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Board presses applicant for details on security and emergency access at proposed 24‑hour gym
Summary
Planning board members repeatedly pressed the applicant for evidence on how an unstaffed, 24‑hour Anytime Fitness would protect users and enable emergency‑services access; the applicant agreed to provide police‑requested details on staffing hours, Knox Box access, monitoring and incident history.
Board members raised public‑safety concerns about the proposed 24‑hour unmanned operation for the Anytime Fitness at 1101 Main Street and asked for detailed responses from the applicant and the police department. One member warned that if a patron were injured during off‑hours the only immediate option might be to call 911, adding an "undue burden on first responders." The applicant's attorney said the franchise uses centralized monitoring and automated entry controls and "we did submit a supplemental letter explaining in detail how the security system works."
A public commenter with years of group‑fitness experience said supervised staffing had previously been required at similar centers and urged the board to get data on after‑hours emergency calls. The board asked the applicant to supply incident histories from other franchises, clarify the hours when staff will be present (the memo cited a minimum of 30 hours per week), explain tailgate detection and whether Knox Boxes or other emergency‑entry systems will be used, and detail how non‑member access will be controlled.
