Malden City Hall

215 Pleasant Street

Malden, MA 02148

City of Malden

Meeting Minutes - Final

Rules & Ordinance Committee

Councillor Winslow, Chair

Councillor Linehan, Vice-Chair

Councillor Crowe

Councillor O'Malley

Councillor Taylor

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

5:30 PM

215 Pleasant Street

Room 105

Malden, MA 02148

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Roll Call

Chair Winslow called the meeting to order at 5:39 PM.

Councillor O'Malley was in attendance via video. In violation of Council Rule 54.05,

Councillor O'Malley refused to turn on his computer's camera and was not clearly visual

throughout the meeting.

All votes were taken by roll call.

Also in attendance was Councillors McDonald and Condon, Nelson Miller and Prasanna

Rajasekaran.

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Present:

Absent:

Councillor Stephen Winslow, Councillor Amanda Linehan, Peg Crowe and Ryan

O'Malley

1 - Ari Taylor

Minutes to be Approved

Minutes for the meeting of October 28, 2025

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A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor Linehan, that

the Committee Minutes be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Yea:

Minutes for the meeting of October 7, 2025

A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor Linehan, that

the Committee Minutes be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Minutes for the meeting of June 24, 2025

A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor Linehan, that

the Committee Minutes be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Minutes for the meeting of June 3, 2025

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A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor Linehan, that

the Committee Minutes be approved. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Yea:

Business

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Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC)

6.08.060 Subsection B(3) OFFSITE PARKING FACILITIES is hereby amended by adding

‘An annual’ between non-refundable and application and by striking ‘$100 per

vehicle’ and inserting the following: ‘$200, a base fee of $100 for the first nine

parking spaces and $20 per each additional parking space over nine.’

Sponsors: Jadeane Sica

Attachments: Current 6.08.060 Offsite Parking Facilities

Memo on Open Air Parking Lot Fee Sructure 6.18.2025 352-25

Projected revenue open air lots

Final Paper 377-25 Offsite Parking Lot Ordinance

The need for amended prices for offsite parking facilities came about by a legal case

where previous fee requirements for open air parking lots were struck down for not being

tied to actual regulatory costs. This paper is the result of the Legal Department and

License Committee's collaboration to create a fee schedule that is more representative of

the actual expenses involved in maintaining open air parking lots.

The committee reviewed cost estimates for compliance, emergency response, DPW wear

and tear, and environmental mitigation such as tree planting, justifying the two-tier fee

structure and its conservative approach to avoid future legal challenges. The fee

schedule has been reviewed and approved by the City Solicitor. Once this ordinance is

ordained, the Clerk's Office will submit renewal letters to all outdoor parking lots. This

process has been paused since April waiting for the new fee structure to be approved.

This ordinance pertains to offsite parking facilities that are privately owned. State owned

property, such as the MBTA parking lots at Malden Center and Oak Grove, are not

subject to city ordinances.

Councillor Winslow pointed out the new language should include the word 'an' before

'annual' and offered a grammatical amendment.

A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor O'Malley, that

the Ordinance be amended. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Yea:

A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor Linehan, that

the Ordinance be recommended favorably as amended to the City Council. The

motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC)

6.08.100 Subsection A 2(b) USED CAR DEALERS is hereby amended by striking it in its

entirety and inserting the following in its place: ‘a release signed by the applicant,

authorizing city personnel to access the applicant’s criminal record;’

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Sponsors: Jadeane Sica

Attachments: Current 6.08.100 Used Car Dealer Ordinance

Final Paper 407-25 Used Car Dealer Ordinance

Attorney Rajasekaran spoke on this paper representing the Solicitor's Office, which is in

the process of instituting a comprehensive policy for how city departments, such as

Clerk's and HR, access CORI reports. A petitioner is not mandated to provide their own

CORI. Instead, the City must obtain written authorization from the petitioner to conduct

such a background check then a State trained and authorized city official may enter the

CORI database to obtain the report.

The need to review CORI procedures came about because in 2021 a member of the

License Committee commented a particular license was not being recommended

favorably due to something listed on the petitioner's report. The Solicitor's Office

recommends in the future if the License Committee feels the need to discuss an item

found on a CORI, the Body should enter into Executive Session to preserve the

petitioner's privacy rights.

Currently, incomplete applications or those with open court cases on the CORI are

rejected and sent back to the petitioner prior to making it to the License agenda.

MCC 6.08.110.F(2) states:

The City Council may deny a license, without a hearing, to any applicant who:

has a criminal proceeding pending;

has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in a non-violent felony within

one year of the date of application;

has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in a violent felony within three

years of the date of application;

has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in an alcohol or drug related

misdemeanor within one year of the date of application; provided that no person shall be

granted a license within three years of conviction or admission of sufficient facts in an

alcohol or drug related misdemeanor which is a second offense;

has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in three or more drug or

alcohol related offenses within ten years of the date of application;

has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in an alcohol or drug related

felony within three years of the date of application;

has been released from incarceration in a correctional facility within one year of the

date of application;

is included on or has been removed from the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry

within two years of the date of application;

has been determined responsible for three (3) or more motor vehicle accidents within

two years of the date of application.

Attorney Rajasekaran offered that the Solicitor's Office will provide a policy paper

outlining CORI handling procedures all departments will use moving forward.

A motion was made by Councillor Linehan, seconded by Councillor Crowe, that

the Ordinance be recommended favorably to the City Council. The motion

carried by the following vote:

3 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan and Councillor Crowe

1 - Councillor O'Malley

Yea:

Abstain:

Tabled Papers

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Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC)

Title 12 Chapter 20 Section 010 PARKING, LOADING, AND SCREENING REGULATIONS -

Table of Off-street Parking and Loading Regulations is hereby amended by striking

the values from the "Minimum Number of Parking Spaces" column for the

corresponding "Use" rows and inserting in their place the following values:

Dwelling single family: 0.5 per bedroom

Dwelling single family with two kitchens: 0.5 per bedroom

Dwelling two family: 0.5 per bedroom

Dwelling three and four family: 0.5 per bedroom

Dwelling town or row house: 0.5 per bedroom

Dwelling, cohousing: 0.5 per bedroom

Sponsors: Ryan O'Malley

Attachments: Current Ordinance 12.20.010

Purpose of Amendments to 12.12.090 and 12.20.010

Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC)

Title 9, Chapter 20, Section 030 STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL

WASTE be hereby amended by adding section K. All non-owner-occupied

properties with 3 units or more must install year-round rodent control measures in

proximity to the trash storage area to prevent rodent activity.

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Sponsors: Stephen Winslow, Craig Spadafora and Ryan O'Malley

Attachments: Somerville Rodent Ordinance

Order: That the City Council develop a home rule petition to be submitted to the

Massachusetts Legislature that would provide the City the right to adopt rules for

the regulation of parking on private ways within the City.

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Sponsors: Stephen Winslow

Attachments:

Handout during October 14, Rules & Ordinance meeting: Gloucester

Home Rule Petition RE- Private Ways.pdf

. Adjournment

A motion was made by Councillor Crowe, seconded by Councillor Linehan, that

this meeting be adjourned. The motion carried by the following vote:

Meeting adjourned at 6:24 PM.

4 - Winslow, Councillor Linehan, Councillor Crowe and Councillor O'Malley

Yea:

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