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Zoning board denies variance for Bodwell Road landscaping yard, gives owner one year to relocate
Summary
The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment on a September 2025 hearing denied a request from Sean Claypool to legalize a building-contractor/landscaping yard at 582 Bodwell Road, citing scale, encroachment and public-interest concerns, but gave the business one year to find a new site.
The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance request for a landscaping contractor yard at Bodwell Road and told the applicant that he has one year to find a new location.
The board voted to deny variances requested by Sean Claypool for a property on Bodwell Road (ZVA 2025 — Bodwell Road). The motion denied relief from multiple sections of the city zoning ordinance related to contractor yards, outdoor storage, lot frontage, side-yard setbacks and parking; the board also said it would give the applicant one year to secure an alternative site. The motion passed 4–1; Member Catherine Bolesky voted in opposition.
The applicant, Sean Claypool, told the board he has operated a landscaping business at the property for about 10 years, stores equipment and materials there and registers his trucks with the city. He said his…
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