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Applicant occupying 4 Lovers Lane seeks recreational facility permit; neighbors and board ask for coordinated parking and access plan
Summary
Jibo and his tenant, Burden Training Center Nantucket (Pure Jujitsu), asked the Planning Board to amend an MCD special permit to allow a recreational facility at 4 Lovers Lane; the board continued the application to April 14 and asked the owner to coordinate parking, access and maintenance plans with adjacent landowners and town staff.
Jibo (Irakli “Jibo” Jiblaadzin) and his representatives told the Planning Board that the tenant at 4 Lovers Lane — proposing to operate as a recreational facility (fitness/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/martial arts) under the name Burden Training Center Nantucket — is already occupying the building and that the owner now seeks to formalize that use through an amendment to the existing MCD special permit.
Paul Santos, representing the property owner, said the building occupies a site that historically has had changing commercial uses and that the proposed recreational facility would be configured to meet the town’s parking standard for that use: one parking space per three occupants (certified occupancy) plus one space per three employees on the peak shift. The applicant submitted a plan showing 16 on-site spaces and described a building occupancy estimate that yields a calculated need of 15 spaces (13 for occupancy and two for employees), with staff noting that an historic space partially within the Lovers Lane layout cannot be counted.
Neighbors and commissioners raised safety, circulation and long-term coordination concerns: several speakers asked the applicant to work with adjacent property owners (including Richmond/Great Point parcels and the liquor-store corridor) and with town staff on easements, pedestrian access and parking management so the site does not rely on informal, unrecorded use of neighboring drives. A nearby resident said the current class schedule and arrival behavior can create congestion and trash problems on Lovers Lane; commissioners asked for continued coordination with the town’s traffic and parking staff and with the bike-path planning team.
Owner Irakli Jiblaadzin said he is willing to sit down with Mike Burns (town staff) and neighboring property owners to discuss connectivity, but he said Jibo’s control of adjacent parcels is limited and he cannot unilaterally grant access easements for other owners’ land. Several board members suggested a condition or a follow-up review to confirm parking and circulation once the business settles into its operations.
Planning staff recommended that the board carefully evaluate the proposed use, hours and parking and suggested a follow-up review date; the board continued the matter to April 14 to allow the applicant time to coordinate with adjacent owners, town staff and the fire department and to provide any requested materials for review.
Because the tenant is already operating at the site, the board emphasized clarity on deliveries, trash handling and parking enforcement as conditions if the special-permit amendment moves forward.
