Hooksett Zoning Board continues hearing on West River Road wetland crossing to Aug. 12

The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment continued consideration of application Z25-11 for 269 West River Road — a special-exception request under Article 18, Section E for a proposed residential use that would require wetland impacts — to the board's Aug. 12 meeting after the applicant asked to defer and the board directed staff and the applicant to provide additional information.

The project as presented in the packet proposes 6,447 square feet of wetland impacts and 21,061 square feet of wetland buffer impacts. At the meeting, Brent Cole, an engineer with Grama Engineering, told the board that because only three full members were present he believed it was in "the best interest of the project to defer until there's at least 4, hopefully, a full board next time." The board took a formal motion to continue Z25-11 to Aug. 12; the roll call yielded all in favor and the continuation passed.

Why it matters: the application would authorize substantial disturbance to mapped wetlands and their buffers and requires the Zoning Board to determine whether the…