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Planning board clears several commercial storage-container requests with conditions on color, setbacks and use
Summary
The Planning Board approved several commercial storage-container requests Sept. 8, attaching conditions that containers be a single neutral color, that nothing be stored on top of containers, and that if a container is located in a front-yard setback it must be relocated.
The Planning Board on Sept. 8 approved multiple applications to legalize or expand outdoor storage-container uses at commercial/industrial sites, subject to specific conditions including single-color treatment, no storage on top of containers, and removal or relocation if containers encroach on front-yard setbacks.
At 18A Gregland Ave (a CTAC commercial lot), the applicant sought to regularize an existing container and asked for limited time/ownership conditions. Staff recommended conditions that the container be used for the owner’s business, that any future new containers match the color and that any new or additional containers return to the board for review. The board required that no storage be stacked on top of containers and added that containers in the front-yard setback must be moved out of the setback. The board closed public comment and approved staff recommendations.
Separately, the Nantucket Memorial Airport applicant sought to expand a container-storage site under an amended lease. The board approved an amendment allowing additional containers and two storage buildings, subject to prior site-review comments, compliance with airport lease terms, FAA clearance for any double-stacking, no hazardous materials in the containers, and a single neutral color for units. Town staff and the applicant said containers on the airport site are beige and would remain so.
Board members and speakers emphasized balancing business needs and visual/neighbor impacts; the approvals are conditional on meeting staff engineering comments and any required FAA or airport approvals.
