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Board approves special permit for fencing club at 124 Palmer Ave. with conditions
Summary
The Board granted a two-year special permit for a fencing club at 124 Palmer Avenue after tailoring standard conditions (hours, shared parking, no exterior lighting beyond code) and deciding on a general hours window (9 a.m.–9 p.m.) with building locked one hour after last activity.
The Board of Appeals approved a special-permit application allowing a fencing club at 124 Palmer Avenue, attaching conditions discussed at the meeting and setting the permit term for two years.
Board members reviewed template permit conditions drawn from the municipal code and agreed to slim some standard language while retaining key requirements. The Board emphasized hours and operational limits appropriate to a lessons-based program: a window of broadly 9 a.m.–9 p.m. with the building to be locked one hour after the last activity. Members noted peak lesson hours would likely be after school (roughly 4–8 p.m.), and that instructors had been willing to accommodate earlier lesson times.
On parking, the Board recorded that the club would rely on shared spaces behind the building and some designated spaces to the right of the premises; while the club has shared arrangements with an adjacent business, the Board did not require exclusive assigned spaces. The Board removed several template enforcement items that staff and members agreed were inapplicable to this permit.
A motion to approve the fencing-club permit as discussed was made, seconded and passed; counsel and staff will prepare a resolution reflecting the adopted conditions.
