Gloucester Planning Board Endorses Gee Avenue Lot Split in Unanimous Vote

GLOUCESTER -- April 2, 2026, Gloucester Planning Board unanimously endorses lot split, accepts Essex Avenue subdivision withdrawal. Meeting under member Sean Henry, filling in for an absent chair and vice chair, the four-member board voted 4-0 Thursday to endorse an approval-not-required plan by owner Ellen Ford dividing a 26,097-square-foot parcel at 9 Gee Avenue into two conforming lots of 10,585 and 15,512 square feet in the R10 district, following a February 12 ZBA variance for a three-foot setback encroachment on the existing structure. The board then voted 4-0 to accept a withdrawal without prejudice of a proposed five-lot definitive subdivision at 598 and 600 Essex Avenue, after attorney Favaza submitted a written withdrawal request the same morning; abutter Benjamin Levy, 590 Essex Ave., was assured new statutory notice would issue if the project is ever refiled. Henry also deferred a Housing Compass update pending compilation of survey data from a March 26 community forum that drew roughly 100 residents.