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Licenses and Permits Committee

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 6 PM

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What happened

2 items of legislation were taken up.

  • 1 accepted
  • 1 recommended to be approved

Agenda 2 items

Notices from the agenda

This meeting was held via Zoom and was called to order by Chair Hardt at 6:00 p.m. and adjourned at 6:07 p.m. on a Roll Call Vote of 3 in favor (Councilors Davis, Wheeler, Hardt), 0 opposed. Others present: Michael Potere – Assistant City Clerk.

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Roll Call

Public Hearing

  1. 1.
    26-0505 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Licenses and Permits Committee Meeting of March 25, 2026.

    Roll call: 3 aye
    • Lance L. DavisAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
    • Emily HardtAye
  2. 2.
    26-0461 License Recommended to be approved

    New Used Car Dealer Class 2 License, Xeluxe AutoGroup, 20 Cummings Street, 0 vehicles inside, 45 vehicles outside, Mon-Fri: 8AM-6PM, Sat: 8AM-2PM, Sun: closed.

    {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs24 Alan Xie, the applicant, explained that this application is to add used car sales to their existing car rental business, to expand their business without needing to expand the size of their location. Councilor Wheeler asked if the 45 vehicle spaces requested in the application would all be on the applicant\rquote s property, and not in the public way, which the applicant confirmed, and added that they currently have 93 vehicles in their rental fleet, but they are never on the property at the same time because they are always being rented, leaving open spaces for their used car inventory. Chair Hardt asked how long the applicant has been in the car rental business, and the applicant replied since 2024. Chair Hardt asked if the applicant has had any complaints regarding their car rental business, and the applicant replied they have not, and that they have the highest ranking in New England as a vendor for the Turo car rental service.\par Chair Hardt opened the public hearing at 6:05 p.m. There being no speakers, Chair Hardt closed the public hearing at 6:06 p.m.\cf1\f1\par }

    Roll call: 3 aye
    • Lance L. DavisAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
    • Emily HardtAye