The councillors pointed out that the neighbors had no power to stop a project. "It’s really just a nice thing to do," Toner said. Residential developers must hold the meetings. McGovern was far from convinced. "If a religious organization wanted to sue, I would be fine with continuing to require" the neighborhood meeting, he said. "And I would just say that whatever religious organization is listening who might have ideas about doing this, you should want to hold one community meeting that is nonbinding, where no one can force you to do anything. "That’s the least we can do. You know, prenuptial agreement meaning obviously our hands are kind of tied in a lot of ways with this, and it’s a federal law," McGovern said. Councillors approved removing the exemptions for permeable open space and neighborhood meetings from the Lubavitch proposal before voting to send the zoning amendment to the council. The Planning Board will also consider the amendment July 8 and could vote for other changes. In response to questions from councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, city staff will also examine a provision that’s intended to exempt religious organizations from providing inclusionary housing - affordable units - if they want to build five- and six-story buildings. Bayer said the city could not require inclusionary housing in nonresidential developments, but she and councillors were concerned that the wording of the Lubavitch proposal might inadvertently prevent requiring affordable units in housing projects.

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