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File #: 24-1197    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 8/19/2024 In control: Land Use Committee
On agenda: 8/22/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Sections 1.1.4, 2.1.1, 3.1.18, 3.2.17, 4.1.15, 4.2.15, 4.3.15, 4.4.16, 5.1.17, 6.1.13, 6.2.15, 6.3.13, 6.4.16, 7.2.9, 7.3.9, 8.2.4.c, 9.2.3, 9.2.6, 11.2.4, 11.2.5, 11.2.6, 11.3, 12.1.7, 15.2.1, and Table 9.1.1 of the Zoning Ordinance to address various parking requirements.
Indexes: SPCD-Planning & Zoning
Code sections: Ordinance Zoning -
Attachments: 1. Parking Minimums Amendment 20240819

Agenda Summary

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Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Sections 1.1.4, 2.1.1, 3.1.18, 3.2.17, 4.1.15, 4.2.15, 4.3.15, 4.4.16, 5.1.17, 6.1.13, 6.2.15, 6.3.13, 6.4.16, 7.2.9, 7.3.9, 8.2.4.c, 9.2.3, 9.2.6, 11.2.4, 11.2.5, 11.2.6, 11.3, 12.1.7, 15.2.1, and Table 9.1.1 of the Zoning Ordinance to address various parking requirements.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully submits for this Council’s consideration and ordainment of an amendment to Sections 1.1.4, 2.1.1, 3.1.18, 3.2.17, 4.1.15, 4.2.15, 4.3.15, 4.4.16, 5.1.17, 6.1.13, 6.2.15, 6.3.13, 6.4.16, 7.2.9, 7.3.9, 8.2.4.c, 9.2.3, 9.2.6, 11.2.4, 11.2.5, 11.2.6, 11.3, 12.1.7, 15.2.1, and Table 9.1.1 of the Somerville Zoning Ordinance to repeal minimum parking requirements, remove associated minimum parking requirement exemptions and other regulations, simplify parking tables, reformat and standardize all parking ratios, revise parking maximums, repeal the off-site accessory parking principal use, clarify the commercial parking facility principal use, and codify typical permit conditions for the provision of parking spaces to ADUs.

 

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

 

Respectfully,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor