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Peabody planning board recommends city council adopt updated billboard rules, bars new billboards

Peabody Planning Board · April 16, 2026
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At its April 16 meeting the Peabody Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend the City Council adopt amendments to Section 11.6 of the zoning ordinance that reinstate and revise billboard rules, add permit terms and fines, and prohibit new billboards.

The Peabody Planning Board on April 16 voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt amendments to Section 11.6 of the city zoning ordinance to reintroduce and revise rules governing billboards.

Kurt Bellivance, director of planning and community development for Peabody City, told the board the proposed language restores a billboard section the council eliminated in 2017 and adds specific permit terms and enforcement. Bellivance said the city currently leases billboard space and…

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