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Danvers zoning board approves special permit for five storage containers at 20 Popes Lane
Summary
The Danvers Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special permit allowing EDM Construction to keep up to five storage containers at its contractor's yard at 20 Popes Lane, with conditions including 10-foot mesh fencing, a completion deadline of April 30, 2026, and a one-year follow-up.
The Danvers Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday approved a special permit allowing EDM Construction Inc. to site five storage containers at its contractor's yard at 20 Popes Lane.
The permit allows four containers to remain on site permanently and one to rotate between project sites. The board approved the permit with conditions: a mesh fence up to 10 feet tall, the containers and fence must be in place by April 30, 2026, and the applicant must report back for a compliance check in April 2027.
The application was presented by attorney Nancy McCann on behalf of EDM Construction and by Jacqueline McGill, president of EDM Construction. McCann told the board the site has been used as a contractor's yard for decades and that two containers already on the property predate the town's storage-container rules. "We are requesting a special permit relative to storage containers, to be located at an existing…
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