ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, November 13 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.
ZBA2025-135: 1671 Brown Avenue, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9
Previously tabled. Applicant has proposed to install a 2.1’ x 15’, 31.25 SF internally illuminated wall sign in a residential district where only non-illuminated signs up to 20 SF are allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 9.08(A) Signs and 9.08(B) Signs.
ZBA2025-124: 1085 Bridge Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 6
Applicant has proposed to maintain a shed with a 22’ wetland setback where 25’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.09(A) Wetlands Setback.
ZBA2025-126: 169 Calef Road, Residential Two Family District, Ward 9
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.
ZBA2025-143: 99 Maurice Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to subdivide the property into three lots. The proposed Lot 69A will be fully conforming and will remain improved with an existing single-family home. The proposed Lot 69 will have lot frontage and width of 71.68’ where 75’ is required. The proposed Lot 69B will have lot frontage and width of 68’ where 75’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts) for Lot 69 and 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts) for Lot 69B.
ZBA2025-144: 212 McLane Way, Residential One Family Medium Density District, Ward 1
Applicant has proposed to construct a 10’ x 16’ shed with a 1’ setback from the side lot line where 10’ is required and with an 18’ setback from wetlands where 25’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses and 6.09(A) Wetland Setbacks.
ZBA2025-145: 119 Brent Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to create a parking space in the front yard less than 4’ from a building and maintain a 12’ x 19’ deck with stairs with a 17’ rear yard setback where 30’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (2 counts) and 6.03(B) Rear Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-146: 1117 South Beech Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9
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.
ZBA2025-147: 731 Harvard Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 7
Applicant has proposed to construct a 24’ x 28’ attached one-story, two-car attached garage with a 4.7’ side yard setback where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-148: 268 Notre Dame Avenue, Urban Multifamily District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to construct a two-family dwelling on a corner lot with the primary façade facing Putnam Street, where the former building faced Notre Dame Avenue, where the lot width is not maintained for a depth of 100’ from the new front lot line, with a front yard setback of 4’ 4” and a side yard setback of 5’ 6” where 10’ is required in both instances. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.02 Minimum Lot Width, 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback, 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-150: 125 Patterson Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 10
Applicant has proposed to create a parking space in the front yard less than 4’ from a building and the front lot line. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (3 counts).
ZBA2025-151: 182 Stonington Drive, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9
Applicant has proposed to install an 8’ high fence in the side yard where 6’ is allowed and maintain a front yard parking space less than 4’ from a building. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 8.27(B) Fences and Walls and 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (2 counts).
ZBA2025-152: 72 Gabrielle Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to maintain a side yard parking space 2’ from a building and side lot line where 4’ is required, a driveway width of 27’ where 24’ is allowed and a 12’ x 12’ shed in the rear yard 2’ from the rear lot line where 4’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (2 counts), 10.08(C) Driveway Width and 8.29(A)3 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-153: 315 Kimball Street, Urban Multifamily District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to install six signs for a multi-purpose social services center, with three principal uses, where three signs are allowed, where two signs are greater than 20 SF at 76 SF and 70.5 SF, and where three signs will be internally illuminated where shielded external illumination is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 9.08(A)1 Number and Size of Signs (5 counts) and 9.08(B) Sign Illumination (3 counts).
ZBA2025-154: 1080 Montgomery Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 12
Applicant has proposed to create one new dwelling unit in a two-family dwelling created by variance resulting in a three-family dwelling. Applicant would replace an encroaching egress stairway with a 0’ side yard setback where 10’ is required. Applicant would also maintain three street yard parking spaces off of Maxwell St. with a 0’ street yard setback with one space having a 0’ side yard setback where 4’ is required, and a driveway width of 26’ where 24’ is allowed. Applicant would maintain a driveway width of 32’ off of Montgomery St. where a prior variance granted a 30’ driveway width where 24’ is allowed, maintain an 8’ x 14’ shed 2.8’ from the street lot line where 20’ is required, and maintain two propane tanks in the side yard with a 1’ side yard setback where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 5.10(A)6 Multi-Family Dwellings, 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback, 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (7 counts), 10.08(C) Driveway Width (2 counts), 8.29(A)1 Accessory Structures in the Front Yard and 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures in the Side Yard.
ZBA2025-155: 563 Candia Road, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 6
Applicant has proposed to maintain an expansion of an entrance deck with a gabled roof approximately 8’ x 20’ with 6’ street yard setbacks where 20’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.03(A) Street Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-156: 672 Huse Road, Unit 15, General Industrial / Industrial Park District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to replace a manufactured home that has been removed with a new 14’ x 40’ manufactured home on Lot 15. The home would have a front yard setback of 12’ where 15’ is required, a side yard setback of 12’, and a rear yard setback of 27’ where 50’ is required from all park property lines. The applicant has proposed to create two parking spaces within 4’ of the new manufactured home. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 5.10(A)3 Manufactured Home, 8.02(C)1 Front Yard Setback, 8.02(C)2 Side Yard Setback, 8.02(C)2 Rear Yard Setback, and 10.09(A) Parking Setbacks (2 counts).
ZBA2025-157: 15 High Street, Civic-Institutional District, Ward 3
Applicant has proposed to install six heat pumps units 2’ from the side lot line where 20’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 8.29(B) Accessory Structures and Uses (6 counts).
ZBA2025-158: 4 Geneva Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 10
Applicant has proposed to extend a driveway to create a second parking space 3’ from a building and side lot line where 4’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks (2 counts).
PLANNING BOARD UPDATES
The Planning Board met on Thursday, November 6 for a public hearing and limited business meeting. The following cases were decided. If you missed the meeting, it is available on-demand via Manchester Public Television.
- CU2025-025 & SP2025-017: 100 McGregor Street, Applications approved.
- SP-20-2017: 89 Calef Road, Application denied.
- S2025-013: 4 Geneva Street, Application approved.