Votes at a glance: Manchester Planning & Zoning Board actions on ADU, subdivisions and regional-impact determinations

The Manchester Planning & Zoning Board on July 17 took the following formal actions during its business meeting after closing the public hearing for PDSP-2024-002.

CU-2025-016 (82 Katinka Drive) — Approved The board approved CU-2025-016, a conditional use permit application to construct an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) attached to an expanded garage at 82 Katinka Drive. The application presented an accessory unit of 898 square feet (reported in the application). City staff and the board noted recently proposed state legislation changing ADU rules; staff said the pending bill would raise a floor on a municipality’s maximum allowable ADU size to 950 square feet and reduce parking requirements for single-family homes plus ADUs from three spaces to two. The board approved the application on a motion by Vice Chair Brian Beaupre, seconded by Peter Lennon; the record shows one abstention from Maggie Baldwin. The applicant was Redwood Builders for James and Diane Paralesi.

S-2025-006 (145 Garvin Avenue) — Approved The board approved S-2025-006, a subdivision plan to merge two lots and resubdivide into three lots (13,247 sq ft; 9,072 sq ft; 7,252 sq ft) in an R1A zoning district. The application was filed by Joe Wickard for Davis Road LLC. John Wickert recused from this matter; Maggie Baldwin recorded an abstention. The board recorded seven votes in favor; the motion was made by Bob Gagne and seconded by Steven Mina.

S-2025-007 (42 Lingard Street) — Approved The board approved S-2025-007, a subdivision creating one new 7,639-square-foot lot along Lingard Street in a B2 district. Joe Wickard applied on behalf of Josue Avilis. The same recusal/abstention pattern (recusal by John Wickert and abstention by Maggie Baldwin) was recorded for this item. Bob Gagne moved and Vice Chair Brian Beaupre seconded the motion.

Regional-impact and Conservation Commission referrals — Determined not to have regional impact On a motion by Steven Mina, seconded by Vice Chair Brian Beaupre, the board determined that a series of recently submitted applications do not have regional impact and do not require referral to the Manchester Conservation Commission. The motion listed multiple files (including extension requests and site-plan/conditional-use filings such as S2025-004, SP2025-019, CU2025-020 and others specifically enumerated in the meeting record) and passed with the board voting in favor.

Procedural notes and next steps Board members asked staff to circulate a memo explaining recent state legislation and its effect on local ADU permitting once staff confirms bill language and effective dates. Meeting minutes for July 3 were not yet available; board member Steven Mina volunteered to review them when prepared.

Provenance (transcript excerpts): The ADU discussion and vote are recorded beginning where the chair introduces CU-2025-016 shortly after the PDSP item was closed (approx. s=1231–s=1561). The subdivision items and regional-impact motion are recorded in subsequent transcript blocks (approx. s=1561–s=2015).