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Keene planners clarify 'build‑to' rules, add 'principal' to definition after zoning interpretation
Summary
The Planning Board and PLD workshop advanced an amendment to the Land Development Code to clarify that build‑to lines and setbacks apply to all principal buildings or structures on a lot; the board voted to add the word "principal" to two sections and sent the revised text toward public hearing.
The City of Keene Planning Board and the City’s PLD committee met in a joint workshop to consider Ordinance O‑2025‑20, a staff proposal to clarify how setbacks and build‑to dimensions apply to buildings and structures on a lot. Mary Brenner, Senior Planner for the City of Keene Community Development Department, said the ordinance was drafted after “an interpretation by the Zoning Board of Adjustment regarding the definitions for build to zone and front setback,” and that staff revised the language to refer to “all buildings or structures.”
The amendment aims to eliminate ambiguity that previously arose from wording that used the phrase “a building,” which some interpreted to mean the rules applied to only one building on a lot. Brenner…
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