Amendment to Chapter 8.12 of the Municipal Ordinances of the City of Cambridge

carries proposed ordinance language: lawmaking starts here, but only ordination makes it law

How it started

Oct 21, 2019 · Proposed by Vice Mayor Devereux and Councillors Kelley, Carlone, and Zondervan: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Oct 21, 2019 · Order adopted

Dec 10, 2019 · Referred

Dec 10, 2019 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes

Dec 16, 2019 · Passed to a second reading

Jan 13, 2020 · ⚖️ Became law. Ordained unanimously, and now part of the Municipal Code. (Ordained, unanimous)

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

Roll call of Jan 13, 2020 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in January 2020. The Code can be amended at any time; its current text is the authority on what’s in force today.

The document Agenda item attachment · 1 page

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Proposed Zoning Amendments (highlighted)

1. Article 2.000 Definitions: Create new definition: Mobile On-Demand Fueling Service. A commercial entity that provides an on-demand motor vehicle fueling service offsite of a gasoline station.

2. Article 4.32 Table of Use Regulations; Transportation, Communication & Utility Uses: Add a new use category:

Open Space Res A 1&2 Res B Res C,

C-1, C-

1A, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B Off 1, 2A, 2, 3, 3A A-1, A-2, A-3 A, A-4

B, B-

1, B- 2 C, C-1 C, C-1 A B-1, B-2 B C m. Mobile On- Demand Fueling Service

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 21, 2019

Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2019-10-28). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.