Zoning board: votes at a glance — approvals, conditions and next steps for several Manchester properties

The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment considered and decided a series of cases at its May public hearing. Below are short summaries of each board action, the outcome and any immediate conditions recorded in the meeting minutes.

Votes at a glance

- ZBA2025‑36 — 383 Concord Street (subdivision to create one new buildable lot). Board approved variances for reduced buildable lot area, frontage, side setbacks and floor‑area‑ratio on the existing 3‑family and the new lot. Approval was unanimous and included a condition that the applicant secure a valid recorded easement for access to the rear parking area before final subdivision recording. (Condition in minutes: recorded access easement required.)

- ZBA2025‑38 — 23 West Webster Street (dwelling above commercial first floor). Board unanimously granted a variance to allow the owner to occupy an upper‑story dwelling in a building with a commercial first floor, citing underused space and neighborhood context.

- ZBA2025‑39 — 238 Auburn Street (rear egress stair and six parking spaces). The board granted variances for side‑yard setback, parking layout and parking bumpers to permit a code‑required exterior egress stair and to regularize a proposed six‑space…