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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
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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
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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
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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
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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