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Zoning Commission Hearing

Jan 07, 2026

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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  • Contact Name:

    Jeffrey Hampton

  • Contact Email Address:

    [email protected]

  • Type:

    Zoning Commission

  • Location:

    Virtual Meeting

  • Contact Phone:

    617.918.4308

Description:

Register for Zoom: bosplans.org/BZC-Jan72026

The Boston Zoning Commission typically meets on the first Wednesday (and third, when applicable) of each month to rule on proposed amendments to the Boston Zoning Code. The Commission also votes on Institutional Master Plans and Planned Development Areas in accordance with Article 80. Anyone may petition the Zoning Commission to adopt a zoning change. Following community engagement, Planning Department staff bring zoning change recommendations to the BPDA Board of Directors for approval and then petition the Zoning Commission. Once the Zoning Commission adopts a zoning amendment, it is sent to the Mayor for approval and then is codified in the Zoning Code.

Zoning Commission hearings are conducted virtually through Zoom. The public can participate in hearings by registering for and attending Zoom meetings and verbally offering public comment. The public can also send written comments by email to [email protected] or by post to 1 City Hall Square, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02201

Agenda
 

9:00 AM Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Master Plan for Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Park, Charlestown

Development Plan for 15 Supertest Street within Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Park 

Development Plan for 25 Supertest Street within Planned Development Area No. 51, Hood Park

 

The Master Plan Amendment proposes to increase the area of the 15 Supertest Street project from the originally proposed 12,000 square feet of area to approximately 49,800 square feet as defined by the target retail market requirements and the proposed 32-unit residential program on the upper floors. Additionally, the Master Plan Amendment proposes to increase the proposed gross floor area of the 25 Supertest project, from a gross floor area of 128,800 square feet to a gross floor area of 224,400 square feet, and to add multifamily rental residential housing to the hotel described in the Master Plan.
 

The 15 Supertest Street Development Plan consists of the construction of a new approximately 49,800 square foot building not exceeding a height of 57 feet for approximately 24,000 square feet of retail space fronting on Rutherford Avenue and Supertest Street, with approximately 32 residential units above to be used for market rate and income restricted rental housing, with underground parking facilities in a parking garage structure that will be shared with the future 25 Supertest Street project. The 15 Supertest street project includes between twenty-four (24) and thirty-two (32) total residential units including between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) affordable units.

The 25 Supertest Street Development Plan consists of the construction of a new eighteen-story building, including the mechanical penthouse, plus rooftop mechanical equipment, rooftop solar panels, penthouses, and
screen walls for a total maximum height of 235 feet. The gross floor area of the project will be approximately 224,400 square feet, for hotel, residential, and accessory uses with approximately 150 underground parking spaces that will be determined by the project’s final program of uses and in compliance with the City’s Maximum Parking Ratios. The 25 Supertest project will result in an off-site affordable housing creation project per the requirements of Article 79, based on twenty (20) percent of the proposed 87,000 Useable Square Feet of the residential area.