ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, December 11 at 6 p.m. and the following cases will be heard. If you cannot make the meeting in person, it will be broadcast live on Manchester Public Television, Channel 22. The agenda is available online.
ZBA2025-146: 1117 South Beech Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9 – Chickens
Previously tabled. Applicant has proposed to maintain the keeping of up to six (6) domestic hens on a lot with 18,252 SF where 21,780 SF is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 8.30(a) Keeping Domesticated Chickens.
ZBA2025-126: 169 Calef Road, Residential Two Family District, Ward 9
Previously postponed from November 13, 2025. Applicant has proposed to subdivide the property to create one new buildable lot. The proposed Lot 14A will remain improved with a two-family dwelling and a professional office building on a lot with 10,726 SF of buildable lot area where 16,500 SF is required. The proposed Lot 14 will have 5,000 SF of buildable lot area where 7,500 SF is required, with 50’ of frontage where 75’ is required and where the proposed two-family dwelling does not have a primary façade facing the front lot line. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.01 Minimum Buildable Lot Area for Lot 14A and 6.01 Minimum Buildable Lot Area, 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts) and 3.03 Primary Façade for Lot 14.
ZBA2025-160: 192 Mammoth Road, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 7
Applicant has proposed to subdivide the property to create two new lots, Lot 29A and Lot 29B, each with 7,489 SF. Applicant has proposed each to be developed with a two-family dwelling where 15,000 SF is required, where the two proposed lots have 75’ of frontage where 150’ is required for a two-family dwelling, with proposed side yard setbacks of 10’ where 20’ is required for a two-family dwelling. The remainder parcel, Lot 29, would remain improved with two-family dwelling created by variance, a commercial retail space and a large attached two-story barn, where four new dwelling units are proposed in the barn resulting in a six unit multi-family dwelling. The barn would have a side yard setback from the proposed lot line of 16.3’ where 20’ is required, with six new parking spaces without a 10’ landscape buffer, with three parking spaces off of Hayward St. 1’ from a building where 4’ is required, and with lot coverage of 82% where 70% is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.01 Minimum Buildable Lot Area, 5.10(A)5 Two-Family Dwelling, 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts) and 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback (2 counts) for Lot 29A, 6.01 Minimum Buildable Lot Area, 5.10(A)5 Two-Family Dwelling, 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts) and 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback (2 counts) for Lot 29B, 5.10(A)6 Multi-Family Dwelling (6 units), 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback, 10.07(G) Landscaping, 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (3 counts) and 6.04 Lot Coverage for Lot 29.
ZBA2025-161: 953 Union Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 1
Applicant has proposed to establish a beauty salon in a space of approximately 325 SF formerly used as a real estate office which was established under variance case 84-61-ZO. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 5.10(H-6)3 Beauty and Barber Shops.
ZBA2025-162: 241 Candia Road, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 7
Applicant has proposed to maintain additional pavement resulting in lot coverage of 77% where 70% is allowed, create three additional business parking spaces 0’ from the rear lot line and 1’ from the street lot line where 4’ is required in both instances and where one space is in the street yard, reduce the drive aisle to 15.5’ where 22’ is required, increase the driveway width to 54’ where 24’ is allowed, reduce the required landscape perimeter to 0’ where 5’ was granted by variance case ZBA2020-122, and maintain a storage container 1’ from the rear and side lot lines where 4’ is required in both instances. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.04 Lot Coverage, 10.02(F) Business Parking in a Residential District, 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (5 counts), 10.06(A) Parking Layout, 10.08(C) Driveway Width, 10.07(G) Landscaping and 8.29(A)3 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-163: 11 Sable Way, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to install a 7’ x 13’ pool with an 8’ side yard setback where 10’ is required, and seek a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-164: 276 Mast Road, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 10
Applicant has proposed to maintain pavement for a turnaround area with a driveway width of 41’ where 24’ is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.08(C) Driveway Width.
ZBA2025-165: 209 Broadway Avenue, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 6
Applicant has proposed to construct a 5’ 2” x 26’ covered farmer’s porch with a 19’ setback where 20’ is required, construct an 8’ x 12’ shed in the side yard with a 5’ side yard setback where 10’ is required and a 3.5’ rear yard setback where 4’ is required and maintain a parking space 2’ from a building and a driveway width of 36.5’ where 24’ is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback, 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses, 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks and 10.08(C) Driveway Width.
ZBA2025-166: 251 Maple Street, General Business District, Ward 5
Applicant has proposed to install an 8’ x 22’ cooler addition in the rear yard, resulting in three parking spaces within 2’ of the cooler where 4’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.09(A) Parking Setbacks.
ZBA2025-167: 118 Ash Street, Civic-Institutional District, Ward 4 – Ash Street Inn
Applicant has proposed to change the use from a bed and breakfast to a hotel by converting the owner’s unit to a sixth room and maintain nine parking spaces without the required 10’ landscape buffer near the Ash Street lot line. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 5.10(H-3)1 Hotels, Motels, and Extended Stay Facilities and 10.07(G) Landscaping.
ZBA2025-168: 373 Bartlett Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to create one new dwelling unit resulting in a three-family dwelling on a lot with 5,000 SF of buildable lot area where 10,000 SF is required, with lot frontage and width of 50’ where 100’ is required, with side yard setbacks of 1’ and 5.5’ where 20’ is required, construct new egress stairs from the third floor with an 11’ side yard setback where 20’ is required, with a floor area ratio of 0.63 where 0.5 is allowed, and create 6 stacked parking spaces without the required bumpers, with a drive aisle less than 22’ and an 8’ landscape buffer where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 5.10(A)6 Multi-Family Dwelling, 6.01 Minimum Buildable Lot Area, 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts), 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback (2 counts), 6.06 Floor Area Ratio, 10.06(A) Parking Layout, 10.07(K)1 Parking Bumpers and 10.07(G) Landscaping.
ZBA2025-169: 308 Taylor Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 5
Applicant has requested a two-year extension to vest variance case ZBA2023-130 which was granted on December 14, 2023 to allow a fourth dwelling unit. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 15.03(B) Two-Year Period to Vest a Variance.
PLANNING BOARD UPDATES
The Planning Board met on Thursday, December 4 for a public hearing and limited business meeting. The following case was decided. If you missed the meeting, it is available on-demand via Manchester Public Television.
- SP2024-019 Extension Request: 1279 South Willow Street, Application approved.