Peabody 8-30

AUGUST 30, 2018
HOUSING
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units limited to two bedrooms
and specific design standards
guiding construction.
“The main purpose of this is
to prevent poor construction,”
Bellavance said.
The transitional housing
concept provides for residential
development in commercially-zoned
districts thereby
providing a transitional use between
commercial activity now
dominating the two major roadways
and traditional residential
neighborhoods located in proximity
to them.
Turco said the city must invest
in infrastructure, including
water and sewer improvements,
before councilors sign off on
major housing construction.
Councilors Mark O’Neill,
McGinn, Anne Manning-
Martin, Thomas Rossignoll
and Ryan Melville joined in
Turco in rejecting the transition
proposal while Councilors
Thomas Gould, Joel Saslaw,
Edward Charest, David Gravel
and James Moutsoulas voted
for it.
Bellavance said he will assess
council suggestions for
revising the transition proposal
and bring a new version back
to councilors “in a couple of
weeks.”
City Councilors aren’t exactly
shouting, “Hooray for
Hollywood,” but they spent
part of last Thursday’s meeting
debating ground rules to handle
a reportedly intensified interest
in movie making in the Tanner
City.
Film and production companies
have been eying industrial-sized
property in the city for
possible use as shooting locations
or studios.
“There’s serious interest in
several buildings in the office
park now,” Ward 1 Councilor
Jon Turco said, referring to
Centennial Park and its collection
of some of the biggest
buildings in Peabody.
A proposed zoning amendment
for filming and production
companies was on the Council’s
Industrial and Community
Development Committee agenda
last Thursday. Community
Development Director Curt
Bellavance told councilors the
city has a zoning ordinance on
the books referring to broadcast
studios but not movie production.
The proposed ordinance
would be specific to districts
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Electrical Engineering. In his
new role he will concentrate
on substations and generators
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PMLP dispatchers who
monitor the city’s electrical
system 24/7.
Michaelis joined PMLP in
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defined as industrial in the city
zoning ordinance.
Ward 2 Councilor Peter
McGinn said councilors need
assurances that proposed
zoning will not provide a loophole
to introduce pornographic
filmmaking locally.
“I’d feel more comfortable
knowing there was no risk of
circumventing the zoning,” said
McGinn.
Crafting a film production
zoning ordinance could take
a couple of months, including
Planning Board review.
In other business, councilors
listened last Thursday
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Council narrowly rejects transitional-housing concept
Cohan outlined a proposal to
end ongoing problems between
the city and out-of-town taxi
companies. He said taxi companies,
primarily from Salem,
violate a Peabody ordinance
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up fares in Peabody.
Non-Peabody taxis are allowed
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a return trip. Enforcing that law
is tough, Cohan admitted.
“I’ve tried everything over
the years,” he said.
He proposed allowing
non-Peabody taxi firms to apply
for a Peabody license giving
them permission to pick up
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