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Board approves mixed-use restaurant and apartment with signage in Seabrook conservation zone, imposes life-safety condition
Summary
BNR SEABROOK LLC was granted a variance to continue mixed residential and restaurant use and to install a business sign at 360 Route 286 (Zone 4 Conservation); the board attached a life-safety fire sprinkler condition and issued the Notice of Decision with a two-year expiration clause.
The Town of Seabrook Board of Adjustment on March 25 approved a variance allowing BNR SEABROOK LLC to continue residential-apartment use combined with a restaurant and to add a business sign at 360 Route 286, a property in Zone 4 Conservation.
Representatives included Henry Boyd of Millenium, attorney Jay Scully (listed in parts of the transcript as "James Scully"), and owner Bradley Atkinson. The applicants told the board the building largely sits alone adjacent to a waterway and marsh, that it has historical use as a farm stand since the 1980s, and that the proposed seasonal restaurant would have indoor seating of 28 and a maximum interior occupancy of 49. The transcript notes the building is not sprinkled; the board’s approval includes a life-safety condition requiring a fire sprinkler installation.
The board recited and recorded affirmative findings on the standard five variance criteria and voted to accept the variance as written; the motion was moved by Fidea Azouri and seconded by Bob Larochelle and is recorded as unanimous in the transcript. The board’s Notice of Decision requires compliance with attached conditions before issuance of a building permit and includes standard rehearing language under New Hampshire statute.
