2026-10-29 - Zoning Board of Appeals

Summary

Status: read from a scanned document (the posted agenda is an image-only PDF); some OCR details are marked [?]. No minutes or video recorded yet, so decisions are not known.

• Public hearing at 6:00 PM, Municipal Conference Room, 255 Essex Street.
• Continued item: 389 Water St (applicant listed as Suenos Basketball [?]).
• New case: a petition by AYJ Common St LLC (Methuen) for variances under sections 29-16 and 29-18 and a special permit under 29-13(f) and 29-23(g)(y) of the Revised Zoning Ordinance, to redevelop 539-557 Common St (three lots) as multifamily and commercial mixed use, in a B-2 zoning district.
• Board business: approval of minutes.
• Board listed as Chairperson Richard Rivera, Vice Chairperson Michael Abesamra, members Sadie Perdomo and Erwin Mata.

Agenda

Continued items

1. [[Water Street Continued Zoning Case|389 Water St - Suenos Basketball [?]]]

New cases
2. Petition of AYJ Common St LLC, 2 Pine Tree Dr, Methuen MA: variances under 29-16 and 29-18, and a special permit under 29-13(f) and 29-23(g)(y), to redevelop 539-557 Common St (lots 145-0-15, 145-0-16 and 145-0-7, B-2 district) into multifamily commercial mixed use

Board business
3. Approval of minutes

Sources

• Agenda (scanned PDF): https://www.cityoflawrence.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292026-1986