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Planning Board endorses City Council petition to limit AHO height increases in Residence C‑1 districts
Summary
The board on April 15 voted to send a positive recommendation to the City Council for a zoning petition that would prevent developers from using the Affordable Housing Overlay's open‑space height bonus to exceed 9 stories in R‑C1 (Residence C‑1) areas unless the lot lies within an AHO corridor or AHO square.
The Cambridge Planning Board voted April 15 to transmit a favorable recommendation to the City Council on a petition that would amend the Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO) to prevent developers from using the AHO's open‑space preservation provision to add three extra stories in Residence C‑1 districts except where those lots sit within designated AHO corridors or AHO squares.
The petition: what it changes Evan Spetrini, senior manager for zoning and development in the Community Development Department, told the board the petition stems from a city council policy order asking staff to draft an amendment that would make the AHO open‑space height bonus inapplicable in Residence C‑1 districts. The provision at issue (11.207.5.2.1(e), as described in the staff presentation) allows an…
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