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APP 2020-46
A citizens’ petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance
Zoning petitionfiled by residentsMGL c.40A §5
How it started
Dec 7, 2020 · Filed by Amy Oliver 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 happenedMay 3, 2021 · ⚖️ Became law as amended. Ordained unanimously, and now part of the Municipal Code. (Ordained as amended, unanimous · 3 not recorded)
Dec 7, 2020 · Referred to committee, 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
Feb 4, 2021 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes
Mar 31, 2021 · Referred
Apr 12, 2021 · Passed to a second reading, unanimous
View the roll call
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 (6), unanimous
- Dennis Carlone
- Patty Nolan
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Marc McGovern
- Sumbul Siddiqui
- Quinton Zondervan
Did not vote (3)
- Alanna Mallon
- E. Denise Simmons
- Timothy J. Toomey
The roll call records 6 of the 9 seated members (roster: 2020–21 term). The clerk's record does not state whether Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor Simmons, and Councillor Toomey were absent or abstaining on this vote.
From the city’s record · photos: City of CambridgeWhat’s next
Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in May 2021. 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 · 1 page
Amendment documents are shown only as the original PDF: the proposal’s meaning lives in its markup (struck-through deletions and underlined insertions), which a text rendering can’t carry.
Public Comment (3)
3 written comments received (2020-12-07 – 2021-04-26). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.