City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 25-0246

• File #: 25-0246
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 2/11/2025
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 2/13/2025
• Final action: 9/25/2025
• Enactment date: 2/13/2025
• Enactment #: 218308
• Title: That the Director of Inspectional Services and the Director of Planning, Preservation and Zoning discuss with this Council, Type IV heavy timber construction now permitted in the 10th edition of Massachusetts State Building Code 780 and potential impacts on inspections, development, and the Zoning Ordinance.
• Sponsors: Jake Wilson, Wilfred N. Mbah
• Indexes: Inspectional Services, SPCD-Planning & Zoning

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/25/2025	1	City Council	Work completed
9/18/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Recommended to be marked work completed
9/4/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
6/17/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
6/5/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
5/15/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
4/3/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
2/13/2025	1	City Council	Approved and sent for discussion	Pass

Agenda Summary

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That the Director of Inspectional Services and the Director of Planning, Preservation and Zoning discuss with this Council, Type IV heavy timber construction now permitted in the 10th edition of Massachusetts State Building Code 780 and potential impacts on inspections, development, and the Zoning Ordinance.

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Official Text

That the Director of Inspectional Services and the Director of Planning, Preservation and Zoning discuss with this Council, Type IV heavy timber construction now permitted in the 10th edition of Massachusetts State Building Code 780 and potential impacts on inspections, development, and the Zoning Ordinance.