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Danvers approves negative determination and buffer waivers for Christ the Redeemer church improvements at 188 Elliott Street
Summary
The Town of Danvers Conservation Commission on June 12 issued a negative determination and granted buffer waivers for site improvements at 188 Elliott Street (DCC file 2025-02), proposed by Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church.
The Town of Danvers Conservation Commission on June 12 voted to issue a negative determination of applicability and to grant waivers allowing limited work within the 35-foot and 50-foot buffer zones at 188 Elliott Street (DCC file 2025-02). The applicant is Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church; the project was presented by Nick Betts of Meridian Associates.
Betts told the commission the proposal repurposes existing paved area to add a sports court, a pavilion with landscaping and a playground surface, all within the existing parking footprint. The project team said the work occurs entirely within existing impervious pavement and results in a net reduction in impervious area of about 1,200 square feet. The team noted that the playground surfacing and permeable pavers were being treated conservatively in stormwater modeling as impervious.
Commissioners closed the public hearing, granted waivers for the 35-foot no-disturb zone and the 50-foot no-build zone, and issued the negative determination with conditions. The conditions read into the record require that asphalt millings be removed and disposed of off-site; that there shall be no expansion of the existing paved footprint within jurisdictional areas; and that rock salt (sodium chloride) may not be used on-site, with a sign posted indicating the prohibition. The applicant must work with staff to determine sign verbiage, size and location. The commission also required that no snow-storage sign be installed within the vicinity of the 100-foot buffer zone adjacent to the swale area, and directed the applicant to coordinate with staff on permitted locations.
The meeting record notes that a portion of the site review is also under stormwater permit review by the town engineer; the applicant said the existing stormwater system had previously been reviewed and approved but required re-filing because the prior approval had lapsed. Commissioners recorded the vote in favor and the negative determination was issued with the listed conditions.
Staff will monitor implementation for compliance with the conditions and the commission’s standard enforcement tools remain available if work deviates from the approved scope.
