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Raising Cane’s site plan in Danvers touches Peabody; board continues review while utilities and riverfront issues are resolved
Summary
An out-of-town franchise’s proposed Raising Cane’s restaurant sits mostly in Danvers but involves a Peabody entrance; the applicant presented stormwater and landscaping improvements, said the project reduces impervious surface by about 20%, and the board continued the matter to July 17 for further review including conservation commission filings.
Attorney John Kelty and Matt Ashley of Bollard presented a site‑plan for a proposed Raising Cane’s quick‑serve restaurant on a parcel that straddles Danvers and Peabody boundaries; Kelty told the board that the building and drive‑through lanes are entirely in Danvers while one vehicular entrance crosses into Peabody.
Ashley said the existing site is largely impervious with 53 parking spaces and three curb cuts. The proposal would replace the building and lot with a roughly 3,300‑square‑foot restaurant with a dual drive‑through and 29 parking spaces, add a substantial landscape package, and employ low‑impact development stormwater measures — grass swales, a subsurface infiltration system and a surface basin — to reduce peak runoff. Ashley stated the project would reduce impervious surface by about 20 percent compared with the existing condition.
Board members asked about utilities and site constraints. Ashley confirmed all water and sewer connections and most utilities are handled through Danvers; Peabody concerns are limited to the single entrance within the city layout. A Peabody representative warned builders to take care around an existing high‑voltage electric line owned by Peabody Municipal Light in the Sylvan Street sidewalk area and a nearby manhole.
Ashley said the site will be the subject of Danvers Conservation Commission review because part of the parcel is next to the brook; the applicant expects to file with the commission and return to the Peabody board on July 17. The planning board voted to grant a continuance to July 17 to allow additional peer and department review and coordination with Danvers agencies.
