Zoning board approves 25-unit senior housing at Highland Street and grants two variances

The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment on a voice vote approved a special exception and two related variances to allow a 25-unit senior-living development at 14 and 16 Highland Street (applications Z24‑27, Z24‑28 and Z24‑29).

The board granted a special exception from Article 5, Section 3.C to permit the proposed 25‑unit older‑person development, finding the project met the special‑exception criteria outlined in Article 24 and Article 7. The board then granted two variances: one from Article 7, Section B2.C to allow 120 feet of road frontage where 200 feet is required, and a second from Article 7, Section B6 to allow 20 feet of horizontal separation between buildings where 35 feet is required. The recorded outcomes were approvals with roll calls described during the meeting as carrying by unanimous tallies (board recorded outcomes 5–0 where specific tallies were given).

Planning and applicant testimony noted site changes submitted before the meeting. “The only change to that was adding that 25 foot side yard setback that you'd asked about the last time. So we got that updated,”…