A citizens’ petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance

Zoning petitionfiled by residentsMGL c.40A §5

How it started

Oct 19, 2020 · Filed by Arvind Srinivasan 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.

What happened

Oct 19, 2020 · Referred, 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

Dec 16, 2020 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes

Feb 16, 2021 · Referred, 5–4

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Voted yes (5)

Dennis Carlone
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey

Voted no (4)

Alanna Mallon
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Quinton Zondervan

Mar 1, 2021 · Passed to a second reading, 6–3

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Voted yes (6)

Dennis Carlone
Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons

Voted no (3)

Alanna Mallon
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan

Mar 15, 2021 · ❌ Voted down, 1–7 (Failed of adoption · one not recorded)

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Voted yes (1)

E. Denise Simmons

Voted no (7)

Patty Nolan
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan

Did not vote (1)

Dennis Carlone

The roll call records 8 of the 9 seated members (roster: 2020–21 term). The clerk's record does not state whether Councillor Carlone was absent or abstaining on this vote.

From the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

The document the petition text · 7 pages

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 19, 2020

Public Comment (5)

5 written comments received (2021-03-15). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.