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Manchester commission reviews proposed citywide zoning map and debate over duplexes
Summary
City planners presented a draft citywide zoning map that would reclassify several pockets to mixed‑use and higher-density residential zones; commissioners focused on whether to allow duplexes broadly by rezone or via special exception after public comment and a UNH survey.
Kristen, the staff planner presenting the draft map, opened the Manchester City Commissions meeting by saying, “So tonight, we're finally gonna look at pretty maps,” and walked members through a consolidated package of use maps that staff will post online once public comments are finalized.
The presentation laid out proposed boundaries for mixed‑use and residential zones across the west and east sides of the city, with two‑family buildings shown in light orange, 3–8 units in darker orange and larger multifamily buildings in dark brown. Kristen said the draft reflects master‑plan inputs and preliminary public feedback but has not been finalized: staff are still compiling all public comments and will return to aldermen before locking down changes.
A central debate at the meeting centered on how to treat R1b neighborhoods where duplexes already exist. City staff and several commissioners noted that in many places the…
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