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Planning board allows phased work on Bernice Street subdivision; clarifies bond rules under RSA 674:36
Summary
The Hooksett Planning Board agreed May 5 to let the Bernice Street subdivision developer begin private-site work after posting a reclamation/restoration surety, with a full bond for roads and utilities required before building permits or public-right-of-way work. The decision interprets RSA 674:36 to permit staged surety.
The Hooksett Planning Board on May 5 clarified how surety will be handled for the previously approved Bernice Street subdivision, allowing work on private parcels to proceed with a reclamation (site-restoration) surety while requiring full bonding for roads and utilities before building permits or work in the public right-of-way.
Attorney Patricia Pansiaco and project engineer Doug Maguire told the board the 27-lot project was approved in 2020, then appealed and litigated; the approval remains recorded. The applicant asked the board to apply the changes in RSA 674:36 — a state statute that lets a subdivision’s road and utility construction begin without a full bond in some circumstances — so that…
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