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Planning staff described the request as a waiver from the town’s monument sign standards in the sign ordinance (Article 20). The applicant asked to add two non‑lit dealer decals (NiftyLift and Manitou) inside a slide‑in panel and to modify the top portion of the existing sign to light only the letters for improved legibility. Staff said the existing sign currently has a lit background, and the proposed design would reduce bright background lighting while improving readability for passing traffic.

Board members discussed size, placement and lighting. Staff noted the sign is set near wetlands and that the monument base and surrounding plantings already exist; one member asked for additional shrubs or low‑maintenance plantings beneath the sign to improve the visual transition to grade. The applicant confirmed the dealer panels would be non‑lit vinyl inserts that can be changed without altering the illuminated portion.

After public comment was opened and closed with no verbal opposition, the board approved a motion to grant a waiver from Article 20(d) to permit the requested monument sign modifications and additional square footage for tenant identification. The approval was conditional on final construction details, compliance with lighting limitations in the ordinance (letters lit, background not fully illuminated), and an expectation of landscaped perimeter treatment to the satisfaction of staff.

The waiver applies to the sign as submitted and does not authorize electronic messaging displays. The applicant must submit final construction drawings that show plantings and meet the town’s sign‑lighting standards before a sign permit is issued.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Hooksett - Planning Board - Jun 16, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board granted a waiver to allow a larger monument sign with backlit top lettering and non‑lit dealer panels for Turn 1 Graphics (platinum truck), finding the sign will be improved visually; the waiver included conditions for landscaping and compliance with lighting rules.","taxTitle","Hooksett, Merrimack County , New Hampshire","taxId",68560,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6545149,"Planning board grants performance‑zone waiver for residential development at 1143 Hooksett Road",2573,4007000,6580000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3843076-e1a9c01a3c0abbb29447337e8308c578&start=4007&end=6580","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3843076-e1a9c01a3c0abbb29447337e8308c578/thumbnail_4007000.jpg","/articles/6545149/Hooksett/Merrimack-County/New-Hampshire/Planning-board-grants-performancezone-waiver-for-residential-development-at-1143-Hooksett-Road","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545149-72a2b5facfb0be0217baf73791dd5815/orig.mp4?Expires=1771177440&Signature=hp0GtlAo5qstJa2Ed4s6zUgaE~wAQq4oRAZGYKkOZQfg-XXOiX2NVgB89YJYLMY86WXW5Ho02px2XsG5CpXJzpZFrH70oV~YCN6~a0AOagtC6uENwAauwd8eNY3kc1x-WAqkuwKUfzd8qJyQUzLYuc3sYfyRmnJ9DVXUXEQQyd6xsh-S8MNetCTLef6esc1BGQJvZLCfBd6~Dx3YlzNdhPhbS7TCuIlu28ghalb6ZbkfmBq1csrKqWP8IpNx62CjdDjy5HgxtxNdNZddzpnJpj~XDJF6QK2jHaVy~Gf09lhLNTgDiEpoQSPoApB1LpQmGEDQRHl2WNLmoIPLzpAMOw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Hooksett Planning Board on June 16 approved a waiver to allow eight residential units at 1143 Hooksett Road (access via Mammoth Road), changing the property’s permitted use within the performance zone.

Jay (property owner and applicant representative) and staff presented a conceptual layout showing an eight‑unit building with terraced, east‑west units, municipal water on Mammoth Road, and proposed municipal sewer as a potential future connection. Town staff opened the formal public hearing; board members reviewed findings required for a performance‑zone waiver and discussed traffic, buffering, and the site’s steep grades.

\"We have it set so each unit gets southern exposure and a full walkout basement,\" the applicant’s engineer said during the site layout discussion, describing a step‑down layout that reduces driveway grades. Board members asked that the front unit facing Mammoth Road be treated architecturally as a front‑facing house and requested additional screening and a more robust turnaround/visitor parking solution at the lower end of the drive.

Members noted the property is surrounded by residential uses and that residential development would be less disruptive than commercial uses on this parcel. Several members said the proposed design was preferable to a DW Highway curb cut. The board also discussed neighborhood letters: one abutter expressed concern about traffic and sight lines on Mammoth Road and asked the board to consider fewer units; another abutter wrote in favor of the project but preferred six units to eight.

The board found the waiver proposals met the standards of the zoning ordinance and voted to grant a waiver from Article 10(A)(E) (permitted uses) to allow eight residential units in the performance zone. The motion carried with one member opposed.

The waiver grants the change of use; it does not approve final site plans. The applicant must return with a full site plan, comply with the fire department’s access and fire‑suppression input, refine parking and visitor spaces and show details for landscaping and screening. Planning staff and applicants agreed to provide larger, clearer plans for future hearings and to run alternate lot/density impact calculations for the board and council.","The board opened a public hearing and granted a waiver to allow eight residential units on a property in Hooksett's performance zone; the board approved the change of use and set conditions while asking for additional design and circulation details at the site plan stage.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6545154,"Planning board supports ZBA special‑exception request for 269 West River Road wetland crossing",1120,2856000,3976000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3843076-e1a9c01a3c0abbb29447337e8308c578&start=2856&end=3976","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3843076-e1a9c01a3c0abbb29447337e8308c578/thumbnail_2856000.jpg","/articles/6545154/Hooksett/Merrimack-County/New-Hampshire/Planning-board-supports-ZBA-specialexception-request-for-269-West-River-Road-wetland-crossing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545154-12bc6c420525c08dee8be4ecb0fec24a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771177440&Signature=K4IiEAZ8LVbTXkT3UXiaLtzdFUl5wRvK4TxNMfFwq2QxEumgmVLWsuSLMeaYTmTkFdph4XHSpJbLwJ5gY2xl9BS0jiFWnwGf0AtYO9TaQ1AVlKKNLw6uRV3Dbx61G4usELZT8LNUQCbrmekWJjX4GvcmrHJz0mt8dK6cyF2qxw4Azv5SwlsyHr8NQ0IbC6gNrsyKe32oYl1ov~xodWCV4JjUR69hx6KKContm~B~TByhup38OEQ~IWC2-xG2H76P6MCli3HfW7NlMBf-cz2CmMLT7fqRAT4GzRFBGGyK-FFDyMgz1WqHRgC3X9xBxEatDMrza0C4FIQBuEMZ37-MxQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Hooksett Planning Board voted June 16 to forward a developer’s request for a wetlands special‑exception to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, recommending the applicant receive a wetland special‑exception to permit a driveway crossing and associated buffer disturbance for a planned three‑lot residential subdivision at 269 West River Road.

Grant Engineering engineers Kim Harrington and Brent Cole said the 5.72‑acre riverside parcel in the Medium Density Residential (MDR) zone contains existing disturbed wetland areas and that access from West River Road would cross a portion of wetland that has been previously impacted. \"The driveway construction will disturb approximately 6,447 square feet of wetlands and an additional 21,061 square feet of wetland buffer disturbance,\" Harrington told the board, adding the design incorporates detention basins and treatment swales to manage stormwater before discharge to the wetlands.

The applicants said each future dwelling will be served by private septic systems sited beyond a 75‑foot wetland buffer and by municipal water. Because part of the site is in FEMA flood zone AE, the engineers said they will regrade to provide compensatory flood storage and set finished floor elevations two feet above the 100‑year flood elevation.

Harrington said the design aims to concentrate new disturbance in areas that already show previous impacts, and that state wetland permitting (NH DES) and a DOT driveway permit will be required as the project advances. Board members asked whether stormwater BMP maintenance would be the town’s responsibility; the engineers said maintenance would be the duty of a homeowners association established for the three lots.

Conservation Commission comments asking the applicant to consider alternative driveway alignments were noted and discussed; the applicant said the current alignment is the least‑impacting alternative because it works with an existing disturbed corridor and avoids larger new impacts elsewhere on the site.

After discussion, the planning board voted to send a recommendation of support to the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the wetland special‑exception; the motion passed with one member opposed. The board’s recommendation does not grant state permits; the applicant must still apply to NH Department of Environmental Services and secure any required state approvals and local permits.

The applicant told the board it will submit to the ZBA later in the week and will address conservation commission comments as part of that process.","Engineers told the planning board the proposed subdivision would disturb existing wetland impacts to build three residential lots and associated driveway; the board voted to recommend the project to the Zoning Board of Adjustment with one member opposed.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6545159,"Planning board forwards six‑year capital improvement plan to town council after review",2570,246000,2816000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3843076-e1a9c01a3c0abbb29447337e8308c578&start=246&end=2816","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3843076-e1a9c01a3c0abbb29447337e8308c578/thumbnail_246000.jpg","/articles/6545159/Hooksett/Merrimack-County/New-Hampshire/Planning-board-forwards-sixyear-capital-improvement-plan-to-town-council-after-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6545159-e0063bf214a98792bf5f9e90cfacd6e2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771177440&Signature=cj8pJCBPIYU-Av~DAzf4iVSUKQsSTM20t~LMyVGUTcRIFhwNqm04K7a5gLxVsNFyzcQXhDGfLlU-RXxHIiXFak034N3MeGh-swqtThkK8X9r1gVOlTddJerzts0DLra0Kkqtcxh9Vgf32CGiD2qU9iEX9Mfg6JuCIrdGWrnfBcPRcb~yRUuj-QsBQBOyjwwXICw0lNurgrZhIeUd6HQ7C9vomm4xumUKPjvARmOeeDDaEosR1PXpZA6OnF8xAEmxFUbZdgX0DV8GENWa5ym0KoGi5ETLaQsnzr8iRnHsnaR1c5YFODR3dYN~sUGN~KJq2hSSRXhqv-A9afIngLvDLg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Hooksett Planning Board voted June 16 to accept a draft six‑year capital improvement plan and forward the document to the Town Council for its review and consideration.

The plan, presented by Christine Tewksbury, the town finance director filling in for Town Administrator Andre Grant, lays out municipal and wastewater projects and funding sources for fiscal years 2026–2031 and is intended to guide the council during the annual budget process. \"After this presentation to the planning board, the town administrator will present the CIP to the town council,\" Tewksbury said during the presentation.

Board members said the long list of proposed projects — which include large, Tax Increment Financing (TIF)‑funded work at Exit 10, a Martins Ferry Road intersection project, police radio and tower replacements, public works equipment and a Memorial School infrastructure bond request — requires clearer public messaging before it goes to voters. Tewksbury told the board state law (RSA 674:5–674:8) requires the CIP and that it is a planning tool for the council and voters, not an automatic appropriation.

The draft lists roughly $68 million in municipal project costs over six years (excluding the school number shown elsewhere in the packet). Tewksbury and board members said much of the near‑term cost is driven by captured TIF value and by one large state‑funded road project on Hackett Hill and Route 3A. Tewksbury said that some projects already have funds set aside in capital reserve accounts; others would require voter approval of warrant articles. \"Some of the things we do have the money for, but some of the things we don't,\" she said, adding that last year many warrant articles failed and the committee shifted or delayed projects in response.

Members pressed for clearer, larger print materials and asked staff to run alternative rate impacts that separate the school portion from municipal items. Board discussion emphasized prioritizing the most urgent projects and reducing the number of warrant articles to avoid voter fatigue. Several members described the plan as a \"wish list\" of department requests that the council and voters will ultimately pare down.

After discussion, the board voted to accept the CIP presentation and forward it to the Town Council for its review and possible placement on the warrant; the motion passed with one abstention. The board did not adopt funding decisions or move individual warrant articles; those choices remain with the council and voters.

The planning board asked staff to provide updated materials with clearer graphics and a revised breakdown of the school portion for the next board meeting so members could prepare questions for the council. The town finance director said she would supply more readable versions and additional tax‑impact scenarios.

The CIP presentation packet and the town administrator's presentation will be available to councilors prior to the council's budget work sessions; no final appropriations were made at the planning board meeting.","Hooksett planning board reviewed a draft six‑year capital improvement plan that includes TIF‑funded Exit 10 projects, police and DPW equipment, and school infrastructure; the board voted to accept the presentation and send the draft to the town council for further consideration, with one abstention.","actionData","errors"]

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