Town of Wilton, NH

Zoning Board of Adjustment

Case 8/13/2024–3

Summary

Lot
M-66
Address
87 Abbot Hill Acres Road
Owners
Nickolas Carlson
Melissa Eastley
John Eric Harold Jacobsen
Applicant
Melissa Eastley
Relief Requested
Special exception under section 5.3.1 of the Wilton Zoning Ordinance
Purpose
To allow a dog boarding-and-training business as a home occupation.
Application
The application
The abutter list.
The house floor plan.
Status
Final

Documents

Messages of support submitted by the applicant

Letters Received

Additional information submitted by the applicant

Abutter Submissions

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 — Hearing

Notice

Nickolas Carlson, Melissa Eastley, and John Eric Harold Jacobsen (owners) and Melissa Eastley (applicant) have requested a special exception under section 5.3.1 of the Wilton Zoning Ordinance to allow a dog boarding-and-training business as a home occupation on Lot M-66, 87 Abbot Hill Acres Road.

The Town of Wilton Zoning Board of Adjustment will consider this application in a public hearing on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Wilton Town Hall Courtroom, 42 Main Street.

Case Continued

The hearing on the request by Nickolas Carlson, Melissa Eastley, and John Eric Harold Jacobsen (owners) and Melissa Eastley (applicant) for a special exception under section 5.3.1 of the Wilton Zoning Ordinance has been continued to Tuesday, September 10, 2024. If granted, the requested relief would allow a dog boarding-and-training business as a home occupation on Lot M-66, 87 Abbot Hill Acres Road.

Minutes

Minutes of the hearing.

Sunday, September 8, 2024 — Site Visit

Notice

Nickolas Carlson, Melissa Eastley, and John Eric Harold Jacobsen (owners) and Melissa Eastley (applicant) have requested a special exception under section 5.3.1 of the Wilton Zoning Ordinance to allow a dog boarding-and-training business as a home occupation on Lot M-66, 87 Abbot Hill Acres Road.

The Town of Wilton Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet on Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at 87 Abbot Hill Acres Road to hold a site visit for this application. The site visit is a continuation of the public hearing on the case, and is open to the public. Its purpose is to assist the Board members and other interested parties to become familiar with the property involved in the application. Board members and other interested parties may, through the Board chairperson, ask questions about, and the applicant may point out, site details pertaining to the application, such as boundaries, contours, proposed buffers, driveways, etc. No other testimony will be taken, and no other discussion should occur.

Minutes

Minutes of the site visit.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 — Continuation

Notice

Nickolas Carlson, Melissa Eastley, and John Eric Harold Jacobsen (owners) and Melissa Eastley (applicant) have requested a special exception under section 5.3.1 of the Wilton Zoning Ordinance to allow a dog boarding-and-training business as a home occupation on Lot M-66, 87 Abbot Hill Acres Road.

The Town of Wilton Zoning Board of Adjustment will continue its public hearing on this application on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center of the Wilton Fire Station, 102 Main Street (park across the street, NOT in the Fire Station parking lot; enter at the WEST end of the building).

Notice of Decision

(Download the formal decision notice as a PDF file.)

The request by Nickolas Carlson, Melissa Eastley, and John Eric Harold Jacobsen (owners) and Melissa Eastley (applicant) for a special exception under section 5.3.1 of the Wilton Zoning Ordinance has been granted. It will allow a dog boarding-and-training business as a home occupation on Lot M-66, 87 Abbot Hill Acres Road.

This decision shall expire if the construction or use permitted by it has not begun by Thursday, September 10, 2026. (Wilton Zoning Ordinance section 17.4)

The selectmen, any party to the action or proceedings, or any person directly affected thereby may apply for a rehearing of this decision. A request for a rehearing must be filed in writing with the Zoning Board of Adjustment on or before Thursday, October 10, 2024, and must fully specify all grounds on which the rehearing is requested. (N.H. RSA 677:2)

Findings of Fact

Conditions of Approval

The approval of the special exception is subject to the following conditions on the operation of the home occupation. Note that these conditions do not apply to dogs owned by the applicant or other residents of the property, although such personally owned dogs are subject to all Town dog regulations.

These conditions are mostly taken from a document titled “Paws from Heaven Board & Training Information and Daily Routine” (included in the case file), and were agreed to by the applicant at the hearing on the application.

Reasons for Approval

Minutes

Minutes of the hearing.