Laconia board approves variance and special exception for small RV campground on White Oaks Road

The Laconia Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to allow a mixed residential/campground use and to grant a special exception for a small RV campground at 371 White Oaks Road.

At a public meeting on Dec. 18, Brown Engineering representative Dari Susana told the board the 3.8-acre parcel owner, Troy Mahoney, seeks relief to operate a campground alongside the existing single-family residence. "We're here tonight, again, for 371 White Oaks Road, a 3.8 acre parcel in the RR2 District," Susana said, describing the proposal as a low-density, 15–16-site campground (materials provided to the board contain both numbers; the motion approved by the board described a 15-site, year-round campground). Jeremy Fisher, the project's designer, said the site currently uses septic and that the project anticipates tying into a proposed sewer main; "we are working in that with DPW," Fisher…