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Planning Board approves year‑round use for 1187 Weirs Boulevard campground with conditions
Summary
The board approved PB2025-072 to allow year‑round use at the 1187 Weirs Boulevard commercial campground, rescinding a prior notice of action and confirming state rules govern temporary campground residency.
The Planning Board approved an application (PB2025-072) to permit year‑round use for the commercial campground at 1187 Weirs Boulevard, after staff verified the site plans comply with state and city land‑use rules and technical-review comments were addressed.
Why it matters: The approval changes the status of campground units to permit year‑round use except where state statute restricts temporary recreational occupancy. Staff noted the city must follow state campground rules for certain units.
What staff reported Staff told the board the application and plans were reviewed and found to be consistent with state and city land‑use regulations and that technical review comments were incorporated into two recommended conditions of approval. The key condition rescinds the prior notice of action that had limited units to temporary recreational occupancy; the new action permits all units for year‑round use except the existing single‑family home, and clarifies compliance with "RSA 216‑I" regarding temporary campground occupancy.
Applicant and public comment The applicant, who identified himself as the property owner, said the request was a follow-up: the condominium conversion and site plan approvals had been granted earlier and the year‑round change was an addendum. "This has already come before you except I should have the first time around when I wanted to change it to condominium form of ownership. I should have included one of the go year round and it's kind of an afterthought," the applicant said, adding he has owned the property for roughly 22 years.
Board action A board member moved to approve PB2025‑072 and the staff findings of fact; the motion was seconded and passed on a voice vote. The board's approval included the two staff conditions: rescission of the itemized prior condition and retention of all other prior conditions not amended by the approval.
Conditions and next steps Staff will file the approved plan and maintain prior conditions not expressly changed. The board recorded the approval at the meeting and the applicant may proceed with final permitting in accordance with the approved conditions.
