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Zoning board approves special use permit for large Snakehole Road home expansion
Summary
The New Shoreham Zoning Board approved a special use permit allowing Mitchell, Sider and Lisa Beck to expand a Snakehole Road property to a five‑bedroom principal dwelling with multiple accessory structures and a new on‑site wastewater system, subject to site‑plan conditions and prior planning and conservation advisories.
A majority of the New Shoreham Zoning Board of Review approved a special use permit on the board's November agenda to allow an expanded single‑family dwelling and accessory residential structures on Plat 11 Lot 37 (Fire #787), Snakehole Road.
An unnamed board member moved “to approve the special use permit application based on the following findings of fact,” reciting the board’s review of site plans and findings that the development meets relevant sections of the zoning ordinance. The application calls for a 2,994‑square‑foot principal dwelling, an 832‑square‑foot accessory residence, multiple accessory structures, porches and decks, an in‑ground pool and a new eight‑bedroom on‑site wastewater treatment system. The board record cites a gross proposed footprint of 5,866 square feet and a proposed building volume of about 55,000 cubic feet. The board noted favorable advisories from the planning board (08/19/2025) and the conservation commission (09/19/2025).
The board’s written findings state the project is located in a residential A zone on a roughly 147,022‑square‑foot lot, that the design aims to relate to surrounding buildings and terrain, and that required performance standards in section 514 of the zoning ordinance have been met. Conditions attached to approval require strict conformance with the site and building plans submitted on 09/18/2025 and removal of the existing kitchen and cottage when the moved structure is placed, among other site‑plan items.
The motion was seconded and the board voted by voice to approve the permit; the transcript records the affirmative responses but does not list an individual roll‑call of votes.
The decision includes conditions about construction matching the approved drawings and obtaining a DEM permit for the on‑site wastewater treatment system. The board also noted the applicant’s landscape plan includes dry wells and silt fences for stormwater and erosion control.
The board’s action finishes the permit at the local review level; required state permits for the wastewater system remain a separate approval step.
