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POR 2021-147

Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge be amended to allow the service of post-operative care for a dog (Ordinance #2021-16)

How it started
Jun 28, 2021 · Proposed by Councillor McGovern and Vice Mayor Mallon: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jun 28, 2021 · 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
Sep 1, 2021 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes
Sep 13, 2021 · Passed to a second reading, 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
Sep 27, 2021 · ⚖️ Became law. Ordained unanimously, and now part of the Municipal Code. (Ordained, unanimous)
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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
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What’s next
Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in September 2021. 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

The following Home Occupations and other Home Occupations, provided that they are accessory and incidental to the principal residential use, shall be considered accessory uses, provided also that only residential occupants of the dwelling unit are practicing or employed on the premises at any one time unless otherwise specified below, that all activities take place entirely within a building, and that no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, heat, humidity, glare, or other objectionable effects are produced: (1) The office of a resident physician, dentist, attorney-at-law, architect, landscape architect, engineer, or member of another profession, in which case up to three persons may practice or be employed on the premises at any one time including persons who are not residential occupants but are employed to assist a primary practitioner residing on the premises; (2) The salon of a properly licensed massage therapist; (3) The studio of an artist, performing artist, craftsperson, graphic designer, photographer, or similar creative professional; (4) A Retail Residential Kitchen permitted to produce Cottage Food Products, as regulated by 105 CMR 590.001(C), as it may be amended; and (5) At a residence in a residential district, the care of a household pet that does not permanently reside at that residence, provided that only one such animal per day is kept on the premises.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jun 28, 2021