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A Zoning Petition Has been received from Ben LoVemere regarding that the City Council ordain the Zoning language set forth relative the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest overlay District

APP 2019 #70·Council meeting Sep 9, 2019·14 pages·📄 Original PDF (city portal)

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29 July 2019 To the Honorable Cambridge City Council: The undersigned registered Cambridge voters respectfully request that the City Council ordain the zoning ordinance language set forth below relative to the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest overlay district: Insert a new Section 20.95.5 to read as follows: 20.95.5 Additional Quadrangle Northwest District modifications. To encourage landowners to retain existing Alewite Overlay District tenants, to attract sımılar tenants and other Amenity Uses to the Alewife area, to encourage the creation of space for Collaboration Uses, and to facilitate the provision of Local Government facilities, the Planning Board may by Special Permit increase the maximum Height of Bulding and may exempt certain bulding floor area from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations for any development project in the Quadrangle Northwest District provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Special Permit for Additional Height. The maximum allowable Height of Bulding for any non-residential bulding may be increased up to eighty-five (85) feet, measured from the finished floor elevation of the ground floor, if: a. the building is part of a project receiving an FAR increase under Section 20.95.11; and b. all or a portion of the bulding's ground floor will have a greater floor-to-ceiling height than the average of the upper floors; and c. the bulding's ground floor will include space for one or more of: existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or Local Government Uses; and d. the bulding's design is Flood Resilient. 2. Special Permit Exempting Gross Floor Area. Any portion of a non-residential bulding may be exempted from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations if the exempted area(s) will be: a. used for one or more Local Government Uses, or b. located on the ground floor of the bulding and used: i. by one or more existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or uses providing low-barrier-to-entry jobs; or ii to provide community space such as a gathering space, meeting room, public education space, or similar use. For the purposes of this Section 20.95.5 the following definitions shall apply: 1. Amenity Uses shall mean businesses providing goods or services to the Alewife Overlay District including day care centers, retail bakeries, brew pubs, commercial recreation, restaurants, retail stores (provided that such retail stores have individual
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet), and service establishments such as barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conference space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Name Address St. David Navia 2 chauncy LACHEL KILLER 33A ADLANGTON ST John Lonsil 6 Dudley St Cassandra Cañez S concord Are Apt3 Cambridge. 121 Richdale Ave #3 Daniel Wilbanhs Dess a bartola 4 Bates St Brian Smith 25 Lambert St, APT B Sirour Johnson 177 Pemberton st. Arvind Srinivasan 123 Oxford St. Apt 3 Gregs Moree 25 Fair Field sT Cambridgo
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet), and service establishments such as barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conference space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Address Name 24 Whittemore Ave 02140 24 WhittEmare Ave: 02140 Michael Mourk 53 LONg Aver 02134 Elizabeth Dobbins. 92 Richdate Ave. Apt 20244 J Gabriel Colburn 48 cedar st 02140 Lan Bernstein 17) Erie St 95 Second st 0214| Adan Yan 62 Mildesex St 02140 Michael Rosel 6 Chestrut Str. 02139 zinaida Polonskaya
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet), and service establishments such as barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conference space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Name Address 124 Berkshire St. Cambridge MA 0214. BHANU PRATAP OSVALDO MATOS 345 FRANKLiN SA #405 ENmBelacE 02139 133 APRETON ST. CAMIRIDGE, MA 02138 PLUCAS ISALTZEL 700 Muron Ave Art#3M Cambridge MA D2138 Dan relitiky 165 Cambridgepark Dr. #235 Cambridg A Mark Gargarin 6 Dully st 02140 cantidge MA Andrew Palmer 53 Lincoln st 02141 53 Lincoln st 02141 Lily He
29 July 2019 To the Honorable Cambridge City Council: The undersigned registered Cambridge voters respectfully request that the City Council ordain the zoning ordinance language set forth below relative to the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest overlay district: Insert a new Section 20.95.5 to read as follows: 20.95.5 Additional Quadrangle Northwest District modifications. To encourage landowners to retain existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, to attract similar tenants and other Amenity Uses to the Alewife area, to encourage the creation of space for Collaboration Uses, and to facilitate the provision of Local Government facilities, the Planning Board may by Special Permit increase the maximum Height of Building and may exempt certain building floor area from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations for any development project in the Quadrangle Northwest District provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Special Permit for Additional Height. The maximum allowable Height of Building for any non-residential building may be increased up to eighty-five (85) feet, measured from the finished floor elevation of the ground floor, if: a. the building is part of a project receiving an FAR increase under Section 20.95.11; and b. all or a portion of the building's ground floor will have a greater floor-to-ceiling height than the average of the upper floors; and c. the building's ground floor will include space for one or more of: existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or Local Government Uses; and d. the building's design is Flood Resilient. 2. Special Permit Exempting Gross Floor Area. Any portion of a non-residential building may be exempted from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations if the exempted area(s) will be: a. used for one or more Local Government Uses, or b. located on the ground floor of the building and used: i. by one or more existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or uses providing low-barrier-to-entry jobs; or il to provide community space such as a gathering space, meeting room, public education space, or similar use. For the purposes of this Section 20.95.5 the following definitions shall apply: 1. Amenity Uses shall mean businesses providing goods or services to the Alewife Overlay District including day care centers, retail bakeries, brew pubs, commercial recreation, restaurants, retail stores (provided that such retail stores have individual
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet), and service establishments such as barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conference space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Address Name Midual Noss 90 Faucett, Cambrily
29 July 2019 To the Honorable Cambridge City Council: The undersigned registered Cambridge voters respectfully request that the City Council ordain the zoning ordinance language set forth below relative to the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest overlay district: Insert a new Section 20.95.5 to read as follows: 20.95.5 Additional Quadrangle Northwest District modifications. To encourage landowners to retain existing Alewite Overlay District tenants, to attract similar tenants and other Amenity Uses to the Alewite area, to encourage the creation of space tor Collaboration Uses, and to facilitate the provision of Local Government facilities, the Planning Board may by Special Permit increase the maximum Height of Building and may exempt certain building floor area from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations for any development project in the Quadrangle Northwest District provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Special Permit for Additional Height. The maximum allowable Height of Building for any non-residential building may be increased up to eighty-five (85) feet, measured from the finished floor elevation of the ground floor, if: a. the building is part of a project receiving an FAR increase under Section 20.95.11; and b. all or a portion of the building's ground floor will have a greater floor-to-ceiling height than the average of the upper floors; and c. the building's ground floor will include space for one or more of: existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or Local Government Uses; and d. the building's design is Flood Resilient. 2. Special Permit Exempting Gross Floor Area. Any portion of a non-residential building may be exempted from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations if the exempted area(s) will be: a. used for one or more Local Government Uses, or b. located on the ground floor of the building and used: i. by one or more existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or uses providing low-barrier-to-entry jobs; or il to provide community space such as a gathering space, meeting room, public education space, or similar use. For the purposes of this Section 20.95.5 the following definitions shall apply: 1. Amenity Uses shall mean businesses providing goods or services to the Alewife Overlay District including day care centers, retail bakeries, brew pubs, commercial recreation, restaurants, retail stores (provided that such retail stores have individual
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet), and service establishments such as barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conference space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Address Name LUCY HUMPHRETS BE MYRTLE ME, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet, and service estab 0t 2y6 pM 2: 25 barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERM 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conferenceHUSETT: space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Address Name Alex Astesano 33 Boudoin SE Cambridge, Mot, 02138 Emma Edwards 36 fairfield st, Cambridge, MA, 02140 286 Concord ane, Cambridge, Ma0213 Badriyyah Alsaban Kristen drilette 87 New st, Cambridge, Ma 02138 Kane Stone #2 186 Sleran Street, Cambrage, MA ORItI Louisa French 186 Richdale Are Cambriage, MA 02140 Bailey Werner Owen Searis Hannah Varner 305 Elm St. Cambridge, MA 305 Elm st Canarge MA Max Morn
2019 AUG 20 PM 2:26 29 July 2019 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS To the Honorable Cambridge City Council: The undersigned registered Cambridge voters respectfully request that the City Council ordain the zoning ordinance language set forth below relative to the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest overlay district: Insert a new Section 20.95.5 to read as follows: 20.95.5 Additional Quadrangle Northwest District modifications. To encourage landowners to retain existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, to attract similar tenants and other Amenity Uses to the Alewife area, to encourage the creation of space for Collaboration Uses, and to facilitate the provision of Local Government facilities, the Planning Board may by Special Permit increase the maximum Height of Building and may exempt certain building floor area from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations for any development project in the Quadrangle Northwest District provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Special Permit for Additional Height. The maximum allowable Height of Building for any non-residential building may be increased up to eighty-five (85) feet, measured from the finished floor elevation of the ground floor, if: a. the building is part of a project receiving an FAR increase under Section 20.95.11; and b. all or a portion of the building's ground floor will have a greater floor-to-ceiling height than the average of the upper floors; and c. the building's ground floor will include space for one or more of: existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or Local Government Uses; and d. the building's design is Flood Resilient. 2. Special Permit Exempting Gross Floor Area. Any portion of a non-residential building may be exempted from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations if the exempted area(s) will be: a. used for one or more Local Government Uses, or b. located on the ground floor of the building and used: i. by one or more existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or uses providing low-barrier-to-entry jobs; or ii to provide community space such as a gathering space, meeting room, public education space, or similar use. For the purposes of this Section 20.95.5 the following definitions shall apply: 1. Amenity Uses shall mean businesses providing goods or services to the Alewife Overlay District including day care centers, retail bakeries, brew pubs, commercial recreation, restaurants, retail stores (provided that such retail stores have individual
29 July 2019 Gross Floor Areas of less than 5,000 square feet), and service establishments such as barbers, newsstands, and variety shops, and similar uses. 2. Collaboration Uses shall mean business incubators, co-working space, conference space, office space for investors and entrepreneurs, product development and testing, prototype fabrication, production of experimental products, Art/Craft Studios, maker spaces, and similar uses. 3. Flood Resilient shall mean that the building is designed for the projected 2070, 100-year storm precipitation-driven flood elevation. 4. Local Government Uses shall mean those uses listed in Section 4.33.f. 5. Low barrier-to-entry jobs shall mean light industrial jobs, jobs offering training opportunities, or jobs offering relatively high wages without the requirement of a college education. And make such other clarifications, simplifications, and re-numberings as the City Council may deem useful. Respectfully submitted by the undersigned registered Cambridge voters: Address Name Ben Laterere 21 Chancy 8t, Apt 24, 02138 Hannah Peterson 20 Saulle St, 02138 20 Saville st 02138 Lachary Mino 3 Trymorest. 02140 Chris Tdhnson-Harw.lz 1l Plackstone 1: 123, 0439 LuIS VALLES 6 Sokiers Field Road 02163 & Rice Street, 02146 Hartley Hove Bluxhum William 1/4 Elm Street, 02138 Ker Mer 453 Furan ave, Contribe David Kilbridge 35 Harding Rd. 02420
29 July 2019 To the Honorable Cambridge City Council: The undersigned registered Cambridge voters respectfully request that the City Council ordain the zoning ordinance language set forth below relative to the Alewife Quadrangle Northwest overlay district: Insert a new Section 20.95.5 to read as follows: 20.95.5 Additional Quadrangle Northwest District modifications. To encourage landowners to retain existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, to attract similar tenants and other Amenity Uses to the Alewife area, to encourage the creation of space for Collaboration Uses, and to facilitate the provision of Local Government tacilities, the Planning Board may by Special Permit increase the maximum Height of Building and may exempt certain building floor area from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations for any development project in the Quadrangle Northwest District provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Special Permit for Additional Height. The maximum allowable Height of Building for any non-residential building may be increased up to eighty-five (85) feet, measured from the finished floor elevation of the ground floor, if: a. the building is part of a project receiving an FAR increase under Section 20.95.11; and b. all or a portion of the building's ground floor will have a greater floor-to-ceiling height than the average of the upper floors; and c. the building's ground floor will include space for one or more of: existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or Local Government Uses; and d. the building's design is Flood Resilient. 2. Special Permit Exempting Gross Floor Area. Any portion of a non-residential building may be exempted from Gross Floor Area (GFA) calculations if the exempted area(s) will be: a. used for one or more Local Government Uses, or located on the ground floor of the building and used: i. by one or more existing Alewife Overlay District tenants, Amenity Uses, Collaboration Uses, or uses providing low-barrier-to-entry jobs; or ii to provide community space such as a gathering space, meeting room, public education space, or similar use. For the purposes of this Section 20.95.5 the following definitions shall apply: 1. Amenity Uses shall mean businesses providing goods or services to the Alewife Overlay District including day care centers, retail bakeries, brew pubs, commercial recreation, restaurants, retail stores (provided that such retail stores have individual