Minutes - Land Use - 2-2-23 Dispositions — File 23-0203

City of Somerville, Massachusetts Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions 6:30 PM Virtual Thursday, February 2, 2023 Others present: Planning Board Members Michael Capuano, Amelia Aboff, Deborah Howell, Jahan Habib, Michael McNely, Erin Geno and Luc Schuster, Dan Bartman – Deputy Director of Planning and Zoning, David Shapiro – Assistant City Solicitor, Hannah Carrillo – Legislative Liaison, Neha Singh - Legislative Liaison, Peter Forcellese - Legislative Clerk. The meeting took place virtually via GoToWebinar and was called to order at 6:31 PM by Chair McLaughlin and adjourned at 8:00 PM on a roll call vote of 4 in favor (Councilors Wilson, Gomez Mouakad, Ewen-Campen and McLaughlin), none against and 1 absent (Councilor Davis). The meeting was recessed at 6:32 PM and reconvened at 6:35 PM, during which time the Planning Board convened it’s meeting. . Roll Call Ward One City Councilor Matthew McLaughlin, Ben Ewen-Campen, Beatriz Gomez Mouakad and Jake Wilson Present: Ward Six City Councilor Lance L. Davis Absent: 1. Approval of the Land Use Committee Minutes of November 17, 2022. 22-2054 Accepted Public Hearings 2. Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Section 6.1 Commercial Districts: Fabrication of the Somerville Zoning Ordinance to permit additional uses for ground story commercial spaces fronting a Pedestrian Street. 22-1771 Kept in committee 3. David Einis requesting the adoption of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Map to change the zoning district of 14 White Street Place from Neighborhood Residence (NR) to Mid-Rise 4 (MR4). 22-1769 Kept in committee Page 1 of 2

Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes Dispositions February 2, 2023 4. Planning Board proposing an amendment to the Zoning Ordinances Section 15.1.3, Neighborhood Meeting. 22-1645 Kept in committee 5. Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Section 10.8 Commercial Signs, of the Zoning Ordinances, to permit commercial signs by right. 23-0095 Kept in committee Page 2 of 2