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Concord ZBA approves Unitil variances to rebuild West Concord substation; board declines DRI escalation
Summary
After determining the project did not meet criteria for a Development of Regional Impact, the Concord Zoning Board unanimously granted Unitil two variances to locate a control enclosure within a bluff buffer and to permit limited regrading for stormwater management at 1–7 McGuire Street, citing existing site uses, planned restoration, and state-level review (AOT) for environmental safeguards.
The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved two variances for Unitil’s West Concord Substation project at 1–7 McGuire Street, allowing an electrical control enclosure to be placed within a bluff buffer and permitting limited regrading to install modern stormwater management. Earlier in the hearing the board determined the application did not meet criteria to be declared a Development of Regional Impact (DRI).
Unitil representatives, including licensed engineers Nicholas Golan and Nate Sherwood, told the board the existing substation dates to the 1940s, the current yard is about 4,000 square feet, and the proposed facility and adjacent yard would total roughly 22,000 square feet to accommodate…
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