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Hooksett ZBA continues Highland LLC senior-living applications after legal and plan clarifications requested
Summary
The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment continued three Highland LLC applications, including a special exception for a 25-unit senior living development at 14–16 Highland St., after questions about plan dimensions, building separations and whether the board can grant variances tied to a special-exception finding.
The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment on Jan. 14 continued three Highland LLC applications — a special exception for senior living at 14 and 16 Highland Street (Z24-27) and two related variances (Z24-28 and Z24-29) — to the board’s Feb. 11 meeting while town counsel and the applicant correct plan text and clarify legal limits.
The board paused to confirm whether a special-exception approval could be granted if the application required any variance from the zoning ordinance. Chair Anne Stomach said the board had case law to review and described a Municipal Association guidance bulletin and a court decision stating that a zoning board “may not vary or waive any of the requirements set forth in the ordinance” for a special exception; the…
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