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Planning Board tables Endicott Street site plan amendment after contested stormwater hearing
Summary
The Laconia Planning Board closed the public hearing on PB2026‑021 (604 Endicott St. N.) after extensive testimony from an abutting campground and the applicant’s engineer and voted to table a decision while members review court rulings and seek city counsel guidance.
The Laconia Planning Board on Jan. 6 closed a public hearing and voted to table action on an amendment to the previously approved site plan for 604 Endicott Street North after contentious debate over stormwater mitigation and procedural scope.
The amendment before the board would enlarge the development’s detention pond, route roof gutters into the pond and increase landscaped green space. Applicant representatives said the change was required by a mediated settlement tied to earlier litigation and that test pits dug in July 2024 support a deeper, enlarged detention area and updated hydrologic calculations submitted Jan. 13, 2025. Engineer Mario Focoretto said the revised plan increases storage from about 3,600 cubic feet to roughly 6,100 cubic feet and replaces a buried point‑discharge pipe with a riprap weir to spread out flow and reduce erosion.
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