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Residents also hope the petition will help the city develop a comprehensive and concrete development policy, said Jonathan S. Myers, a candidate for City Council who signed the petition.
In the petition, filed with the city on April 6, the organization writes that "variances to the zoning ordinance have become too commonplace and too easy to obtain" and asks the City Council to amend the ordinance to limit the power of the Zoning Board.
But the petition could have some effect on several of the nine all-male final clubs, commercial properties which are in residentially zoned areas of Mt. Auburn St. Two final clubs--the Spee and the Phoenix--have received variances from city agencies in the past that permit them to house...
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.
The 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...