Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
Town Council Chambers, Town Hall
8 Newmarket Road, Durham, NH

Agenda

I.        Call to Order

II.       Roll Call

III.      Seating of Alternates

IV.      Approval of Agenda

V.       Public Hearings:

A.  PUBLIC HEARING on a petition submitted by Brigitte Herz, Durham, New Hampshire for an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION from Article XX, Section 175-109(M) of the Durham Zoning Ordinance to permit a short-term rental in the owner’s primary residence.  The property involved is shown on Tax Map 218, Lot 15, is located at 191 Durham Point Road, and is in the Residence C Zoning District.

B.  PUBLIC HEARING on a petition submitted by Linda Conforti-Brown and Larry G. Brown, Durham, New Hampshire for an APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE from Article XX, Section 175-109(B)(6) of the Durham Zoning Ordinance to allow the placement of a shed forward of the front façade of the house.  The property involved is shown on Tax Map 215, Lot 23, is located at 112 Piscataqua Road, and is in the Residence C Zoning District.

C.  PUBLIC HEARING on a petition submitted by Todd and Renee Allen, Durham, New Hampshire for an APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE from Article XII.1 Section 175-54 and Article XX Section 175-109(B)(6, 7 & 8) of the Durham Zoning Ordinance to allow for a farmer’s porch within the front yard setback; and to allow for an accessory structure forward of the front façade of the house, closer than 10 feet from the side yard setback and closer than 20 feet from the abutting residential building.  The property involved is shown on Tax Map 113, Lot 64, is located at 28 Garden Lane, and is in the Residence A Zoning District.

D.  PUBLIC HEARING on a petition submitted by Joshua Meyrowitz, Martha Andersen, Michael F. Urso, and Sandra A. Ceponis, Durham, New Hampshire for an APPLICATION FOR APPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION from a July 13, 2022, decision of the Planning Board, that the Toomerfs principal-use parking-lot site plan of May 4, 2022 for the Church Hill District is surface parking.  The property involved is shown on Tax Map 108, Lots 10, 11, 12, 13, is located at 19-21 Main Street, and is in the Church Hill Zoning District.

VI.     Other Business: 

VII.    Approval of Minutes:  August 9, 2022

VIII.   Adjournment

Contacting us.  Contact the Planning and Building Department with questions or comments about the items above or any zoning-related matters.  Call (603) 868-8064 or email kedwards@ci.durham.nh.us (Karen Edwards, Administrative Assistant) or acline@ci.durham.nh.us  (Audrey Cline, CEO/Zoning Administrator).

Meeting dates.  Meeting dates are subject to change.  Contact the Planning and Zoning office about meetings. The next Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting is October 11, 2022.

Board members will be gathering in person in the Council Chambers.  However, the Town will continue to offer Zoom video chat program to participate in the meeting.

Zoom Call-In & Public Input Instructions

All Zoom Meetings Require Pre-Registration

For Zoom Pre-Registration Information, go to “Zoning Video Conference Meetings” under Latest News on the Town of Durham webpage, www.ci.durham.nh.us.

To Participate by Audio

AUDIO ONLY CALL-IN INSTRUCTIONS: In order to access any LIVE Zoom Public Meeting by telephone, you MUST be preregistered for that meeting.  You may then call: 1-929-436-2866 then type in the Meeting ID and Password.  Zoom Meeting ID's and Passwords are only available for preregistered participants.  You can preregister at https://www.ci.durham.nh.us/boc_dcatgovernance/zoom-video-conference-mee.... 

To Participate by Video 

VIDEO ONLY INSTRUCTIONS:  In order to access any LIVE Zoom Public Meeting, you must be preregistered. You can preregister for any Zoom Public Meetings by going to https://www.ci.durham.nh.us/boc_dcatgovernance/zoom-video-conference-mee.... 

IMPORTANT! 

1. Please be sure your full name is viewable, and you are identifiable when using Zoom. 
2. You will be muted until the Public portion of the meeting opens. 
3. If you're watching on Channel 22 or DCAT LiveStream be sure to mute when using Zoom. 

These are LIVE Public meetings and your audio and video should be muted when you enter the room (if not, the host will mute them for you).  You will not be able to communicate directly with anyone in the Zoom meeting at this time.  Participants will have the opportunity to comment during Public Comments, or when a Public Hearing is opened.  We ask that you mute your audio and video after you've commented (if not, the host will mute them for you).  If you wish to submit comments for public input, please submit them via email to kedwards@ci.durham.nh.us by 5:00 PM on the day of the meeting. 

If you should have difficulty, please send DCAT an email: dcat@ci.durham.nh.us  or by calling 603-590-1383.