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ZBA grants variance for Bell’s Septic building after board finds split‑zone and septic constraints create hardship
Summary
The Zoning Board granted a variance allowing a 6,000 sq ft Bell’s Septic building to extend into the rural‑agricultural zone by 37.5 ft beyond the permitted 30 ft, citing split zoning, shoreland setbacks and native soils for septic siting as special conditions.
The Swansea Zoning Board voted to grant a variance to allow construction of a 6,000‑square‑foot building for Bell’s Septic on tax map 224 lot 21, finding that special conditions of the lot — including split zoning, shoreland setbacks on the South Branch River and native soils needed for a septic leach field — created an unnecessary hardship under the ordinance.
Consultant John Yuran of Fieldstone Land Consultants presented the site plan on behalf of applicant John Rowan. Yuran described a 60-by-100‑foot building with office space facing Route 32 and covered bays to house maintenance trucks. He said the lot is bisected by the business and rural‑agricultural districts and that, given wetlands,…
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