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Saddle Up Saloon seeks five summer fundraiser dates; Select Board asks for permits, planning review
Summary
Owner of Saddle Up Saloon asked the Kingston Select Board for preapproval of five Tuesday-night motorcycle fundraiser events; board members asked for a special-event permit this year and urged the owner to pursue a site-plan addendum with the planning board for recurring events.
Robert Pagliarillo, owner of Saddle Up Saloon, told the Kingston Select Board on April 7 that he is seeking five summer dates — May 20, July 15, Aug. 19, Sept. 16 and Oct. 21 — to hold motorcycle fundraiser events with entertainment and police detail.
The request prompted board members to recommend formal permitting steps. Glenn Koppelman, chair of the Select Board, read the owner’s letter into the record and said the board had discussed similar requests previously. Board members asked Pagliarillo to submit a town special-event permit, including signoffs from the police and fire chiefs, and to meet with the town planner about adding the events to his approved site plan.
Ellie Alessio, vice chair, said because the fundraisers are now a regular, recurring part of the business the correct procedural route is a site-plan addendum so the events are “part of the design of the operation of the Saddle Up Saloon.” Board members also recommended an addendum or affidavit to the existing site plan rather than a full redesign if the restaurant’s layout is unchanged.
Pagliarillo said he had previously spent about $3,000 on a sound engineer when he last appeared before the planning board and that he had not received noise complaints in recent years. He told the board he would file this year’s special-event permit immediately and “...also fill out paperwork to go in front of the town so I can get that going,” noting he wanted to avoid up-front engineering expense if possible.
Several board members suggested a phased approach: allow a small number of events this summer under the special-event permit process while Pagliarillo pursues a planning-board solution to authorize recurring events as part of the site plan. The board asked him to return the week after submitting the permit with a status update on any discussions with the planner.
No formal vote or change to the site plan was recorded; the board’s direction was procedural: submit a special-event permit with chief signoffs and consult the planner and planning board about a site-plan addendum for recurring events.
The board also reminded Pagliarillo that police detail and traffic controls are expected for coned-off parking-lot events and that vendors and food service are generally provided by the restaurant.
Looking ahead, board members said formalizing the event schedule on the site plan would simplify future permitting and transfer expectations for any future owner of the property.
