Zoning Board of Adjustment

Laconia Zoning Board approves short-term lodging at two sites, rejects 16-unit proposal. The Board voted 4-1 to approve short-term lodging at 86 Chapin Terrace after a Housing Appeals Board order vacated prior denials, imposing pet prohibition and fire-permit conditions. At 39 Gale Avenue, the

Laconia Zoning Board approves height waiver for 90-unit workforce housing. Chair Marcia Hayward and the board unanimously approved an equitable waiver for 244 Province Street, allowing three apartment buildings at 47 feet 9 inches against the district's 35-foot height limit. The discrepancy,

Laconia Zoning Board approves five property variances unanimously in routine June meeting. Chair Marcia Hayward led the board through five unanimously approved applications, including a duplex-unit conversion at Governor's Crossing that replaces 13 single-family lots with 13 duplex structures to

Laconia Zoning Board denies short-term rental variance, approves boarding house with conditions. The board unanimously rejected a variance application for 39 Gale Avenue despite eleven community members speaking in support of the decade-long short-term rental operation by applicant Christine

Laconia Zoning Board denies 12-unit residential variance on rural road. The Board unanimously rejected a proposal to develop 12 single-family homes on approximately 10 acres at 238 White Oaks Road, finding the applicant failed to meet the unnecessary hardship criterion required for a variance.