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ZBA grants height variance for Watson Road condominium project after debate over ordinance intent
Summary
The board approved a variance allowing buildings up to about 52–53 feet at 1048 Watson Road for a previously approved 52‑unit condominium/townhome project, finding the site constraints support modest additional height though one member opposed based on ordinance fidelity.
The Laconia Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance to permit building heights up to roughly 52–53 feet at 1048 Watson Road for a 52‑unit condominium/townhome development after the applicant argued that the residential height cap of 35 feet is ill-suited to this commercial-resort parcel and that the extra height is necessary to deliver marketable unit sizes on a constrained site.
Attorney John Arnold for the applicant…
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