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Board approves variances to add two mobile-home sites, allow upgrades at 165–169 Newbury Street
Summary
The zoning board granted variances enabling two additional mobile-home sites and multiple setback and spacing reliefs at a Peabody mobile-home park; the applicant said the park needs infrastructure upgrades and two existing units were condemned.
The Peabody City Zoning Board of Appeals voted to approve variances requested by the owner of the mobile-home park at 165–169 Newbury Street to add two sites and to allow several setback and spacing deviations needed to renovate the park.
Attorney Jenna Lovely Bonifiglio presented the application on behalf of 165–169 Newbury Street LLC. She said the LLC purchased the park in November 2024 and found the property in need of extensive repairs: underground electrical service and mobile-home wiring must be updated, driveways and roads need paving, water lines require replacement, and two existing mobile homes had been condemned and will be demolished. The applicant proposed capital improvements including new concrete pads for all sites, new underground electrical service, paving, landscaping, fencing and a recreational area.
The application sought variances under Section 6.1 (distance between buildings and visual screening) and Section 7.2 (front, side and rear yard setbacks) for multiple lots in the park, including reduced required distances between mobile homes and narrowed roadway width (existing roadway approximately 19.6 feet where 30 feet is specified in the code). The applicant said site constraints such as an irregular lot shape, an existing 20-foot city water easement and a 15-foot right-of-way to an adjacent parcel limit reconfiguration options.
A board member said the park clearly needs work and that the proposed plan made sense in light of existing conditions along Route 1 and the park’s configuration. No opposition was recorded on the transcript. The board moved to approve the variances; the chair announced the application approved after roll-call.
The applicant said the improvements are intended to bring the park into compliance with safer site standards and to replace condemned units with new manufactured homes. The transcript does not record specific conditions tied to the approval beyond the usual filing with the city clerk.
