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Land use committee backs Arts & Innovation master-plan overlay with required housing and stepback clarifications
Summary
The committee voted to recommend approval of a proposed Arts and Innovation subarea overlay for a master plan development district, adopting amendments to require at least 150 dwelling units (no more than 15% of GFA) and to clarify upper-story stepbacks. The measure will go to the full City Council for final action.
The Somerville City Council Land Use Committee on June 19 voted to recommend approval of a proposed amendment to Articles 8 and 12 of the zoning ordinance to create an Arts and Innovation subarea within the Master Plan Development overlay district. Committee members adopted two substantive amendments before forwarding the item to the full council.
Councilor Ewan Kampen moved and the committee adopted language requiring master plans in the subarea to "include at least 150 dwelling units" and to limit residential uses to "no more than 15% of the total proposed gross floor area." The amendment passed on a roll call; Councilors Davis, Saeed, Wilson, Ewan…
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