Sunday, January 27, 2008

Could this the first step in Eastman leaving??

(NOTE: I goofed!
Salem Country Club
has the most acreage,
making Eastman number 2)

Eastman Gelatin, the SECOND largest land owner
in the City of Peabody (after the City itself),
is asking for subdivision approval

to construct a 16-unit subdivision near the corner
of Summit and Forest Streets.

I have made a GUESS-timate of the
approximate

location and size of the subdivision
**I HAVE NO SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PLAN!!**





This land is zoned R1A - or 1-family Residential
(below is from City GIS Zoning Database)


Here is some information on the R1A zoning district...

From Peabody Zoning Ordinance (2003)

3.1 CLASSES OF DISTRICTS

For the purpose of this ordinance, the City of Peabody is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:

District General Purpose

R-1 Single Family Residence
R-1A Single Family Residence
R-1B Single Family Residence
R-2 Single Family and Two Family Residence
R-3 Multiple Family Residence
R-4 Multiple Family Residence
R-5 Multiple Family Residence
PRD Planned Residential Development
MH Mobile Homes
B-R Regional Business
B-C Central Business
B-H Highway Business
B-H2 Business Highway Light Industry
B-N Neighborhood Convenience Business
B-N2 Neighborhood Business
I-L Light Industry
I-P Industrial Park
DDD Designated Development District
FPWD Flood Plain/Wetlands District
MPRD Municipal Properties Reuse District
MU Mixed Use Overlay Zone
HP Hillside Protection Overlay Zone
SWPD Surface Water Protection District
GPD Groundwater Protection District

(Ord. of 6-27-78, § 1(3.1); Ord. of 10-1-81, § 1; Ord. of 9-16-82, § 3; Ord. of 6-23-83, § 1; Ord. of 5-10-84, § 11; Ord. of 10-11-84, § 7; Ord. of 11-21-96, § 4; Ord. of 5-14-98, § 1) Editors Note: The DDD, designated development district, has been added to subsection 3.1 by the editor in light of an ordinance adopted April 28, 1988.

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4.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

No building or structure shall be erected, altered or used and no premises shall be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as set forth in section 4.2 schedule of use regulations in this ordinance and in accordance with the following notation:

x = permitted use. a = allowed use under a special permit by the city council. blank = prohibited use

Uses permitted and uses allowed by the city council shall be in conformity with all the density and dimension of regulations and any other requirements of this ordinance.


This is the allowable zoning for the R1A zoning district...


This is the areal dimensions for the R1A zoning district...
Minimum lots size = 15,000 sq. ft.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Elevations and flood plain. Area appears to be lowlands

Peabody_Insider said...

No. Check out the New post and images. This is well within the wetlands and is above the 12m contour line (similar elevation as the developments south of Forest St.)

Anonymous said...

Yes, NO whatever. The question is does or has this area flooded in the past and will it in the future.

FEMA maps don't predict whether this area will flood or not. Many areas not in the flood plain ARE flooding on a regular basic because ofthe City's failure to:1. maintain the waterways and wetlands in Peabody. 2. The Agressive can build anywhere in Peabody mentality. 3. the Failure of the Peabody ConCom to do their job and protect the wetlands in Peabody. They have been bought and paid for by the likes of JK and all the developers coming before them.

Anonymous said...

Where does The Mall stand in Ranking of value? I thought that was the biggest taxpayer.

Peabody_Insider said...

The mall is actually broken into several properties...
I will post a pic of it and the current values in a bit.

BTW: All FREE from the Peabody website!