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206 Derby Street Petition FormDominick Pangallo Mayor CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 98 WASHINGTON STREET, 2ND FLOOR SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 Brennan Postich, Staff Planner Phone: 978-619-5685 Stavroula Orfanos, Director of Inspectional Services Phone: 978-619-5641 Zoning Board of Appeals Application Application ID: ZBA-25-49 Date submitted: November 16, 2025 TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS: The Undersigned represent(s) that they are the owner(s) of a certain parcel of land located at: Address: 206 DERBY STREET Zoning District: R2 An application is being submitted to the Board of Appeals for the following reason(s): Seek Special Permit to change nonconforming use as real estate office to nonconforming use as restaurant For this reason, I am requesting: [ ]Variance (s) from provisions of Section of the Zoning Ordinance, specifically from . [ true ] A Special Permit under Section Section 3.3.2 of the Zoning Ordinance in order to To change nonconforming use as real estate office to nonconforming use as restaurant []Appealing a Decision of the Building Inspector: [] Comprehensive Permit: Current Property Use: Real Estate Office Are Lot Dimensions Included: No The Undersigned hereby petitions the Board of Appeals to vary the terms of the Salem Zoning Ordinance and allow the project to be constructed as per the plans submitted, as the enforcement of said Zoning By-Laws would involve practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship to the Undersigned and relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose of the Zoning Ordinance. Statement of Hardship (for Variances): Statement of Grounds (for Special Permits): Tha applicant, Jon Nguyen, owns and has successfully operated a a successful Vietnamese restaurant in Miami, FL since 2018. He presently resides in Beverly, MA and applies to operate a similar Vientanese restaurant on the first floor the building at 206 Derby Street, which until recently was occupied by Tache Realty. This proposed use will be of benefit to the City, and the Pickering Wharf development area, and will be no more detrimental to the neighborhood that the nonconforming real estate office use because: a) This property is located immediately adjacent to the B-5 (Central Development) zoning district, and is immediately across Derby Street from the Pickering Wharf mixed use development, which includes mixed commercial uses including restaurants, shops offices and upstairs residential condominium units. There is no Vietnamese restaurant in Pickering Wharf, or this area of Salem. This restaurant will add to the palate and commercial base of the this neighborhood and the City of Salem. b) This restaurant will be located within easy walking distance (about 100 yards) from the South Harbor municipal parking garage, and there numerous on-street metered municipal parking places on both sides of Derby Street extending back to nearby Lafayette Street. The restaurant will be of modest size, serving both take-out orders and indoor seating for about 20 patrons. Alcoholic beverages will not be served. For these reasons, the restaurant It is unlikely to make any significant increase in traffic congestion or parking in the neighborhood. c) this building is already served by sufficient municipal utilities and other public services. d) all proposed work will be interior remodeling of the existing space into the restaurant space shown of the Floor Plan by Dixon Salo Architects filed with this petition. There will not be modification of the building's exterior or expansion of its footprint or height. For these reasons, this proposal will not have any adverse impacts on the natural environment or surface water drainage. e) this neighborhood, including Derby Street, Pickering Wharf and Hawthorne Boulevard, and this building have included commercial uses and restaurants for many decades. Therefore, this proposed use will not cause any adverse impact on the character of the neighborhood. f) the building improvements and operation of the restaurant will provide additional employment opportunities in the City. The personal property taxes that will be paid by the applicant, and the interior building improvements that will likely increase the assessed value of the building, will have the the positive fiscal impact of yielding additional tax revenue to the City into the future. Petitioner: Jon Nguyen Address: 76 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915 Telephone: 305-905-5006 Email: jon@trananmiami.com Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________________________ If different from petitioner Property Owner: Goldie Wilson, LLC Address: One Curtis Street, East Boston, MA 02128 Telephone: 781-608-3057 Email: Julius@lokosrealty.com Signature: ________________________________ Date: ________________________________ If different from petitioner Representative: William F. Quinn Address: 27 Congress street, Salem, MA 01970 Telephone: 781-718-1355 Email: billquinnlaw@gmail.com Signature: ________________________________ Date: ________________________________