The town of Seabrook Zoning Board of Adjustment stood strong for their taxpayers & residents!
I guess the letter of support for this project from the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce (Sununu soldiers) did not go too far. Kudos to Seabrook.
Important thought to consider… We can have these wins all across NH if we the people go to our local meetings. Imagine 100 people at our town/city meetings and 100 people at our school board meetings every month! When this happens, we will take back OUR towns and cities in no time!
Link to the article below.
332-unit housing complex at Seabrook greyhound track rejected again: Here’s next move
Angeljean Chiaramida
SEABROOK — The town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment reaffirmed its previous decision Wednesday to deny the variances needed for The Brook gambling establishment to construct 332 rental housing units on abutting land it owns off Route 107.
The meeting was a rehearing of the one in July when ZBA members denied the variances. The rehearing was requested by The Brook operator Eureka Casinos, which wants to build the complex on 75 acres of land it owns at 319 Route 107. The application proposed three, four-story buildings with 304 rental apartments — 144 one-bedroom units, 160 two-bedroom units — as well as 28 two-bedroom townhouses, along with amenities.
Three variances are needed for the project because town ordinances do not allow such a development in the zones where the land is located. It’s located in both the industrial and rural zones, neither of which allow multiple buildings on one lot or multi-family housing of this nature. The buildings proposed would also exceed Seabrook’s maximum height allowances, namely more than 30 feet in the rural zone and 50 feet in the industrial zone.
