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98 WASHINGTON STREET, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 ․ PHONE [PHONE REDACTED] ․ WWW.SALEM.COM CITY OF SALEM PLANNING BOARD Public Hearing Notice City of Salem Planning Board Will hold a public hearing for all persons interested in the application of JUNIPER POINT INVESTMENT CO LLC for the properties located at 16, 18, and 20R Franklin Street (Map 26, Lots 400, 401, and 402) for an amendment to a Site Plan Review, Flood Hazard Overlay District Special Permit, and Special Permits associated with the North River Canal Corridor Neighborhood Mixed Use District in accordance with the following sections of the Salem Zoning Ordinance: Section 9.5 Site Plan Review; Section 8.1 Flood Hazard Overlay District; Section 8.4 North River Canal Corridor Neighborhood Mixed Use District; and a Stormwater Management Permit in accordance with Salem Code of Ordinances Chapter 37. Specifically, the applicant proposes to amend an existing Planning Board decision dated September 20, 2018. The original decision allows replacing the junkyard with a residential development consisting of forty-two (42) units in five buildings and includes a strip of land running from Franklin Street to the river that is 25,000 square feet and is part of an ownership dispute. The new application includes only a portion of the disputed land and downsizes the project accordingly. The amendment proposes to replace the existing junkyard with a residential development consisting of thirty-seven (37) units in four buildings with parking under each building, in addition to some surface parking. The project also includes landscaping throughout, and public access along the riverfront with walking paths. Also included are repositioned building locations. In order to accommodate the new building layout, the applicant proposes the relocation of the site entrance approximately 55-feet to the south; revised parking and walkway layouts; changes to grading, drainage, sewer, water, gas, electric, lighting, and landscaping; and a new proposed three-foot tall retaining wall along the disputed strip of land. NOTE: Alternatively, should Parcel B not be integrated into the project, then the Applicant requests the Decision be amended to reflect a further reduced plan, to 31 units, with no change to the building footprints, or site plan, as submitted herewith. The public hearing will be held Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 7:00 PM, in the first-floor public meeting room at 98 Washington Street in accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws. A copy of the application and plans are on file and available for review during normal business hours at the Department of Planning and Community Development, Second Floor, 98 Washington Street, Salem, MA. Ben J. Anderson, Chair Planning Board Ad to Run Dates in Salem News: 03/05/2020 and 03/12/2020