Legislation Details

File #: 26-1526    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 10/14/2026 In control: Land Use Committee
On agenda: 10/22/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Sections 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6, 3.1.6, 3.2.6, 9.2.11, 9.2.13, 9.2.14, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, and 14.1.5 of the Zoning Ordinance to simplify regulation of accessory structures.
Code sections: Ordinance Zoning -
Attachments: 1. Accessory Structures 10.14.26

Agenda Summary

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Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Sections 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6, 3.1.6, 3.2.6, 9.2.11, 9.2.13, 9.2.14, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, and 14.1.5 of the Zoning Ordinance to simplify regulation of accessory structures.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully submits for this Council’s consideration and ordainment an amendment to Sections 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6, 3.1.6, 3.2.6, 9.2.11, 9.2.13, 9.2.14, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, and 14.1.5 of the Somerville Zoning Ordinance to simplify and clarify accessory structure regulations. This amendment establishes a new subsection in 2.4 Standards & Measurements to regulate accessory structures, simplifies accessory structure dimensional standards to reduce unnecessary complexity, associates certain structures and standards to the uses they support, and helps consolidate types of structures across the ordinance.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully,

Jake Wilson, Mayor