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PlanningBoard | 2017-05-08 | 6 | only to business vehicles. He said the use has been consistent since 1979 and the board has voted unanimously to continue the use every time. Rick O'Neil, Big O Tires, said an average Big O store does about two million dollars a year, and the Park St. store did over five million dollars per year. He said they anticipate having fewer cars because the current operator will take much of their business to the new location. He said they are committed to being in full compliance of the conditional use permit. Art Thoms, owner of Washboard laundromat, said he has been trying for 12 years to get the conditions enforced. He said they have dominated the area parking for 35 years. He said he has been threatened by Big O employees. He said employees park in the meters all day long. <microphone turned off, unintelligible> Jim Lott, resident, said there is a parking problem on street cleaning days and on weekends. Betsy Mathieson, resident, said there is a parking problem, especially on the weekends. She explained how the business uses the street for customer parking before and after it is serviced. David Blackwell, representative for Big O Tires, said they proposed multiple conditions to address noise concerns and enforcement for the use permit. He said there is a very high standard for revocation of a use permit. He said there is a new user coming in and they should not be punished for violations of prior tenants. Bobbie Centurion, resident, urged the board to expire the use permit. She said allowing Big O to take over would continue to have the negative impacts on the neighborhood. Guido Bertoli, tenant, said they have been trying to use their off site parking and have been working on the problem for years. He said Mr. Thomas had always been saying that they should look for a location off of Park St. Frank Martin said that bad behavior should not be rewarded. He said stopping a competitor from opening would be rewarded the operator's bad behavior. Mana-Jean Wagnon said that the complaints are all against the tenant, who would benefit from the ending of the use permit. She said the property could benefit from Big O being an owner occupied business. President Köster closed the public hearing. Board Member Zuppan said the business as it currently exists is not working for the neighbors. She said the issue is about compliance with the use permit, not about whether Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 6 of 10 May 8, 2017 | PlanningBoard/2017-05-08.pdf |