Planning Board Meeting January 14, 2025
HOLYOKE PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025 @ 5:30 P.M.
Zoom.com – Meeting ID 836 3939 8493: OR CALL IN: 1 646 558 8656
(all meetings are being recorded)
- Special Permit (Sec 6.4.6.4) Sign Size – Superfresh – 235 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-32)
- Site Plan Review (Sec 10A) Open Square-Residential Mill Conversion – (12/10/24) 110 Lyman St & 383 Dwight St (022-01-003; -004; -005) Open Square Realty LLC c/o Yedidya Blau (File #166)
- Special Permit (Section 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking – Open Square-Residential Mill Conversion (12/10/24) 110 Lyman & 383 Dwight Street (022-01-003, -004, -005) Open Square Realty LLC c/o Yedidya Blau (2024-28)
- Site Plan Review (Sec 10A) Proposed Motor Vehicle Repair Garage – 37 Appleton, LLC (036-01-002) (File #167)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Exceed Fence Height – Proposed Motor Vehicle Repair Garage – 37 Appleton, LLC (036-01-002) (2024-31)
- Special Permit (Section 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking – Proposed Motor Vehicle Repair Garage – 37 Appleton, LLC (036-01-002) (2024-30)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Permanent Fencing – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant 209 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-27)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Temporary Fencing – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant 209 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-25)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Increase Sign Size/Quantity – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant 209 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-26)
HOLYOKE PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025 @ 5:30 P.M.
Zoom.com – Meeting ID 836 3939 8493: OR CALL IN: 1 646 558 8656
(all meetings are being recorded)
ZONE CHANGE / SITE PLAN REVIEW/ SUBDIVISION/SPECIAL PERMIT
- Special Permit (Sec 6.4.6.4) Sign Size-Superfresh – 235 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-32)
- Site Plan Review (Sec 10A) Open Square-Residential Mill Conversion – 110 Lyman St & 383 Dwight St (022-01-003; -004; -005) Open Square Realty LLC c/o Yedidya Blau (File #166)
- Special Permit (Section 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking – Open Square-Residential Mill Conversion 110 Lyman & 383 Dwight Street (022-01-003, -004, -005) Open Square Realty LLC c/o Yedidya Blau (2024-28)
- Site Plan Review (Sec 10A) Proposed Motor Vehicle Repair Garage – 37 Appleton, LLC (036-01-002) (File #167)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Exceed Fence Height – Proposed Motor Vehicle Repair Garage- 37 Appleton, LLC (036-01-002) (2024-31)
- Special Permit (Section 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking – Proposed Motor Vehicle Repair Garage- 37 Appleton, LLC (036-01-002) (2024-30)
- Site Plan Review (Section 10) Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant – 209 South Street Salmar Reality, LLC (File #158) (080-00-039)
- Special Permit (Section 5.4) Multiple Principal Structure- Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant (2023-8) 209 South Street (080-00-039)
- Special Permit (Section 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant (2023-7) 209 South Street (080-00-039)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Permanent Fencing – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant 209 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-27)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Temporary Fencing – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant 209 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-25)
- Special Permit (Section 4.6.3.2) Increase Sign Size/Quantity – Proposed Coffee Shop/Drive-Thru Restaurant 209 South Street (080-00-039) (2024-26)
- Site Plan Review (Sec 10A) Holyoke MA BESS Lightshift Energy-Delorean Power LLC dba Lightshift Energy (176-00-036) (File #165)
- Site Plan Review Amendment #1 (Sec 10A) Holyoke MA BESS Lightshift Energy-Delorean Power LLC dba Lightshift Energy (176-00-036) (File #165)
PLANNING BOARD BUSINESS
- 1. Executive Session
a.) Topics related to proposed drive-through facility litigation (#145), 500 Easthampton Rd (213-00-003), Salmar Realty
b.) Topics related to Planner Ib Interview, Section ALM GL Ch. 30A, § 21(a)(8)
- Project Updates/Old Business/New Business:
a.) Boabala Road Solar Project, Peter Brown, Bonds Discussion
- 3. Meeting Schedule (tentative):
January 28, 2025 – Local Election, no meeting
February 11, 2025 – SPR Amend, Tesla INC (#144); SP Parking Reduction, Tesla INC; SPR Mod BESS – Holyoke Landing (#144); SP Signs, Whiting Farms Laundromat; ZC Short Term Rentals
February 25, 2025 – ZC Tiny Homes
- Other Business:
a.) Comprehensive Plan Update