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Keene ZBA grants two‑year extension for pickup‑only drive‑through at 147 Main Street, 4–1
Summary
The Keene Zoning Board of Adjustment approved an extension of a 2023 special exception to allow a pickup‑only drive‑through at 147 Main Street, with the condition that no exterior order board be used. The motion passed 4–1; one member raised neighborhood traffic concerns for Davis Street.
The Keene Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to extend a special exception that allows a pickup‑only drive‑through at 147 Main Street, approving the request 4–1 on a motion Tuesday night.
The application, filed for petitioner Michael Pappas and represented by attorney Eli Lano of Bernstein Shure, asked the board to extend a special exception originally granted on Aug. 7, 2023, under the city’s Land Development Code. The applicant said the extension is needed because of construction‑market conditions and the time required to secure a commercial tenant and complete design and site work.
"We're not trying to put up a steel industrial box," attorney Eli Lano told the board, describing plans for a three‑story brick mixed‑use building and stressing the drive‑through would be a pickup‑only window for…
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