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Planning Board approves C‑ROD site plan for 21 Webb Street with landscaping and fire‑safety conditions
Summary
The Planning Board closed public comment and approved the C‑ROD application for 21 Webb Street, including an updated landscaping plan, permeable paving, and fire-department requirements for an outdoor fire pit feature.
The Salem City Planning Board voted to approve the C‑ROD site plan application for 21 Webb Street (Map 41, Lot 170) after reviewing updated landscaping, stormwater, and fire-safety details. The applicant, represented by project team members including Bob Kerbey and Bill Quinn's counsel, presented a revised landscaping plan that added trees and shrubs, reduced impervious area by converting paver surfaces, and relocated trash receptacles and a bike rack.
Project engineer described a large infiltration bed for roof runoff, catch basins at the driveway, permeable paver strips and cobblestone track parking that together are intended to prevent runoff from reaching the public way. The landscaping plan includes an increased number of trees and shrubs, perennials and grasses for season-long color; the plan also reduced impervious surfaces by replacing paver under two parking spaces.
The board addressed a proposed patio feature that might include a fire pit. The applicant reported coordination with the fire department, which requires a UL- or ANSI-listed fire pit, an emergency shut-off valve, an on-site fire extinguisher, inspection of the installation and licensed gas-fitter installation for gas connections; storage requirements apply if propane bottles are used. The applicant said these conditions are feasible.
The board closed public comment, reviewed a draft decision, and, after limited edits (including confirming C‑ROD references), voted to approve the site plan. Roll-call voting recorded unanimous approval.
The decision includes standard C‑ROD conditions and site-specific notes on landscaping, permeable paving, and fire-department coordination; the applicant must satisfy remaining conditions listed in the decision.
