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POR 2022-2

That Article 20.90- Alewife Overlay Districts 1-6 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance be amended to insert a new section entitled Section 20.94.3- Temporarily prohibited uses. (

How it started
Jan 10, 2022 · Proposed by Councillors Nolan and McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, and Vice Mayor Azeem: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jan 10, 2022 · Referred to committee, unanimous
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Voted yes (9)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Burhan Azeem
  • Paul F. Toner
Mar 9, 2022 · Heard in committee: Ordinance Committee testimony and discussion; any committee vote is in the committee's minutes
Apr 7, 2022 · Referred
May 2, 2022 · Passed to a second reading, 8–0
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Voted yes (8)

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Burhan Azeem
  • Quinton Zondervan

Absent (1)

  • Sumbul Siddiqui
May 23, 2022 · ⚖️ Became law as amended. Ordained unanimously, and now part of the Municipal Code. (Ordained as amended, unanimous)
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Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Burhan Azeem
  • Quinton Zondervan
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What’s next
Entered the Municipal Code: became law as ordained in May 2022. The Code can be amended at any time; its current text is the authority on what’s in force today.
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20.93.5 Development Moratorium. For a period beginning from the date of enactment of this Section 20.93.5 and lasting until December 31, 2023, or until the time of enactment of an amendment to or deletion of this Section 20.93.5, whichever occurs sooner, no permits for the building, renovation, or enlargement of any structures to accommodate a new Office or

Laboratory Use as listed in Section 4.34 of this Zoning Ordinance

shall be issued within the Alewife Overlay Districts 1-6. The purpose of such moratorium is to create and enact amended requirements for the Alewife Overlay Districts in consultation with residents of the Alewife Overlay Districts and surrounding neighborhoods, based on development plans and guidelines published by the City.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 10, 2022

Public Comment (3)

3 written comments received (2022-01-10 – 2022-10-17). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.