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The Cambridge City Council voted by a 7 to 2 margin to pass an "incentive zoning and inclusionary housing provision" at Monday night's council meeting.
As a part of the newly-passed provision, new residential constructions of 10 units or more are required to have affordable housing units make up 15 percent of the total number of units in the development.
Councillors Michael A. Sullivan and Timothy J. Toomey voted against the provision.
The purpose of the provision is "to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by encouraging the expansion and upgrading of the City's housing stock while accommodating the expansion of housing and commercial opportunities in the City," the provision reads.
About 60 Cantabrigians spoke during the public comment session at the beginning of Monday's meeting, the vast majority speaking in favor of the provision.