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Council approves routine licenses, event permits and refers public‑way items; flammable storage hearing continued

Haverhill City Council · October 29, 2025
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Summary

The council approved a string of routine items including taxi and limousine license renewals, event permits and fee waivers; it referred several public‑way acceptance requests to a Dec. 16 hearing and continued a special‑permit hearing for above‑ground oil/diesel storage to Dec. 16 because the applicant was not present.

Council approved annual taxi/limousine license renewals and several event and amusement permits with police approval, including a November parade permit and a wreath‑making workshop; roll calls were generally unanimous, with one abstention recorded by President Sullivan on the parade item (9 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent, 1 abstention).

City Engineer John Pettis’s requests to accept portions of South Park Street and Oakwood Terrace as public ways, and to name an unnamed portion of a right‑of‑way on Harding Avenue, were referred to the Planning Board and scheduled for a council hearing on Dec. 16.

A hearing for JT Couch/Creek Brook CML (flammable storage, 30 Creek Brook Drive) to allow above‑ground storage of edible shortening oil and diesel fuel was opened, but the applicant was not present; the council voted to continue that hearing to Dec. 16.

An appointment to the Commission on Disability Issues was withdrawn by the applicant and received and placed on file by council vote.