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ZBA overturns building inspector, allows Rawlings property work to continue
Summary
The Wolfeboro Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to overturn the building inspector’s determination that the Rollinsford/Lerner Street property was an abandoned nonconforming use, allowing the owner to continue renovation efforts; the decision can be appealed within 30 days.
The Wolfeboro Zoning Board of Adjustment on June 2 voted to overturn the building inspector’s determination that the property at 1205 Lerner Street (tax map 218-112) was an abandoned nonconforming use under section 175-43(c) of the town ordinance, permitting the owner to continue work on the building.
The vote reversed an administrative decision that had concluded the building’s nonconforming use had been discontinued. Chair Suzanne Ryan opened the continued public hearing for Alton Rawlings Ford LLC and heard testimony from Bob Flannery, a principal of the LLC, and from board members debating whether the ordinance’s abandonment language applies to use or to structure.
The dispute centered on whether the town ordinance’s abandonment clause — cited in the building…
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