Plaistow planning board approves site plan and wetland conditional use permit for 5 Rose Ave trade business

The Plaistow Planning Board on July 16 approved a site plan and a conditional use permit for Schofield Builders LLC to raise an existing residential structure and construct a 3,750‑square‑foot, three‑unit trade business at 5 Rose Ave (Tax Map 29, Lot 7). The board voted 4‑0 to accept the application as complete, grant a parking waiver, approve the conditional use permit for an approximately 3‑foot intrusion into the wetland buffer, and grant final site‑plan approval subject to listed conditions.

The project site covers about 0.8 acres approximately 200 feet west of the intersection of Rose Avenue and New Hampshire Route 125. Tom Schomburg of SEC Associates, the applicant’s agent, told the board the existing 1,735‑square‑foot dwelling, built about 1920, is in deteriorated condition and that the proposal removes the nonconforming structure while improving dimensional nonconformities. Schomburg said, “The proposed use is not for public retail, and will not require daily…