20200225 SZO Corrections APPROVED — File 209771

1 ORDINANCE CORRECTIONS | SOMERVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE 02/25/2020 Proposed Corrections to the Somerville Zoning Ordinance (updated) Text to be removed is crossed out and new text is underlined. # Page Article Subsection Change 1 119, 123, 147, 151, 175, 179, 203, 207, 211, 233, 237, 241, 245, 249, 289, 293, 297 4.1 Mid-Rise 3 4.2 Mid-Rise 4 4.3 Mid-Rise 5 4.4 Mid-Rise 6 5.1 High-Rise 6.2 Commercial Core General Building Commercial Building Lab Building Mid-Rise Podium Tower Block Building Commercial Block Building Facade Composition A Ground Story Fenestration (min) -- Primary Facade (min) 70% Secondary Facade (min/max) 15% 70% 9 289 6 - Commercial Districts 6.2 Commercial Core §6.2.7 Commercial Building Main Mass A Width (max) 200 ft Facade Build Out (min) -- Primary Frontage 80% Secondary Frontage 65% Floor plate (max) 30,000 sf B Ground Story Height (min) 18 ft C Upper Story Height (min) 10 ft D Building Height, Stories (min) 3 stories Primary Frontage 4 stories Secondary Frontage 3 stories E Building Height, Stories (max) Varies by Map Designation F Building Height, Feet (max) -- 3 Story 50 ft 4 Story 55 ft 5 Story 70 ft 7 Story 100 ft 10 Story 150 ft Roof Type Flat

2 ORDINANCE CORRECTIONS | SOMERVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE # Page Article Subsection Change 10 293 6 - Commercial Districts 6.2 Commercial core §6.2.8 Lab Building Main Mass A Width (max) 240 ft Facade Build Out (min) -- Primary Frontage 80% Secondary Frontage 65% Floor plate (max) 35,000 sf B Ground Story Height (min) 18 ft C Upper Story Height (min) 10 ft D Building Height, Stories (min) 3 stories Primary Frontage 4 stories E Building Height, Stories (max) Varies by Map Designation F Building Height, Feet (max) -- 3 Story 50 ft 4 Story 65 ft 5 Story 80 ft 7 Story 110 ft 10 Story 155 ft Roof Type Flat 11 492 12 - Development Benefits Table 12.1.5 (b)  Rental ADU Price Multiplier ADU Tier Studio Tier 1: “Very Low Income” 7.20% Tier 2: “Low Income” 12.60% Tier 3: “Moderate Income” 18.00% 12 492 12 - Development Benefits Table 12.1.5 (c)  Ownership ADU Price Multiplier ADU Tier Studio Tier 1: “Low Income” 11.76% Tier 2: “Moderate Income” 16.80% Tier 3: “Middle Income” 21.84%

3 ORDINANCE CORRECTIONS | SOMERVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE # Page Article Subsection Change 14 492 12 - Development Benefits §12.1.9 9. Compliance a. Certificate of Occupancy i. Unless otherwise specified elsewhere in this Ordinance, the Building Official may not issue a Certificate of Occupancy for any number of market rate units of development subject to the provisions of this Section until unless a proportional number of the required ADUs are also authorized for occupancy. a). A proportional number of the required ADUs, including any off-site ADUs, have obtained Certificates of Occupancy; and b). Payment for any fractional buyout required by this Section has been made to the Somerville Affordable Housing Trust Fund. 15 551 15 - Administration §15.7.2 2. Zoning Board of Appeals b. Membership i. The Mayor shall appoint five (5) members and two (2) alternate members, subject to confirmation by the City Council. ii. Members of the Urban Design Comission are appointed for five (5) year terms, except that the original terms of initial appointees must be shortened so that no more than one (1) member and one (1) alternate member expires in the same calendar year. 17 552 15 - Administration §15.7.4 4. Urban Design Commission b. Membership i. The Mayor shall appoint five (5) members and two (2) alternate members, subject to confirmation by the City Council. ii. Members of the Urban Design Comission are appointed for five (5) year terms, except that the original terms of initial appointees must be shortened so that one member is appointed for four (4) years, one (1) member is appointed for three (3) years, one (1) member is appointed for two (2) years, and one (1) member is appointed for one (1) year and that one (1) alternate member is appointed for four (4) years and one (1) alternate member is appointed for two (2) years.

4 ORDINANCE CORRECTIONS | SOMERVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE # Page Article Subsection Change 18 492 12 - Development Benefits §12.1.8 8. Legal Agreements a. Development review applications are not considered complete unless an Affordable Housing Memorandum of Understanding acknowledging the standards and procedures required for development subject to this Section has been agreed to and signed by the Director of Housing and the Applicant. b. An Affordable Housing Implementation Plan (AHIP), approved at the discretion of the Director of Housing, must be agreed to and signed by the Applicant for development subject to this Section. i. The Building Official may not issue a Building Permit, excluding a foundation permit, for development subject to this Section until an AHIP has been approved by the Director of Housing. c. Applicants must execute and record a deed restriction limiting the sale or rental of ADUs to eligible households in perpetuity with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, or filed with the Land Registration Office. i. The Building Official may not issue any Certificate of Occupancy for development subject to this Section until a deed restriction limiting the sale or rental of ADUs to eligible households is executed and recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds or filed with the Land Registration Office. d. All memorandums of understanding, AHIPs, and other legal agreements must be in a form approved by the City Solicitor. 19 551 15 - Administration §15.7.3 3. Planning Board b. Membership i. The Mayor shall appoint five (5) members and two (2) alternate members, subject to confirmation by the City Council. ii. Members of the Urban Design Comission are appointed for three (3) year terms, except that the original terms of initial appointees must be shortened so that no more than two (2) members and one (1) alternate member expires in the same calendar year.