The Danvers Conservation Commission continued the public hearing on a Notice of Intent for 5 Spring Street (DEP file 14-1434) to the commission's next scheduled meeting on May 8 to allow commissioners to conduct a site visit and give the town engineering department time to review revised plans.

The applicant, represented by Al Paul Fenerchio of PGF and Associates, explained the proposal: a house addition, a deck and landing with a set of stairs (about 60 square feet of stairs and landing that would fall within the 50-foot buffer), a two-car garage with a permeable driveway and a trench drain, and an infiltration system using six infiltrator units sized for roughly a two‑year storm event. The consultant described the project as a shallow infiltration system with the top of the system about 1 foot below grade and approximately 2 feet of separation above groundwater at tested locations. Revised plans were submitted the day before the meeting; the engineering department had not completed comments at the time of the hearing.

Commission members agreed a site visit was warranted because the property lies close to Beaver Brook and portions of the work sit inside the 50-foot no-build area. The commission voted to continue the hearing to May 8 so members and staff could inspect the property and receive engineering input. The motion to continue was seconded and approved by voice vote.

The commission asked the applicant and staff to coordinate a site-visit date via email and to submit any further engineering responses prior to the continued hearing. No permit decision was made at the April 24 meeting.