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Planning board approves 8-unit development at 1143 Hooksett Road with landscaping, dumpster and condo-doc conditions
Summary
After engineering and design review, the board approved an eight-unit condominium-style residential development at 1143 Hooksett Road with conditions including an enclosed dumpster, additional perimeter plantings and required condominium documents and maintenance responsibilities.
The Hooksett Planning Board approved an eight-unit residential development at 1143 Hooksett Road on Sept. 15, subject to a set of conditions addressing landscaping, dumpster screening, condominium documentation and technical plan clarifications.
Engineer John Rokey and the applicant presented final engineering, utilities and grading information for the 8,320-square-foot, two-story building that will contain eight residential units (each roughly 1,000 square feet) with attached garages, driveways and walkout decks. The plan shows one visitor-parking area with nine spaces in addition to one garage space per unit. The applicant said access from Hooksett Road would be abandoned and all vehicles would use Mammoth Road; a state driveway-permit application for the Mammoth Road access is under review.
Board members and the applicant discussed landscaping, lighting and the placement of a dumpster enclosure. Because the site sits near existing single-family lots, members asked for extra perimeter plantings along the southern property line to help screen the new buildings from neighbors. The applicant agreed to increase the southern perimeter screening from five to eight evergreen plantings and to enclose the dumpster area within a screened enclosure; the enclosure details and materials will be added to the plan and called out to the board’s satisfaction. The board also asked the applicant to include the condominium declaration and maintenance obligations (including detention-pond upkeep) in the submission package; legal counsel will review the condo documents as part of the plan conditions.
Several abutters spoke at the hearing. Some residents expressed concerns about project scale, proximity to existing houses, lighting and traffic on Mammoth Road. The applicant responded by moving buildings where feasible, concentrating additional landscape plantings near the front of the development, providing wall packs and limited lighting in the parking area, and agreeing to modest changes to the plans as conditions of approval.
The board granted several waivers tied to state review processes, including waivers for traffic analysis and sight-distance plan submission because the driveway permit application is being processed by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. The board adopted final site-plan conditions (1–13 as listed in the board packet) plus added requirements: an enclosed dumpster with an approved enclosure material; increased perimeter screening (eight trees on the south side); and submission of condominium declaration documents that specify HOA responsibilities for long-term maintenance of BMPs and the detention pond.
Impact fees were assessed per town policy: recreation fees ($579 per multifamily unit) and public safety fees ($11.41 per unit), bringing total assessed impact fees to $13,760. With the listed conditions recorded, the board approved the site plan by motion and voice vote.
