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Planning Board finds quick‑service food use compatible at 20 Child Street
Summary
The Cambridge Planning Board unanimously determined a proposed quick‑service food tenant at 20 Child Street (Parcel N, Cambridge Crossing) is compatible with the Eastern Cambridge plan. The board appointed an associate member to act on the special-permit case and offered no conditions at the hearing on Dec. 9, 2025.
Mary Flynn, chair of the Cambridge Planning Board, on Dec. 9 said the board would approve a written determination allowing a quick‑service food establishment at 20 Child Street, a ground-floor space in Parcel N of the Cambridge Crossing planned-unit development.
The determination followed a staff framing by Jeff Roberts, director of zoning and development in the Community Development Department, who told the board the PUD zoning and special permit allow the Planning Board to permit a use by written determination if it is compatible with and advances the Eastern Cambridge plan and supports the predominant residential…
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