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Planning Board OKs special permit for indoor Pickler facility at 180 Endicott Street
Summary
The Danvers Planning Board granted a special permit to convert the former Bed Bath & Beyond at 180 Endicott Street into an 11-court indoor Pickler facility, approving conditions including recording the decision and compliance with town engineering comments.
The Danvers Planning Board on April 22 granted a special permit to allow an indoor recreation facility (Pickler) at 180 Endicott Street, approving the applicants' plan to convert the former Bed Bath & Beyond building into an 11-court indoor pickleball facility.
The permit, requested by Jeff Maguire and represented in person by James McGuire, allows the use under section 30.5 and the table of allowable uses in the zoning bylaw for the Commercial 3 (C-3) district. The board voted unanimously in a roll call: Tim Spiddle (acting clerk) aye; Mike DeCoulis aye; Jim Sears aye; Louis (Lou) George, chair, aye.
The special permit decision cites the required findings in section 30.5 — social and community needs, traffic and parking, utilities, compatibility with neighborhood scale, environmental impacts, and fiscal impacts — and lists conditions of approval. The decision and referenced plans must be recorded at the Southern Essex Registry of Deeds before a building permit is issued.
Applicant representatives described the proposal during the public hearing. "We're really…
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