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Planning Study Has Implications for Local Developers

CAMBRIDGE, MA-After nearly a year of evaluation, a rezoning plan for East Cambridge is finally being considered. The plan divides the area into five primary areas with different zoning recommendations for each area.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on September 21, 2001

CAMBRIDGE, MA-A rezoning plan for East Cambridge here is finally being considered after nearly a year in the making. Should the petition be approved by the city council, the plan has implications for developers of residential projects here.

The petition to rezone East Cambridge was filed over a year and a half ago–as part of a comprehensive plan to rezone the entire city. At the time, the Cambridge City Council imposed an 18-month moratorium on development in the East Cambridge area, which ended in July. The East Cambridge Planning Study was established to evaluate options in this area. ECaPS became a year-long planning study for the area and was conducted by planners Goody, Clancy & Associates and a committee of 19 Cambridge citizens, planners, city officials and development interests.

According to Lisa Stuardi, director of government and community affairs at the Chamber of Commerce in Cambridge, the goal of the study was to create housing in this area. Stuardi notes that this inevitably includes an affordable housing component, as 15% of any residential development needs to be affordable.

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