ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, October 9 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.
ZBA2025-121: 350 Lucas Road, Residential Suburban Low Density District, Ward 8
Applicant has proposed to install an 8’ fence in the side yard where 6’ is allowed and install 16’ of fence extending into the front yard transitioning from 8’ to 4’ where 4’ is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 8.27(B) Fences and Walls.
ZBA2025-123: 189 Ray Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 1
Applicant has proposed to maintain a 6’ x 9’ one-story addition and a 6’ x 7’ deck with a side yard setback of 6’ 10” where 10’ is required and with a 24’ rear yard setback where 30’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback and 6.03(B) Rear Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-125: 474 Spruce Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 5
Applicant has proposed to construct a three-family dwelling on a 5,017 SF lot where 10,000 SF is required, with 50’ of lot frontage and width where 100’ is required, with a front yard setback of 6.5’ where 15’ is required, with a side yard setback of 7.7’ and 12’ where 20’ is required in each instance, with three stories where 2.5 stories are allowed, with a floor area ratio of 0.66 where 0.5 is allowed, with five parking spaces without the required 10’ landscape buffer or parking bumpers and with undersized drive aisles and seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 5.10(A)6 Multi-Family Dwellings, 6.01 Minimum Buildable Lot Area, 6.02 Minimum Lot Frontage and Width (2 counts), 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback, 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback (2 counts), 6.05 Height in Stories, 6.06 Floor Area Ratio, 10.07(G) Landscaping, 10.07(K)1 Parking Bumpers and 10.06(A) Parking Layout.
ZBA2025-128 41 Kearney Street, Residential One Family Medium Density District, Ward 1
Applicant has proposed to install a propane tank with a 12’ side yard setback where 20’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-129: 1204 Dunbarton Road, Residential Suburban Low Density District, Ward 12
Applicant has proposed to construct a 28’ x 36’ garage in the side yard with 1,008 SF where 600 SF is allowed and with a height of 24’ where 15’ is allowed. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses (2 counts).
ZBA2025-130: 1420 River Road, Residential One Family Medium Density District, Ward 1
Applicant has proposed to construct a 10’ x 14’ shed in the street yard of a corner lot and 3’ from a side lot line where 20’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 8.29(A)1 Accessory Structures and Uses and 8.29(A)2 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-131: 274 Ash Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 2
Applicant has proposed to construct a one-story 20’ x 30’ addition for an ADU with a 5.5’ side yard setback where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-132: 108 South Taylor Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 7
Applicant has proposed to construct a 26’ x 26’ attached two-story garage with an ADU above which had previously been granted relief in case ZBA2025-100 for a 9’ side yard setback where a new survey shows the side yard setback to be 5.2’ where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback.
ZBA2025-133: 533 Hevey Street, Neighborhood Business District, Ward 11
Applicant has proposed to construct a two-story, two-family dwelling on the footprint of an existing one-story commercial building located on a lot with an existing six-family dwelling resulting in lot coverage of 90% where 85% is allowed and create two new parking spaces within 4’ of a building or lot line and where the new parking spaces require backing out onto a public way. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.04 Lot Coverage, 10.09(A) Parking Setbacks (6 counts) and 10.07(D) Parking Maneuvering.
ZBA2025-134: 516 Granite Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 6
Applicant has proposed to construct a 9.4’ x 17.2’ covered front porch, with a front yard setback of 1.5’ where 15’ is required and side yard setbacks of 1’ and 6’ where 10’ is required and construct a 17.3’ x 18.5’ rear porch and deck with side yard setbacks of 1’ and 7.59’ where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 6.03(A) Front Yard Setback and 6.03(C) Side Yard Setback (2 counts).
ZBA2025-135: 1671 Brown Avenue, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9
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.
ZBA2025-136: 110 Flint Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 9
Applicant has proposed to allow the keeping of up to six hens on a lot with 5,000 SF where a ½ acre (21,780 SF) is required and maintain an 8’ x 12’ shed 0’ from the rear lot line where 4’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 8.30.a The Keeping of Domestic Chickens and 8.29(A)3 Accessory Structures and Uses.
ZBA2025-137: 907 Second Street, General Business District and Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 10
Applicant has proposed to redevelop an existing restaurant with drive-through service with a new restaurant with drive-through service, where a portionof the use is within the R-1B residential district, resulting in business parking in aresidential district and with food preparation exhaust, exterior lighting in excess of 10’ in height, exterior speaker system, drive-through and a dumpster all within the limited 50’ activity buffer. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Sections 5.10(G)6 Restaurant with Drive-through Service, 10.02(F) Business Parking in a Residential District and 6.08(B) Screening and Buffers.
ZBA2025-138: 430 Manchester Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 4
Applicant has proposed to create two parking spaces within 1’ of a building and within 2.5’ from the side lot line where 4’ is required in both instances. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.09(B) Parking Setbacks.
ZBA2025-139: Tax Map 106, Lot 43A Perley Street and 300 Harrison Street, Residential One Family High Density District, Ward 2
Applicant has proposed to develop Tax Map 106, Lot 43A with a single-family dwelling, where Lot 43A is subject to consolidation with Tax Map 106, Lot 43 (300 Harrison Street) due to non-conformities that could be cured by consolidation including buildable lot area of Lot 43 of 6,933 SF where 7,500 SF is required, a rear yard setback of 26.7’ where 30’ is required and with a detached accessory garage with a 1.5’ rear yard setback where 4’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 11.03(D)2(d) Conditions for Development of a Non-Conforming Lot.
ZBA2025-140: 537 Union Street, Civic-Institutional District, Ward 4
Applicant has proposed to create 14 new parking spaces by merging Tax Map 20, Lot 8 where the parking spaces have a 4’ landscape buffer where 10’ is required. Applicant seeks a variance from Zoning Ordinance Section 10.07(G) Landscaping.
ZBA2025-142: 747 Beech Street, Residential Two Family District, Ward 2
Applicant has proposed to maintain the conversion of a two-family dwelling to a three-family dwelling, with lot area of 6,000 SF where 10,000 SF is required, with lot frontage and width of 60’ where 100’ is required, with a side yard setback of 5’ where 20’ is required and with floor area ratio of 0.61 where 0.5 is allowed. 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 and 6.06 Floor Area Ratio.
PLANNING BOARD UPDATES
The Planning Board met on Thursday, October 2 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.