ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, August 14 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.
ZBA2025-052: Davenport Avenue, Residential One Family Medium Density District, Ward 6
Applicant has proposed to develop Map 494, Lot 45 with a single-family dwelling with no lot frontage on an accepted way. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage.
ZBA2025-057: 144 Calef Road, Urban Multifamily District, Ward 3
Previously tabled at the public hearing held on June 12, 2025. Applicant has proposed to develop a non-conforming lot with five single-family attached townhouse dwellings with a 5’ front yard setback facing McIlvin Street, a 4.3’ street yard setback facing Calef Road, a 5’ street yard setback facing Queen City Avenue, where there are three curb cuts leading to two-stall garages with spacing between curb cuts of 4’ and 14’ where 30’ between curb cuts is required, where the easternmost driveway is 15.7’ from an intersecting street lot line, with four parking spaces in the front yard setback where one space is allowed, where the four parking spaces are 1.5’ from the front lot line, where the curb cut for the four parking spaces is 36’ where 24’ is allowed, where ten parking spaces require backing out onto a public way, and with a floor area ratio of 0.78 where 0.75 is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance sections 11.03(D)2 Conditions for Development of Non-Conforming Lot, 6.03(A) Front and Street Yard Setbacks (3 counts), 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (3 counts), 10.07(D) Parking Maneuvering (10 counts), 10.08(A) Driveway Location, 10.08(B) Driveway Location (2 counts) and 6.06 Floor Area Ratio.
ZBA2025-088: 600 Coolidge Avenue, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to construct an approximately 13’ 8” x 19’ 4” addition with a 7’ 6” side yard setback where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-089: 63 Westminster Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9
Applicant has proposed to develop Tax Map 544, Lot 98A with a single-family home. The lot would be subject to consolidation due to the fact that Lot 98A has 4,498 SF of buildable land area where 7,500 SF is required, lot frontage of 49.94’ where 75’ is required and where the lot width is only maintained for a distance of 90’ where 100’ is required. The proposed single-family dwelling on Lot 98A would have a rear yard setback of 22’ where 30’ is required and with two parking spaces within 4’ of the side lot line. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 11.03(D)2(d) Conditions for Development of Non-Conforming Lot, 6.03(B) Rear Yard Setback and 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks for Lot 98A.
ZBA2025-091: 59 Cottage Avenue, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to construct a second-story addition on a through lot with a 6.2’ side yard setback where 10’ is required, a deck with a 13’ street yard setback where 20’ is required, and maintain a gazebo in the front yard. Applicant has also proposed to maintain two parking spaces in the front yard less than 4’ from a building and lot line and maintain a driveway width of 27.5’ where 24’ is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback, 6.03(A) Street Yard Setback, 8.29(A)1 Accessory Structures and Uses, 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (4 counts), 10.08(C) Driveway Width.
ZBA2025-093: 2035 and 2055 Brown Avenue, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to redevelop the two parcels with a planned development on a single lot where the existing bank building with drive-through service at 2035 Brown Avenue will be occupied with a coffee shop with drive-through service, and where the structures at 2055 Brown Avenue will be demolished and replaced with a convenience store and gas station. There would be two dumpsters, stacking spaces for a drive-through, and exterior speakers for the drive-through all within the 50’ limited activity buffer. There would be pavement other than site access within 10’ of the lot line, as well as one new parking space for the coffee shop without the required 10’ landscaped buffer. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.08(B) Screening and Buffers (4 counts), 10.09(A) Parking Setbacks, and 10.07(G) Landscaping.
ZBA2025-095: 115 Parkview Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to create a new parking space that is within 4’ of a building and lot line, which results in more than one parking space in the front yard setback and maintain a shed within 4’ of the side and rear lot lines. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (3 counts) and 8.29(A)3 Accessory Structures and Uses (2 counts).
ZBA2025-096: 258 Notre Dame Avenue, Urban Multifamily District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to create a fifth parking space without the required landscape buffer. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.07(G) Landscaping.
ZBA2025-097: 257 Porter Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 7
Applicant has proposed to create a parking space in the street yard on a corner lot. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section Parking Setbacks.
ZBA2025-098: 22 Hazel Street, Urban Multifamily District, Ward 3
Applicant has proposed to maintain a concrete accessible ramp and stairs with a 0’ front yard setback where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-099: 199 Putnam Street and Blucher Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 11
Applicant has appealed the administrative decision dated June 27, 2025 reaffirming a prior administrative decision on the same issue dated October 5, 2021, which determined that Lots 1A and 1B of Tax Map 390 were voluntarily merged by the conduct of the prior owners who constructed a detached garage, a shed, a patio, set of stairs aligned to provide access between the two lots, as well as the construction of a retaining wall and a fence, each spanning across the common lot line, where these accessory structures served the principal use of the two-family dwelling on Lot 1B.
ZBA2025-100: 108 South Taylor Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 7
Applicant has proposed to construct a 26’ x 26’ attached two-story, two-car garage with an ADU on the second story on a corner lot. There would be a street yard setback off of Holly Avenue of 8’ where 10’ is required and egress stairs from the second floor with a side yard setback of 9’. A proposed rear deck from the addition will attach to an existing above-ground pool requiring a side yard setback of 10’ where 8’ is provided. Applicant has proposed to create a new parking space within one foot of a lot line and a building resulting in a driveway width of 50’ where 24’ is allowed, maintain a shed that will be in the side yard due to the addition, and maintain a 6’ fence in the front yard where 4’ is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback, 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback, 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks, 10.08(C) Driveway Width, 8.27(B) Fences and Walls, 8.29(A) Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-101: 194-196 Lake Avenue, Urban Multifamily District, Ward 3
Applicant has proposed to maintain two additional signs where one is allowed, where one sign is an internally illuminated 2.5’ high barber pole and the other sign is a 1.5’ x 5’ panel on a free-standing sign. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 9.08(A)1 Signs (2 counts).
ZBA2025-102: 199 Zachary Road, Residential Suburban Low Density District, Ward 6
Applicant has proposed to install a 4’ x 4’ non-illuminated free-standing sign located at the rear of the campus. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 9.08(A)1 Signs.
ZBA2025-104: 6 Surrey Lane, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to construct an 8’ x 34’ farmer’s porch on a corner lot with a front yard setback of 13’, with a street yard setback along Brent Street of 16’ where 20’ is required in both instances, and maintain a shed in the side yard setback. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback, 6.03(A) Street Yard Setback and 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-105: 510 Harvey Road, General Industrial / Industrial Park District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to install two signs on two faces of the diesel fuel canopy, where each sign is 11 SF in area where 7.8 SF is allowed on one canopy face and 8.7 SF is allowed on the other canopy face. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 9.09(A)2 Signs (2 counts).
PLANNING BOARD UPDATES
The Planning Board met on Wednesday, August 6 for a public hearing. No applications were decided at that meeting. If you missed the meeting, it is available on-demand via Manchester Public Television.