Peabody City Council Meeting - November 12, 2026

The Peabody City Council’s regular meeting on November 12, 2026, included several land-use and licensing decisions. The council approved 9–0 a zoning-map amendment at 495 L Street, changing the parcel from R1B to R2. It also approved entertainment and billiard licenses for Amazing Billiards and Pub LLC, and a Class 2 motor vehicle license transfer. The proposed Tesla vehicle-storage use at 60 Palaski Street was not decided: the council approved a request for a legal opinion on zoning and continued the public hearing to December 10 amid neighborhood concerns about safety, wetlands, traffic, and compatibility with the Mill Overlay District. No contract awards or vendor selections were identified.

The council approved several Community Preservation Committee (CPC) funding transfers, including $270,000 for golf-course land acquisition, $400,000 for another land-acquisition purpose, a $200,000 zero-interest deferred loan to Residents at Farm Avenue LLC, and a $170,000 transfer for community housing. It also approved $6,350 for plaque restoration and $131,020 for cemetery-stone restoration. Separately, members discussed a proposed one-time fee on new residential and commercial/industrial development to support street and sidewalk improvements; the transcript does not clearly establish final approval of that proposal. A motion to move the question failed 6–4.