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Planning Board approves amended Franklin Street site plan review

Planning Board approves amendments to Franklin Street site plan. The board unanimously approved modifications to a 2021 site plan review and special permit for 4 Franklin Street, reducing office space from two stories to one and extending an ambulance garage. The decision requires tree fund

Planning Board · Meeting of May 7, 2026

SALEM — Planning Board approves amendments to Franklin Street site plan. The board unanimously approved modifications to a 2021 site plan review and special permit for 4 Franklin Street, reducing office space from two stories to one and extending an ambulance garage. The decision requires tree fund dispersal to the Tree Warden and sign package approval from the Design Review Board before permit issuance.

The board also unanimously approved a site plan review for 170 North Street proposing eight residential units and continued Forest River Residences Phase II, a 145-unit development at Salem State University properties, to May 21.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of May 7, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.

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