Plympton Zoning Board Unanimously Approves Special Permit for Route 58 Event Venue

PLYMPTON -- November 20, 2024, Plympton's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a special permit for a new event venue at 387 Main Street, built around a 230-year-old barn transported from Butler, Ohio. The board voted November 20 to grant applicant Jeff Perrette permission to dismantle, transport, and re-erect the 1793 all-white-oak timber-frame structure on the rear portion of his Route 58 property for use as a wedding and private event venue accommodating up to 200 guests. The permit carries six conditions: outdoor operations limited to 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and indoor operations until 1 a.m.; mandatory police detail for events of 100 or more guests; full bylaw compliance; a requirement to obtain all other necessary permits including Board of Health approval for a new 200-person septic system; a cap of 100 events per calendar year; and exclusion of future proposed structures, a second barn and grain bins, from the current approval. Board Chair Suzanne Jaffarian and alternates Dave Alberti and Alan Wheelock joined full members Ethan Stiles and Lucas Kowalski in the unanimous vote; both immediate abutters present at the hearing spoke in favor of the project.