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Peabody council approves special permit for dog-training business and seeks solicitor guidance on new 'kennel' law
Summary
The council approved a special permit allowing a dog-training business to continue operating at 1 Sylvan Street with conditions, and later asked the city solicitor for guidance on implementing a new state requirement that broadly defines kennel licenses.
Peabody City Council on Thursday approved a special permit allowing a dog-training business to operate at 1 Sylvan Street as a training facility with no overnight boarding, and later asked the city solicitor to advise whether the state's new kennel requirement can be handled by an administrative transfer rather than repeated special-permit hearings.
The permit for the applicant identified in meeting materials as Bria Tero was approved on a motion that included nine standard health-related conditions supplied by the health department. Councilor Peach moved to approve the special permit; the motion carried by an 11-0 vote.
Attorney John Kelty, representing the applicant, told the council the…
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