Docket Tracking System

  - City Council, City of Newton, MA

Docket Info

Primary Docketer Co-Docketer Notified Staff Docket Number Docket Title Docket Text Public Hearing Hearing Vote Date
HQ, LLC #358-22 Special Permit Petition to allow development at 1314 Washington Street and 31, 33 Davis Street HQ, LLC petition for a SPECIAL PERMIT/SITE PLAN APPROVAL to allow a building in excess of 20,000 sq. ft., to allow a mixed-use residential building with five stories and 60 feet in height, to allow reduced lot area per unit, to exceed the maximum front setback, to allow a FAR of 2.45 in a five-story building, to waive the setback requirement for the portions of the building exceeding 40 ft. in height, to waive entrance and façade transparency requirements, to allow a restaurant with more than 50 seats with extended hours of operation, to allow ground floor residential use, to waive the requirement of using the A+B+C parking formula, to waive 115 parking stalls, to allow assigned parking, to allow reduced parking stall width and depth, to allow reduced accessible stall depth, to waive end stall maneuvering space requirements, to allow reduced aisle width at 1314 Washington Street and 31, 33 Davis Street, Ward 3, Newton, on land known as Section 33 Block 10 Lots 01, 11, 12 containing approximately 30,031 sq. ft. of land in a district zoned BUSINESS USE 1 (rezone to MIXED USE 4 proposed). Ref: Sec. 7.3.3, 7.4, 4.2.2.A.2, 4.2.5.A.3, 4.2.2.B.1, 4.2.3, 4.2.5.A.4, 4.2.2.B.3, 4.2.5.A.2, 4.2.5.A.4.c, 4.2.5.A.6.a, 4.2.5.A.6.b, 4.4.1, 6.4.29.B.1, 6.4.29.C.6, 6.2.4, 5.1.3.B, 5.1.13, 5.1.4, 5.1.3.E, 5.1.8.B.1, 5.1.8.B.2, 5.1.8.B.4, 5.1.8.B.6, 5.1.8.C.1, 5.1.8.C.2 of the City of Newton Rev Zoning Ord, 2017. Open: 2022-07-19
Close: 2022-12-13

07-28-23
Public Hearing Vote: [ Yes-No-Absent-Recused-Not Voting ]

Committee Meeting(s)

Committee Meeting Date Present Meeting Motion Meeting Action Vote* Amended Motion Reconsideration Reconsideration Vote* Meeting Agenda Meeting Report
Land Use 07-19-22 Councilors Lipof (Chair), Kelley, Bowman, Downs and Laredo; also present: Councilors Albright, Crossley, Malakie, Norton and Wright; absent: Councilors Greenberg, Lucas and Markiewicz Motion to Hold Held 5-0
Land Use 10-06-22 Councilors Lipof (Chair), Kelley, Bowman, Downs, Greenberg, Markiewicz, and Lucas; absent: Councilor Laredo; also present: Councilors Albright, Humphrey, Leary, Malakie, Norton, Oliver, and Wright Motion to Hold Held 7-0
Land Use 11-22-22 Councilors Lipof (Chair), Kelley, Greenberg, Laredo, Lucas and Markiewicz; absent: Councilors Bowman and Downs; also present: Councilors Albright, Malakie and Wright Motion to Hold Held 6-0
Land Use 12-13-22 Councilors Lipof (Chair), Kelley, Bowman, Downs, Greenberg, Laredo, and Lucas; absent: Councilor Markiewicz; also present: Councilors Albright, Gentile, Humphrey, Leary, Malakie, and Wright Motion to Approve Approved 6-1
Vote: [ Yes - No - Abstain - Absent - Recused - Not Voting]  Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ]

Whole City Council Meeting

Council Motion Council Action Council Order Council Vote* Reconsideration Reconsideration Vote* Council Note
Motion to Approve Approved Signed Council Order 20-3-1
City Council Vote order: [ Yes - No - Absent - Recused ]  Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ]