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Planning board approves eight-unit Hooksett Road project with landscaping, dumpster and HOA conditions
Summary
The Planning Board approved an eight-unit residential site plan at 1143 Hooksett Road after granting waivers and imposing conditions: an enclosed dumpster, increased perimeter plantings (south side tree count raised to eight), conformity to performance-zone landscaping and submission of condominium documents; the board also assessed $13,760 in impact fees.
John Rokey of Rokey Consulting and the applicant presented an eight-unit condominium-style development at 1143 Hooksett Road that would place eight two-bedroom-plus units in a stepped layout down a slope with garages and nine visitor spaces. Rokey said engineering and drainage work, lighting, and utilities had been developed and a driveway permit was in process at the state DOT.
During the hearing the board addressed landscaping and neighbor impacts. Board members requested the dumpster be enclosed and fenced, and asked the applicant to increase the southern perimeter planting count from five to eight trees to meet the performance-zone standards; the applicant agreed to add plantings. The applicant requested and the board granted waivers where checklist submittals were pending at DOT or surveyor delivery.
After conditions were restated and incorporated, the board voted to approve the site plan with the specified conditions: the enclosed dumpster (material and design to be listed on the plan), the additional southern plantings to meet performance-zone requirements, condominium documents and HOA maintenance responsibility for BMPs; the motion included the standard conditions 1–13 in the staff packet. The board also assessed impact fees for recreation and public safety (recreation $579 per unit; public safety $1,141 per unit) for total impact fees of $13,760.
What’s next: The applicant must submit condominium declarations and updated landscaping plans and the town will review the final site plan and legal documents before issuing any building permits or certificates of occupancy.
