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...Geer said the petition was sparked by a situation a couple of years ago in which a residential area along the northern part of Mass Ave. near Porter Square was re-zoned as a commerical district by the Zoning Board...
...petition was first submitted to the city's Planning Board, which will hold a hearing on the petition, Geer said. No date for the hearing has yet been announced, he added. The board will then make a report which is to be in the hands of council members before a vote...
...There is, however, an unfortunate habit of providing it the afternoon of the vote," Geer said. "We're hoping to avoid that situation...
...proposed amendment will require a two-thirds vote of the council to pass, Geer said. However, should 20 percent of the property owners in the area object to the proposal, the required percentage of votes jumps to three-fourths...
...Since this is a citywide zoning proposal, it is quite a bit more unlikely that a contingent of 20 percent of the citizens will object," Geer said...