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Applicant told frontage and variance hurdles likely if she seeks to split lakeshore lot at 17 Blue Heron Way
Summary
Rachel Quigley told the Planning Board she wants to subdivide Tax Map 11, Lot 65-3 to restore a shore lot. Board staff said the shore lot likely has no legal frontage; Ms. Quigley would need a variance from Article 8.A(3) and ZBA approval under RSA 674:41, II to proceed.
Rachel Quigley appeared at the Sanbornton Planning Board’s June 18 meeting for a conceptual consultation about Tax Map 11, Lot 65-3 (17 Blue Heron Way), saying the eastern lakeshore portion had historically been treated as a separate shore lot but that a surveyor informed her the transfer was not legally valid.
Ms. Quigley said she had previously asked the Selectmen to 'unmerge' the shore lot but was told the shore lot was never a separate legal lot. She said she now wants to subdivide the property so the shore portion becomes a separate lot again.
Planning Board Assistant Stephen Laurin and board members responded that creating a separate shore lot likely would result in a parcel without frontage, which the zoning ordinance forbids. Mr. Laurin told Ms. Quigley that she would need a variance from Article 8.A(3) addressing zero frontage and a second approval from the Zoning Board under RSA 674:41, II for a reasonable exception. Board members recommended that any subdivision plan show each proposed lot meeting the minimum 1.5-acre lot size and advised Ms. Quigley to work with staff on a revised plan; Mr. Laurin added that he would refuse to accept a subdivision application that did not comply with the ordinance, and that she could take that denial to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The exchange was advisory and conceptual; no formal application or vote occurred at the June 18 meeting.
