That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge be amended to allow the service of post-operative care for a dog (Ordinance #2021-16)

Amend Section 4.21 of the Zoning Ordinance, Paragraph d., to read as follows: d. The following Home Occupations and other Home Occupations, provided that they are accessory and incidental to the principal residential use, shall be considered accessory uses, provided also that only residential occupants of the dwelling unit are practicing or employed on the premises at any one time unless otherwise specified below, that all activities take place entirely within a building, and that no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, heat, humidity, glare, or other objectionable effects are produced: (1) The office of a resident physician, dentist, attorney-at-law, architect, landscape architect, engineer, or member of another profession, in which case up to three persons may practice or be employed on the premises at any one time including persons who are not residential occupants but are employed to assist a primary practitioner residing on the premises; (2) The salon of a properly licensed massage therapist; (3) The studio of an artist, performing artist, craftsperson, graphic designer, photographer, or similar creative professional; (4) A Retail Residential Kitchen permitted to produce Cottage Food Products, as regulated by 105 CMR 590.001(C), as it may be amended; and (5) At a residence in a residential district, the care of a household pet that does not permanently reside at that residence, provided that only one such animal per day is kept on the premises.