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Council approved zoning amendments on home-based childcare and cross-zone lot use, staff tells ZBA
Summary
Planning staff reported that the city council passed two zoning amendments: one to allow certain home-based group and family childcare uses by right (reflecting RSA changes), and another to grant leeway for split lots in commercial/industrial zones.
Planning staff reported to the Zoning Board of Adjustment that the city council approved two zoning amendments at its meeting the previous night. Staff said one amendment permits certain home-based family and group childcare uses by right following changes to the state RSA; the other amendment allows limited cross-zone use on lots split between commercial and industrial districts, providing flexibility for uses to extend a set distance into the adjacent zone.
Ms. Crosley said the childcare change stems from modifications to state law and will remove some applications from the board's docket because those home-based uses will no longer require planning-board or zoning-board approval. She also said the split-lot amendment applies specifically to the commercial-industrial district along Route 108 and creates a limited buffer of allowable overlap (staff did not provide the exact distance at the meeting).
No formal action was required of the ZBA on the council's amendments; the staff update was informational.
