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Three proposed Ordinances (attached below) are scheduled for a vote at the Sept 23 City Council meeting.
Please consider attending to express your opinions regarding them.
#1158 addresses issues related to enforcement of laws regarding animals, particularly dogs, in the city and the responsibility of owners to prevent them from being at large and to pick up after them. The ordinance would allow the Cambridge Police to enforce these laws as a supplement to the responsibility of the County animal wardens.
#1159 addresses the collection of business and bulk trash by the city and residential trash by the private contractor and the responsibilities of the residents regarding the placement of their trash carts for collection and removal and placement after collection, requiring that trash bins be removed from the front of one’s property (to the side, back, or behind an enclosure) in a timely fashion after pickup.
#1157 would remove the requirement that buildings need to be a minimum of 50 feet away from route 50. By removing this requirement, the underlying dimension requirements in the Unified Development Code (UDC) will apply. This means that buildings can be as little as 15 feet from the edge of Route 50 and a maximum of 50 feet tall (this is the equivalent of 4 1/2 stories).