2000-06-30 CITY OF BEVERLY
PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES
BOARD OR COMMISSION: Parking and Traffic Commission
SUBCOMMITTEE:
DATE: June 30, 2000
LOCATION: Beverly City Hall
MEMBERS PRESENT: Dennis Tarsook, Richard Philpot, Tina
Cassidy
MEMBERS ABSENT: Bob Mead, Pam McGrath
RECORDER: Tina Cassidy
Cassidy opens the meeting at 9:00 a.m. and explains that the new owners of the former
Commodore Restaurant site have filed a site plan with the Planning Board. In
accordance with the Zoning Ordinance, the Parking and Traffic Commission must review
the application and make a recommendation to the Planning Board for its consideration.
Attorney Thomas Alexander, representing the property owners, introduces owners Arthur
and Paul Kourkoulis, Eric Lane from Hayes Engineering, and Jack Kelleher from
Kelleher Construction. He explains that the old restaurant will be torn down and replaced
with a new 200-seat restaurant. Two new retail buildings of 31,920 sq. ft. and 13,585 sq.
ft. will be constructed. There will be some parking underneath the retail buildings and
additional surface parking on the site. All traffic aisles will be two-way traffic aisles and
a minimum of 24' in width. All parking spaces will meet the minimum size requirements
listed in the zoning ordinance.
Members discuss the plan. Tarsook asks where the dumpsters will be located on the site,
and Alexander points out the locations. Members feel there should be a condition on
approval of this site plan that the dumpsters not be serviced between the hours of 8:00
p.m and 7:00 a.m. There are other retail locations in the City that abut residential
neighborhoods and the City has had problems with early morning noise disrupting the
residential neighborhoods.
Following a brief discussion, the consensus of the commission is to recommend to the
Planning Board that approval of this site plan should he conditioned on the dumpsters not
being serviced between the hours of 8:00 p.m and 7:00 a.m.
Philpot asks what the ceiling height will be in the under-building parking areas. Kelleher
answers that while he doesn't have the exact figure, the height will be similar to that at
Dodge's Crossing. It will not be designed to allow trucks to use the parking areas.
Cassidy asks if there are any other comments from members of the commission. Hearing
none, she states that the hearing will be held on July 10th, and that she will write a letter
to the Planning Board explaining today's decision.
The meeting is adjourned at 9:20 a.m.