1.       WRITTEN MOTION Council President Lopes and Councillor Gomes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board, review and consider the following change to the City’s Building Codes to allow the establishment of Garden Style apartments in Mixed-Use Business Districts at heights, and density that other multi-family projects are afforded. (To Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 12/09/2021) (01/18/2022 – Request that Legal Counsel draft the appropriate Ordinance language based on the letter from Atty. Kehoe and the recommended changes from the Planning Board; Remain in Committee)

1a. COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes, submitting proposed Amendments Chapter 9, Section 2230 “Table of Principal Use Regulations” Appendix A from Attorney Michael A. Kehoe. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 12/09/2021) (01/18/2022 – Remain in Committee)

1b. COMMUNICATION, Jennifer Carloni, Director, City Planning, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, to discuss the request by City Councillors Joseph P. Lopes and Brian K. Gomes for the Planning Board to review and make a recommendation to the City Council for its consideration regarding proposed changes to the City’s Building Codes to allow the establishment of Garden Style apartments in Mixed-Use Business Districts at heights and density that other multi-family projects are afforded; the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending that the City Council amends the Ordinance accordingly. (Ref’d 01/13/2022)