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Planning Board declines to recommend petition to allow drive‑through restaurants on smaller lots
Summary
The Wolfeboro Planning Board opened a public hearing on a petition to remove an absolute ban on drive‑through restaurants and voted to recommend that voters not adopt the amendment. Residents raised enforcement and compatibility concerns, and the board moved not to endorse the warrant article.
The Wolfeboro Planning Board opened a public hearing Jan. 21 on a petition warrant article that would change Chapter 175 of the town zoning ordinance to remove the absolute restriction on drive‑through restaurants and allow them on lots of at least 1 acre. After public comment and discussion, the board voted to recommend that voters reject the amendment.
The petition text shown to the board would remove the absolute ban on drive‑through restaurants and revise the carryout/restaurant definition to read: a commercial establishment open to the general public that by design of physical facilities or by service or…
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