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Concord ZBA clears Unitil to upgrade West Concord substation; grants bluff and grading variances
Summary
After deciding the application did not meet the criteria for a Development of Regional Impact, the Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously granted Unitil variances to build a control enclosure in a bluff buffer and to recontour a small ravine area for stormwater management at its West Concord Substation.
The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to grant two variances to Unitil for work at its West Concord Substation and pole storage yard at 1-7 McGuire (TaxMap Lot 49/494 Z-44).
Before hearing testimony, the board considered whether the project should be declared a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) under RSA 36:55. Planning staff flagged the issue; the board reviewed the six criteria in the staff report and voted that the application did not meet the threshold for a DRI, allowing the hearing to proceed.
Nicholas Golan, a licensed engineer and principal of TF Marriott, said the existing substation, sited in the 1940s, has reached the end of its useful life and that the project is…
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