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Board approves three variances for 141 Hard Lehi Lane after developer outlines stormwater plan
Summary
The board approved three setback variances for a redevelopment at 141 Hard Lehi Lane, accepting the applicant's plan to square off an existing nonconforming house and add porous paving and dry wells to reduce stormwater runoff.
The Laconia Zoning Board of Adjustment approved three dimensional variances June 16 for work at 141 Hard Lehi Lane that will square off and modestly enlarge an existing nonconforming waterfront house and add stormwater mitigation measures.
Christopher Barry of Barry Surveying and Engineering told the board the lot is roughly 87 feet wide in a zone that requires 25-foot setbacks, creating a constrained building envelope. Barry said the applicants propose to square portions of the house, retain some existing exterior walls for structural reasons and relocate a covered rear deck to create a second means of egress. "We're functionally reducing with these 2 measures the impervious footprint of the site by 4%," Barry said, referring to porous paving and two on-site dry wells.
The board discussed the five variance criteria and found the requests consistent with the spirit of the ordinance, noting the site is a preexisting nonconforming parcel and that the project reduces stormwater flow to the lake. The board moved, seconded and voted to approve the single application covering the three related variance requests (recorded as ZB2025-063).
Members said the changes are modest — in one location the existing nonconforming distance from the boundary was about 24 feet and the proposal increased that nonconformance by roughly two feet to about 22 feet — and that the stormwater steps improve shoreline protection. No members of the public spoke in opposition at the hearing.
