A Zoning Petition Has been received from Suzanne P. Blier, et al. Harvard Square Zoning Petition Modification regarding Frontage of Financial Institutions

221 COT 12 PO!: 07 Harvard Square Zoning Petition Modification re. Frontage of Financial Institutions WHEREAS the physical requirements of banks and other financial institutions have changed considerably over recent decades due to online banking; and WHEREAS Cambridge already has several zoning ordinances that limit the ground floor frontage of financial institutions in key squares and avenues; and WHEREAS Cambridge is seeking to encourage local businesses that often are competing with banks and other financial institutions for prime ground floor real estate; and WHEREAS Cambridge is encouraging more pedestrian activity and active ground floor use and façade transparency are important in enlivening the streetscape; and WHEREAS Cambridge City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 1420 seeking to limit the linear ground floor façade length to 25' in Harvard Square; and • WHEREAS this petition further clarifies the ordinance to conform with the guiding principles, intent, and spirit of Ordinance 1420; impements. in, Seton 205. is dead and repete yon trel i the existing zoning law and 20.54.9 Frontage Restrictions. Banks, trust companies, or similar financial institutions as identified in Section 4.34e shall occupy no more than twenty-five feet (25') of the ground-floor level frontage of a building facing any street, aggregated over one or more streets and measured horizontally parallel to the street the wall faces. This limitation shall apply to the sum of all ground-floor frontage to a depth of 20 feet measured from the street. The Planning Board may grant a special permit to allow a minor increase in the permitted frontage upon finding that such increase would create a result that is more compatible with the unique conditions of a particular building or site and that the criteria set forth in Section 20.53.2 above are met.

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