The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance that permits subdivision of 52 Fisherville Road into two lots smaller than the 10,000-square-foot minimum required by the Urban Transitional district.

Applicants Pradeep Karki and 52 Fisherville Road LLC told the board the existing dwelling is a distressed mobile home that will be removed and replaced with two single-family houses, each roughly 1,500 square feet, on two ~8,000-square-foot parcels split down the middle. The applicants presented a conceptual plan showing two 80-by-100-foot parcels that would meet setbacks and lot-coverage requirements and cited nearby lots with similar sizes.

Board members discussed the lack of a final subdivision line on the submitted materials and agreed that any approval should be read in light of the applicants testimony that the lots would be split evenly. A motion to grant the variance passed 4-1. One member said they were unconvinced of a hardship but that the request was consistent with neighborhood patterns; the majority found the split would bring two new houses consistent with adjacent development.

The board did not add a formal condition to require an exact equal split but members noted the applicant had testified they would divide the parcel down the middle and planning conditions at the subdivision stage will address frontage, lot coverage and other technical issues. The applicants said they plan 1,500-square-foot, three-bedroom houses.

The variance allows the applicant to proceed to the planning board for subdivision review and later site plan and building permits under municipal procedures.