A citizens’ petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance

Zoning petitionfiled by residentsMGL c.40A §5

How it started

Oct 17, 2022 · Filed by Suzanne P. Blier, et al. Harvard Square Zoning Petition Modification 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 17, 2022 · Referred to committee, 8–0

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Voted yes (8)

Burhan Azeem
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
E. Denise Simmons
Paul F. Toner
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui

Absent (1)

Dennis Carlone

Dec 14, 2022 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes

Feb 27, 2023 · ❌ Failed to pass to a second reading, 2–6 (one absent)

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Voted yes (2)

Patty Nolan
Quinton Zondervan

Voted no (6)

Burhan Azeem
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
E. Denise Simmons
Paul F. Toner
Sumbul Siddiqui

Absent (1)

Dennis Carlone

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

The document the petition text · 2 pages

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 17, 2022