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APP 2020-34
A citizens’ petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance
Zoning petitionfiled by residentsMGL c.40A §5
How it started
Sep 14, 2020 · Filed by BMR–Third LLC c/o BioMed Realty, L.P. and fellow residents: state law (MGL c.40A §5) lets ten registered voters put a proposed zoning change before the Council, which must process it on statutory clocks. Refiled from the earlier petition APP 2020 #26.
What happenedDec 21, 2020 · ⚖️ Became law. Ordained unanimously, and now part of the Municipal Code. (Ordained, unanimous)
Sep 14, 2020 · Referred to committee, 8–0
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Voted yes (8)
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan
Absent (1)
Dennis Carlone
Nov 12, 2020 · Referred, 6–0
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Voted yes (6)
- Dennis Carlone
- Alanna Mallon
- Marc McGovern
- Patty Nolan
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Quinton Zondervan
Absent (3)
- Sumbul Siddiqui
- E. Denise Simmons
- Timothy J. Toomey
Nov 12, 2020 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee Referred, 6–0
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Voted yes (6)
- Dennis Carlone
- Alanna Mallon
- Marc McGovern
- Patty Nolan
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Quinton Zondervan
Absent (3)
- Sumbul Siddiqui
- E. Denise Simmons
- Timothy J. Toomey
Nov 30, 2020 · Passed to a second reading, unanimous
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Voted yes (9)
- Dennis Carlone
- Patty Nolan
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Alanna Mallon
- Marc McGovern
- Sumbul Siddiqui
- E. Denise Simmons
- Timothy J. Toomey
- Quinton Zondervan
View the roll call
Voted yes (9), unanimous
- Dennis Carlone
- Patty Nolan
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Alanna Mallon
- Marc McGovern
- Sumbul Siddiqui
- E. Denise Simmons
- Timothy J. Toomey
- Quinton Zondervan
What’s next
Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in December 2020. The Code can be amended at any time; its current text is the authority on what’s in force today.
The document the petition text · 26 pages
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