Laconia Planning Board tables 14-unit White Oaks condominium after neighbor height, density concerns

The Laconia Planning Board on a preliminary vote agreed to table consideration of an application for a 14-unit condominium and performance‑zoning conditional use permit for property on White Oaks Road, giving neighbors and the applicant another month to address concerns about height, density, stormwater and emergency access.

The application, filed by Marquise Contracting Group and presented by engineer Justin Daniel of Granite Engineering, would subdivide Tax Map 163, Block 241, Lot 13 (about 1.7 acres) in the Commercial Resort district and build two three‑unit and two four‑unit buildings for a total of 14 condominium units, with 31 parking spaces provided by 17 garage spaces, 17 driveway spaces and 3 guest spaces. The plan shows underground power, a bioretention stormwater pond and three buried 1,000‑gallon propane tanks to serve the buildings.

Board members and abutters urged more time to review engineering reports and asked for clearer answers on several items. Ronald Stafford, who identified himself as an owner of the White Oaks RV Park that abuts the site, told the board he believes the project “seeks to overbuild a…