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Minutes - Land Use - 10-6-22 Dispositions — File 22-1697
City of Somerville,
Massachusetts
Land Use Committee
Meeting Minutes Dispositions
6:30 PM
Virtual
Thursday, October 6, 2022
This meeting was held via GoToWebinar and was called to order by Chair Ewen-Campen at 6:31 pm
and adjourned at 8:08 pm. Councilor Strezo moved to adjourn, and the motion was approved by
unanimous roll call vote.
Councilor Gomez Mouakad arrived late due to a Traffic Commission meeting.
Chair Ewen-Campen called a brief recess at 6:33 pm to allow the Planning Board to take roll in their
meeting, and again at 7:23 to allow them to exit after the joint hearing. Roll was called to establish
quorum.
Others present: Amelia Aboff - Planning Board, Deborah Howett-Easton - Planning Board, Erin Geno -
Planning Board, Jahan Habib - Planning Board, Dan Bartman - OSPCD, Matthew Snell - Boynton
Yards LandCo LLC, Chris Ulrich - Huron Veterinary, Jason O’Brien, Aaron Weber, Stephanie
Widzowski - Assistant Clerk of Committees.
Roll Call
Chairperson Ben Ewen-Campen, Vice Chair Lance L. Davis, Beatriz
Gomez Mouakad , Matthew McLaughlin and Kristen Strezo
Present:
1.
Public Hearing
1.1. Requesting ordainment of an amendment to the Somerville Zoning
Ordinance Article 3, Residence Districts and Article 9, Use Provisions, to
permit the adaptive reuse of commercial building types in the NR and UR
zoning districts.
22-1430
Kept in committee
2.
Public Hearing
2.1. Requesting ordainment of an amendment to the Somerville Zoning
Ordinance Articles 4 (Mid Rise Districts), 5 (High Rise Districts), 6
(Commercial Districts), 8 (Overlay Districts), and 9 (Use Provisions) to
permit additional uses for any ground story commercial space fronting a
Pedestrian Street.
22-1431
Kept in committee
3.
Public Hearing
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3.1. Boynton Yards LandCo LLC requesting approval of the attached Land
Conveyance petition for Boynton Yards.
22-1407
Kept in committee
4.
Public Hearing
4.1. Anthony Pasquale requesting the adoption of an amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance Map to change the zoning district of 34 Allen Street from
Neighborhood Residential (NR) to Small Business (SB) Overlay.
22-1356
Kept in committee
5.
That the Director of Planning, Preservation and Zoning update this Council
on current draft zoning requirements of the MBTA Communities Act.
22-1593
Councilor Ewen-Campen
Sponsors:
Kept in committee
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