City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 25-0590

• File #: 25-0590
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved, Awaiting Mayoral Review
• File created: 3/24/2025
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 3/27/2025
• Final action: 6/26/2025
• Enactment date: 6/26/2025
• Enactment #: 219245
• Title: Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Article 2 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow the Building Official to waive certain dimensional standards for means of egress.
• Indexes: SPCD-Planning & Zoning
• Code sections: Ordinance Zoning -
• Related files: 25-0921

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/26/2025	1	City Council	Ordinance ordained	Pass
6/17/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Recommended to be approved as amended	Pass
6/12/2025	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation
6/5/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Recommended to be discharged with no recommendation	Pass
5/15/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
4/17/2025	1	Land Use Committee	Kept in committee
3/27/2025	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting ordainment of an amendment to Article 2 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow the Building Official to waive certain dimensional standards for means of egress.

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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 Article 2 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow the Building Official to waive certain dimensional standards for means of egress.

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

Respectfully,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor