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The Cambridge License Commission is responsible for issuing numerous licenses/permits and enforcing rules, regulations, local ordinances and state laws. It also houses the Pole and Conduit Commission and enforces the Noise Ordinance.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) has reduced the Cambridge and Northeast region drought level status from a Level 3 - Critical Drought to a Level 2 - Significant Drought. Cambridge has been in a Critical Drought since late May 2026.

Meeting minutes of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board meeting held June 13, 2024

Cambridge Five Year Plan 2026 Update

2026 Five Year Street and Sidewalk Reconstruction

Meeting minutes of the Conservation Commission meeting held June 16, 2025

Meeting minutes of the Commission on the Status of Women meeting held December 10, 2025

Meeting minutes of the Family Policy Council meeting held February 29, 2024

Meeting minutes of the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission meeting held October 22, 2025

Current seven-Year Open Space and Recreation Plan covering the period 2009 to 2016. Required by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for eligibility for open space funding.