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Plaistow planning board asks ZBA to interpret recently adopted home‑office provision after implementation questions

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Summary

After a citizens' warrant on home‑office rules passed while a related table-of-contents change failed, the planning board voted to ask the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) for an interpretation of Article 10; members expressed frustration that the town has been charging home‑office fees despite divergent views on implementation.

The Plaistow Planning Board voted to ask the Zoning Board of Adjustment to interpret the adoption and enforceability of the recently adopted Article 10 home‑office provisions, after board members identified inconsistent implementation by town staff.

Members said two related warrant articles were presented at town meeting — one that amended the table of contents and another that updated home‑office language — and that one passed while the other failed. Several board members said the town has nonetheless been charging fees for home‑office uses and that the appropriate interpretive body under state law is the ZBA.

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