City Council Ordinances and Rules Committee – Sep 21, 2026
- Where
- Not listed on the city's Agenda Center
- Time
- Not listed
What was decided
Items covered special permit requests for 287 Crescent Street, 995 Main St, and CAVA Group LLC, a zoning resolution on MBTA Communities inclusionary zoning, and a mayor's communication on health insurance. All were tabled. The Law Department was asked to review several of them.
Decisions recorded
- Tabled the special permit modification at 287 Crescent Street by voice vote. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Tabled the special permit application at 995 Main St by voice vote. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Tabled the resolution amending the MBTA Communities Zoning Ordinance by voice vote. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Tabled the CAVA Group LLC special permit application by voice vote. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved by voice vote a request for the Law Department to attend the next meeting to discuss the mayor's communication related to health insurance. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Tabled the mayor's communication related to health insurance by voice vote. page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
4 decisions aren't shown: they couldn't be matched to the minutes.
Summary written by AI from the city's minutes (opens in new tab). Checked against the city's PDF. Check the original before relying on it. How summaries are checked
Report an error in this summaryThe full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.
Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 24 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved .
Agenda
A copy of the agenda wasn't saved here. It is on the city website (opens in new tab).
Terms used here
- special permit
- Permission, under the city's Zoning Ordinance, for a use that is allowed in a district only if a city board approves it. In Waltham, many are granted by the City Council after a public hearing.
- MBTA Communities
- The state law (Section 3A of the Zoning Act) requiring cities and towns near MBTA service to allow multifamily housing by right in at least one district.
- tabled
- Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.
Source
This meeting's agenda in the City of Waltham's Agenda Center (opens in new tab). First recorded by Waltham Publick on .