City of Boston Zoning Commission Meeting

9:00 AM Text Amendment Application No. 545

Language and Clerical Errors

Articles 31 (Skyline Zoning), 38 (Midtown Cultural District), 53 (East Boston Neighborhood District), 60 (Greater Mattapan Neighborhood District), and 80 (Development Review and Approval)

Said amendment features updates that resolve existing text and formatting errors and improve general accessibility to the Code. The updates also clarify instances of confusing and inaccurately transcribed regulations.

This update does not establish any new regulations and does not change the functioning of the Code’s existing regulations.

9:05 AM Text Amendment Application Nos. 546-548

Map Amendment Application No. 799

Chinatown and Institutional Zoning

Said text amendments would amend Article 43 and Article 8 to establish new Chinatown Neighborhood District zoning regulations, (2) establish a new Article 34 (Institutional Districts) and Article 8 (Regulation of Uses) to establish a new set of Institutional Zoning Districts, (3) additional minor text amendments in Article 2 (Definitions), Article 3 (Establishment of Zoning Districts), Article 23 (Off Street Parking), Article 31 (Skyline Districts), Article 49A (Central Artery Special District), and Article 89 (Urban Agriculture) to ensure consistency throughout the code.

Said map amendment would amend Map 1G, Chinatown Neighborhood District to reflect the adoption of the new Chinatown and Institutional zoning.

9:20 AM Text Amendment Application Nos. 549-550

Sign Code and Conforming Amendments

Citywide

Said amendments would insert a new and updated Article 11 (Signs) of the Boston Zoning Code (the “Code”) that establish new citywide zoning regulations for signs; and (2) remove outdated signage regulations from the Code.

9:35 AM Development Plan for Phase 2 Building C within Planned

Development Area No. 94, Bartlett Place

Said Development Plan would allow for the construction of a 4-story residential building of approximately 95,000 square feet of gross floor area (GFA). The building will include sixty-one (61) mixed-income homeownership units, of which twelve (12) are affordable and four (4) are dedicated to non-income restricted Artist Live/Work (unless included within the affordable units). The building will also feature a variety of residential amenities, including bike parking, lounge and gallery space for artist use, a dog washing room, mail room, private inner courtyard, and a below-grade parking garage with fifty-one (51) spaces.

For the Commission

Jeffrey M. Hampton

Executive Secretary