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West Union Street driveway waiver continued while applicant works with DPW
Summary
An applicant seeking to formalize two parking spaces and a widened driveway on West Union Street was urged to pursue a 22-foot curb cut alternative and to work with DPW; the board continued the waiver request to a date-certain to allow site-marking and revised sketches.
The Goffstown Planning Board continued a driveway/parking-waiver request for a West Union Street property to allow the applicant time to work with public works on alternatives and to produce revised sketches.
Staff explained the application seeks to formalize two longstanding parking spaces located on a grassy strip adjacent to an existing driveway; the proposed curb opening as sketched would create roughly a 30-foot opening where the regulation allows at most a 22-foot right-of-way curb cut and the driveway would be within 10 feet of a property line in places. The town’s forthcoming six-foot sidewalk and new curbing prompted the application.
Richard Platt, who identified himself as the applicant and resident at 18 Washington Street, said the two spaces are used by his household and a tenant: "We live upstairs, and it's an apartment downstairs that we rent," Platt told the board, adding that he and the tenant have used the two spaces for years.
Several board members recommended alternatives that would avoid a large nonconforming curb cut: suggestions included a parallel on-lot parking area, reconfigured on-site circulation so cars park side-by-side away from the road, or limiting the legal curb cut to 22 feet and using on-lot space for additional parking. Members encouraged the applicant to paint/tape the proposed layout on the ground with DPW staff to assess feasibility.
The board voted to continue the application to July 9 so the applicant could work with DPW and return with a revised plan; the board indicated it would consider a waiver only if alternatives were not feasible.
