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Committee recommends renewal of Sullivan scrap license after councilors press owner on repeated early-morning noise complaints
Summary
The committee recommended renewal of William F. Sullivan & Company's junk dealer license at 107 Appleton Street but pressed owner Brian Powell and the business to address multiple resident complaints about machinery noise and intermittent smoke before 7 a.m.; councilors asked staff, police and Board of Health to enforce ordinance and consider conditions on future renewals.
The Development & Government Relations Committee voted to recommend renewal of the junk dealer's license for William F. Sullivan & Company at 107 Appleton Street while expressing serious concern about neighborhood noise and air-quality complaints.
Brian Powell, representing William F. Sullivan & Company, told the committee the firm had made operational changes after a 2024 complaint and had not recently been advised of continuing violations. Residents and…
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