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Hooksett ZBA grants variance for backyard pool at 63 Post Road that encroaches on wetland buffer
Summary
The ZBA granted a variance allowing a 20-by-35-foot in-ground pool and surrounding concrete apron inside the town's 40-foot wetlands nondisturbance buffer at 63 Post Road; board members highlighted the lots slope and extensive preexisting fenced yard as factors in their decision.
The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a variance to allow an in-ground pool and surrounding concrete apron within the towns 40-foot wetlands nondisturbance buffer at 63 Post Road (case Z25-14).
Applicant Kenneth Day and co-owner Heidi Cook told the board the yard is heavily sloped toward a former railroad bed and a municipal trail, leaving only a narrow area of usable, developed yard immediately behind the house. They proposed a 20-by-35-foot in-ground pool sited roughly 10–12 feet from the back of the house and acknowledged the pool and apron would intrude into the buffer. Planning staff had reviewed the site and said the parcel has an established, developed backyard area that already extends…
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