Committee recommends R&D and ACE zoning changes; amendment to reduce R&D stories to two fails
The Somerville Land Use Committee recommended approval on June 19 of a new Research & Development base zoning district and revisions to Arts and Creative Enterprise rules, but rejected a proposed amendment to limit the R&D district to a maximum of two stories.
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The Somerville City Council Land Use Committee on June 19 voted to recommend approval of two related zoning items: a proposed Research & Development (R&D) zoning district (agenda item 7, 25-0128) and revisions to Arts and Creative Enterprise (ACE) uses (agenda item 8, 25-0129). The committee debated whether the R&D base district should include a height disincentive and considered concerns raised by the ward councilor about uses that could be permitted in a base district if an overlay were not adopted.
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