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Acton board approves special permits for Marcus Lewis Racquet Club; fossil-fuel waiver left open for more analysis
Summary
The Acton Select Board approved three land-use permits for a clubhouse and court enclosures at 45 Nagog Park but did not grant a requested waiver to the town's fossil-fuel-free bylaw, instead asking the applicant for more engineering and cost detail at a follow-up hearing.
The Acton Select Board on Monday approved three special-permit applications for the Marcus Lewis Racquet Club at 45 Nagog Park, clearing the way for a new clubhouse, a pickleball enclosure and a tennis-court enclosure while leaving a requested waiver from the town's fossil-fuel-free bylaw unresolved.
The board voted, by voice, to approve the use special permit applications for commercial recreation and reduced parking and to approve the associated site-plan special permit. The motion to approve was moved and seconded during the meeting; the board approved the permits in a voice vote and did not record individual roll-call votes.
Town staff and the applicant then discussed a separate application seeking a waiver from Acton’s fossil-fuel-free bylaw. Paul Morris of Pinnacle Construction, representing Marcus Lewis and the project team, asked the board for input and for time to respond…
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