspectional Services Department to amend Article 8.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance as follows: In Article 8.000 Nonconformity, add a Section 8.22.2(d) that reads as follows: d. In all districts the Board of Zoning Appeal may grant a special permit for the alteration or enlargement of a preexisting dimensionally nonconforming detached single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling, not otherwise permitted in Section 8.22.1 above, but not the alteration or enlargement of a preexisting nonconforming use, provided that there is no change in use and that any enlargement or alteration of such preexisting nonconforming detached single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling may only increase a preexisting dimensional nonconformity but does not create a new dimensional nonconformity. In order to grant the special permit the Board of Zoning Appeal is required to find that the alteration or enlargement shall not be substantially more detrimental than the existing nonconforming structure to the neighborhood, and that the alteration or enlargement satisfies the criteria in Section 10.43. In City Council April 5, 2021. Passed to be ordained by a yea and nay vote: Yeas 9; Nays 0; Absent 0. Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk