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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Planning Board of the City of Cambridge will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
Opened on May 20, 2025 located at Remote participation on Zoom (see details below) on a Zoning Petition by Mushla Marasao, et al., to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Sections 5.28.21, 8.22.1, 8.22.2, and Table 5.1 with the intent to Remove gross floor area (GFA) and floor area ratio (FAR) limitations for religious uses, permit conforming additions to nonconforming structures without limitation for religious uses, and permit religious uses with the same dimensional limitations as residential uses except that in a Residence C-1 district permeable open space would not be required, buildings would be permitted up to 6 stories and 74 feet above grade without meeting inclusionary housing requirements, and buildings taller than 35 feet and 3 stories above grade would not be required to notify neighbors and hold a meeting.
This hearing will be on Zoom Webinar. Go to www.cambridgema.gov/planningboard to view petition documents, send written comments before the hearing, or learn how to join the hearing online or by phone. Contact the Community Development Department at cddzoning@cambridgema.gov or 617-349-4600 with questions. Written comments received by 12:00 P.M. on the Friday before the meeting will be considered by Board Members in advance of the meeting. Comments received later will be entered into the record.
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Massachusetts
BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL 831 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA. (617) 349-6100
The Board of Zoning Appeal will hold a Virtual Public Meeting, THURSDAY – JUNE 26, 2025. Members of the public can participate or view the meeting remotely using the Zoom Webinar link: https://cambridgema.zoom.us/i/85299551558
Or join by phone: Dial +1 929 436 2866 or +1 301 715 8592 – Webinar ID: 852 9955 1558
6:15 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-1167668
605 CONCORD AVENUE
Business A Zone/Alewife Overlay (AOD-5)/Parkway Overlay
ABODEZ ACORN CONCORD LLC – C/O SARAH L. RHATIGAN, ESQ. Special Permit: To open a veterinary surgical clinic in the ground floor retail space of this multi-family apartment building. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.35.L (Animal Services Facility). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).
6:30 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-1163946 200 MAIN STREET
Residence C-3B Zone/PUD-5
CAMBRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – C/O CROWN CASTLE FIBER – BRANDI SPEZZANO Special Permit: Wireless antenna equipment housed atop streetlight to increase wireless coverage in the area. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.G.1 & Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit).
6:45 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-1166529
300 MT. AUBURN STREET – UNIT 1
Residence C-3 Zone
MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL – C/O T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC – ADAM BRAILLARD, ESQ.
Special Permit: To modify its existing Wireless Telecommunications Facility by replacing six (6) panel antennas currently on the existing building with six (6) new like kind panel antennas, together with supporting equipment. The Applicants’ proposal complies with Section 6409 of the Spectrum Act as the collocation of antennas is not a substantial change to the existing base station. Moreover, the Applicants proposal complies with Section 4.32 and 10.4 of the Cambridge Zoning Code.
Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.G.1 & Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40 (Special Permit). 6409 (2012 Middle Class Tax Relief Act).
7:00 P.M. CASE NO. BZA-1167197 1654 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
Multi-Use / Residence C-2 Zone
JOHN KURT MILLER, TR. – C/O CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS – ELLEN FREYMAN, AGENT Special Permit: To modify the existing Beta sector chimney mount, specifically, to remove two (2) existing Beta and Gamma CDMA Antennas from existing mast pipes, relocate three (3) existing NR Antennas, and install three (3) new MT6413-77A Antennas with integrated Remote Radio Heads on existing mounting pipes, one (1) new combiner, as well as additional hardware per RFDS located inside of existing equipment room. All new equipment will have 3M wrap to match the proposed MT6413-77A Antennas and painted to match the chimney color, hardware and jumpers. No additional changes are proposed for the modification. Art. 4.000, Sec. 4.32.G.1 & Sec. 4.40 (Footnote 49) (Telecommunication Facility). Art. 10.000, Sec. 10.40-10.46 (Special Permit). 6409 (Federal Middle Class Tax Relief Act (Spectrum Act).
TO VIEW BZA CASE APPLICATIONS, PLANS & SUBMISSIONS, GO TO: https://www.cambridgema.gov/inspection/zoning.aspx at top of page, click “Calendar” > Click hearing date > Click “Board of Zoning Appeal Agenda.” Any information filed after the agenda has been posted can be viewed at the Inspectional Services Department located at 831 Mass Avenue, Cambridge by appointment only. Copies of this petition are also on file in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Cambridge, MA. Interested persons may provide comments to the Board of Zoning Appeal by participating during the hearing and/or may provide written comments for the Board’s consideration by mailing or delivering them to the attention of the Secretary, Board of Zoning Appeal, 831 Mass Avenue, 02139 or by emailing them to mpacheco@cambridgema.gov. Comments must be submitted prior to the Hearing and include the Case Number. Continued cases are not re-advertised but are posted on the office board at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall & on the same BZA Web Page 48 hours prior to hearing.
Ordinance 2025-11 First Publication
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Five
AN ORDINANCE
In amendment to the Ordinance entitled “Cambridge Municipal Code.”
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Cambridge that the Municipal Code of the City of Cambridge be amended as follows:
Section 3.24.070(B)(3), entitled “Fresh Pond Golf Course Pro Shop Fund” be amended by adding language so that the subsection reads as follows:
3. Purpose and Expenditures. During each fiscal year, the Assistant City Manager for Human Services or his/her designee within DHSP may, as approved by the City Manager, incur liabilities against and spend monies from the Fresh Pond Golf Course Pro Shop Fund as needed: (i) to purchase golf and office supplies for the Fresh Pond Golf Course Pro Shop as required for its operation, and (ii) to purchase equipment, supplies, and services necessary for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the golf course, parking lot, and facilities of the Fresh Pond Golf Course and the Fresh Pond Golf Course Pro Shop.
Salaries and wages of employees shall be paid from the annual budget appropriation of DHSP and shall not be paid from this revolving fund.
Passed to a second reading at the City Council meeting held on June 9, 2025 and on or after June 30, 2025 the question comes on passage to be ordained.
Attest: Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk
Ordinance 2025-10 First Publication
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-10 – FIRST PUBLICATION
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Five
AN ORDINANCE
That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cambridge be amended on a Zoning Petition by the BMR-320 Charles LLC c/o BioMed Realty, L.P. to amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Article 20.000 with the intent to create a new overlay district called the East Cambridge Community Enhancement (ECCE) Overlay District that would 1) allow for increases in height and floor area by special permit to facilitate the conversion of older industrial properties to new structures in a way that will 2) improve the edge of the district adjacent to Ahern Field, improve the pedestrian experience within the zoning district, and/or provide support for community services in East Cambridge.
Passed to a second reading, as amended, at the City Council meeting held on June 9, 2025 and on or after June 30, 2025 the question comes on passage to be ordained.
Attest:- Paula M. Crane
Interim City Clerk
NOTE: Pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 32A, Tercentenary Edition, the ordinance as aforesaid which exceeds in length eight octavo pages of ordinary book print may be summarized for publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city with the further provision that said Ordinance may be examined and obtained at the City Clerk’s Office during office hours and that any objection to its invalidity by reason of any defect in the procedure of adoption may only be made within ninety days after the posting or the second publication.
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