Agenda Items ▸ Policy Orders
POR 2025-7
Asked the City Manager to work with relevant City departments to develop zoning recommendations, pursuant to M.G.L. c.40A §9B, for regulations to encourage the use of solar energy systems and protect solar access for Registered Solar Energy Systems that have been in existence for one year, per Ordinance Ch. 22.60, specifically on structures over 4 stories
How it started
Jan 27, 2025 · Proposed by Councillor Nolan, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillors Toner, Wilson, and Zusy: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Jan 27, 2025 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Burhan Azeem
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
Cathie Zusy
E. Denise Simmons
What’s next
⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number (AR 2025 #4 open, 570 days). Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.
Order adopted as amended, unanimousJan 27, 2025
Awaiting answer⏳ pending570 days and counting
The item's path through the council, every recorded step. How the request pipeline works
Public Comment (3)
3 written comments received (2025-05-12 – 2025-10-27). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.