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APP 2023-23
A citizens’ petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Article 11)
Zoning petitionfiled by residentsMGL c.40A §5
How it started
May 8, 2023 · Filed by the full City Council 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
May 8, 2023 · ↪ Referred. Sent to the Ordinance Committee and Planning Board, as §5 requires. (Referred to committee, unanimous) The Planning Board held its hearing June 13; the Ordinance Committee heard it June 27.
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Burhan Azeem
Dennis Carlone
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
E. Denise Simmons
Paul F. Toner
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
What’s next
Entered the Zoning Ordinance: the city’s zoning tracker records it adopted as September 18, 2023 Ordinance #2023-4.
Referred to committee, unanimousMay 8, 2023
The item's path through the council, every recorded step. How the request pipeline works
The document the petition text · 5 pages
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