Eastern Cambridge Gets New Zoning Plan

CAMBRIDGE, MA-A proposal to rezone the eastern part of the city was approved with the emphasis on limiting commercial development and encouraging residential development in this area–especially in the North Point section.

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 yearlong planning process for the area and was conducted by planners Goody, Clancy & Associates and a committee of 19 Cambridge citizens, planners, city officials and development interests.