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Tewksbury Storage Facility Proposal Heads To Planning Board
A self-storage facility is in the works for an East Street site. The applicant has filed a special permit application with the town.
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TEWKSBURY, MA — A developer plans to demolish existing buildings at a site and construct a storage facility, according to documents filed with the town. The 1.1-acre site is located at 913 East St.
The proposal from Civil Design Consultants, Inc., an Andover-based firm, consists of razing the existing commercial structures and constructing a three-story, 11,130-square-foot climate-controlled, self-storage facility.
The proposal includes provisions for access, parking, landscaping, drainage, and utilities.
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The special permit application is in regards to altering the minimum setback for parking from the property line from 10 feet to 9 feet.
The special permit application also requests a reduction in the number of required parking spaces. Zoning currently requires a minimum of one parking space per three storage bays. If storage units were 150 square feet, there would be 215 units and a required 72 parking spaces.
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The project was on the Tewksbury Planning Board's agenda for its Monday night meeting.
The board meets again Tuesday night for a Joint Housing Summit with the Zoning Board of Appeals and Housing Authority.
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