ZONING BOARD APPROVES DWELLING VARIANCE AND FARM STAND EXCEPTION
Zoning Board of Adjustment · Meeting of January 21, 2026
NH NEWPORT — Newport zoning board approves dwelling and farm-stand exceptions. The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously (6-0-0) on January 21 to grant Joe Branch a variance for two dwellings at 55 Redstone Road and Jessica Cole a special exception for a farm stand at 64 East Mountain Road. The Board voted 6-0-1 (Chairman Ben Nelson abstaining) to grant a rehearing of a previously approved cluster-development Special Exception on Langley Road, with the rehearing scheduled February 18.
A commercial childcare facility variance at 20 North Main Street advanced through four of five required variance prongs; Board members noted acute community demand for licensed childcare.
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Source: the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting of January 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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