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Board approves refuse plan changes, new dumpster enclosure and grease trap for 73 Hanover St.; owner open to decorative enclosure
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board approved amendments to a previously approved site plan to allow a restaurant tenant at 73 Hanover Street to use the existing refuse room and to add an external dumpster enclosure with a grease trap at the corner of Nutfield Lane and Londonderry Lane.
The Manchester Planning & Zoning Board on April 17 approved two related site‑plan amendments that adjust refuse arrangements for restaurant and residential uses at 73 Hanover Street and authorize an external dumpster enclosure with a grease trap at the landscape strip near Nutfield Lane and Londonderry Lane.
Keach Nordstrom Associates’ Paul Chisholm, the engineer representing both property owners, told the board the restaurant tenant proposes to occupy the refuse room previously allocated to residential tenants and that the applicant submitted revised plans following conversations with city departments and waste‑service contractors. The applicant said Amenico will handle used‑oil pickup and that EPD and DPW were consulted; the applicant reported DPW provided no comment on a portion of the proposal because of jurisdictional questions about the way in question.
Chisholm described several plan updates since the application’s prior hearing: a reduction in the number of sidewalk tables to maintain an ADA‑accessible path, a lighting‑analysis sheet added to the plan set to document existing fixtures near the proposed enclosure, and a proposed wood enclosure for dumpsters that the owner said can be painted and might be replaced later by a decorative “arc” feature if funding and broader beautification efforts proceed. He said the owner, Ron DuPont of Semifree Hanover, is interested in future streetscape improvements but that no rendering for a decorative enclosure is available at this time.
On pest control, Chisholm said routine restaurant practices will be followed and the operator will contract with pest‑management services if problems arise. He said the enclosure detail will use paintable wood rather than vinyl fencing.
No members of the public spoke at the hearing and staff reported no written correspondence. Board members asked applicants to accept responsibility for upkeep of fencing and paint; Chisholm said the owner and applicant were amenable to upkeep conditions. After closing the public hearing the board approved both related site‑plan amendments—recorded as SP2020‑0059 and SP2020‑0058—by voice vote.
Findings of fact and staff recommendations were acknowledged as part of the approvals. The items will be subject to the city’s normal inspection and enforcement processes for compliance with any conditions.
The project’s approvals let the restaurant use the existing refuse room for commercial waste and place a permitted external dumpster enclosure and grease trap in the landscape strip near Nutfield Lane and Londonderry Lane; materials and final enclosure design may be refined later in coordination with city staff and neighborhood beautification stakeholders.
