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Applicant seeks variance to allow plastic recycling at 25 Old Dover Road; public hearing held
Summary
An applicant requested a variance to permit light industrial plastic recycling at 25 Old Dover Road (Map 132, Lot 39) after the property’s zoning changed to residential. The planning director asked for clarification on operations; the board closed the public hearing with no final vote recorded.
Nathan Gray, applicant for Plastic Recycle, asked the Rochester Boards & Committees on the Zoning Board docket Z25-05 to grant a variance permitting light industrial recycling activity at 25 Old Dover Road (Map 132, Lot 39).
Gray, who identified his address as "3 45 Dry Hill Road, Barrington, New Hampshire," said the company would "reduce waste by repurposing plastic into valuable, sustainable products." He told the board the property historically functioned as light industrial and that a zoning change to an R-2 (residential) designation created "an unnecessary hardship" because the structure cannot reasonably be converted to residential use. "Granting the variance will allow Plastic Recycle to continue…
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