The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment considered more than a dozen cases at its Aug. 14 meeting. The board approved variances on multiple items (listed below), postponed one case to the September 11 meeting and denied a rehearing request. The summaries list the docket number, the primary relief granted and one-sentence notes drawn from the public hearing record.

Votes at a glance

- ZBA2025‑052 (Davenport Avenue / Map 495 Lot 45): Approved relief from section 6.02 (minimum lot frontage) and RSA 674:41 as the board determined private access rights and practical access exist. (See full story.)

- ZBA2025‑057 (144 Califf Road): Approved variances to permit five attached townhouse units on a nonconforming lot with multiple front-yard and parking setback reliefs; Department of Public Works reviewed and the board noted the applicant revised the design to address DPW concerns.

- ZBA2025‑088 (600 Coolidge Avenue): Approved a side-yard setback variance for a 13'8" by 19'4" addition, finding the addition replaces an existing encroachment and will not change neighborhood character.

- ZBA2025‑089 (63 Westminster Street): Approved variances to allow a single‑family home with a rear‑yard deck encroachment and parking setbacks; neighbors raised privacy and retaining‑wall concerns but board found the project consistent with nearby development.

- ZBA2025‑091 (59 Cottage Avenue): Approved multiple variances for a second‑story addition, deck and to maintain an existing gazebo and parking in existing locations; board noted irregular lot shape and preexisting conditions.

- ZBA2025‑093 (2035 & 2055 Brown Avenue): Approved variances for screening/buffer, parking setbacks and landscaping to permit reuse of a bank as a coffee shop with drive‑through and a convenience store/fuel canopy at the neighboring parcel; board discussed speaker placement and sound screening.

- ZBA2025‑095 (115 Parkview Street): Approved parking‑setback relief to widen an existing driveway and kept a preexisting shed in place; board noted widened driveway could improve public safety by reducing cars parked on the street.

- ZBA2025‑096 (258 Notre Dame Avenue): Approved landscaping variance to allow a fifth parking space for a multi‑unit building where small lots constrain layout.

- ZBA2025‑097 (257 Porter Street): Approved parking‑setback relief to permit an on‑site parking space on a corner lot; board found no sight‑distance safety issue.

- ZBA2025‑098 (22 Hazel Street): Approved relief to maintain an existing front yard handicap ramp; neighbors opposed an alleged plan to convert the building into a large rooming house, but the board noted the ramp decision is separate from any change‑of‑use review.

- ZBA2025‑100 (108 South Taylor Street): Approved variances for a two‑story garage with ADU, pool and fence encroachments and other related relief; board found proposed addition compatible with the house and neighborhood.

- ZBA2025‑101 (barber pole and panel sign at Lake Avenue): Approved two sign variances for a modest illuminated barber pole and a panel on an existing freestanding sign structure.

- ZBA2025‑102 (199 Zachary Road, Easterseals campus): Approved a non‑illuminated 4x4 freestanding sign at the rear of a campus; the board noted the sign is not visible from public ways and is below height limits.

- ZBA2025‑104 (6 Surrey Lane): Approved variances for a farmer’s porch on a corner lot and to keep a preexisting shed in the side yard setback.

- ZBA2025‑105 (510 Harvey Road diesel canopy signage): Approved two canopy sign variances to increase canopy sign area for the diesel canopy; applicant said setback, tree line and retail canopy reduce visibility from the road and the larger signs improve wayfinding for heavy vehicles.

- ZBA2025‑107 (1671 Brown Avenue rehearing request): Denied a rehearing request of a prior decision (the hearing record shows the board found no new evidence or technical error to warrant rehearing).

Postponed

- ZBA2025‑099 (199 Putnam Street / Blucher Street): Case was postponed to the Sept. 11 meeting; the board said no new notices will be sent.

Notices and next steps

All approved variances allow applicants to pursue building permits and any other required reviews; ZBA approvals do not replace separate Planning Board, building or environmental approvals. Where abutters raised construction, drainage or sound concerns, board minutes note that applicants may be required to address those issues in subsequent permitting processes.