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Zoning board rejects developer’s 12‑home plan for White Oaks Road, cites lack of hardship
Summary
After substantial public opposition, the Zoning Board denied a variance request for a 12‑home cluster subdivision at 238 White Oaks Road, finding the application failed the required hardship test and would alter the rural character of the road.
The Laconia Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 20 denied an application seeking a variance to develop 12 single‑family homes at 238 White Oaks Road, concluding the submission did not meet the five legal criteria for a variance—most notably the requirement that denial would cause an unnecessary hardship.
Attorney John Cronin presented the 12‑home cluster plan and said the applicant would be willing to adopt several neighborhood protections, including relocated garages, buffers and a berm. Cronin argued sewer…
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