site plan

Mojalaki Holdings sought site plan approval from the Franklin Planning board for a solar panel array that required installing new utility poles and cutting down mature trees so the solar panels can receive sufficient sunlight. It would sit on about six and a half acres of the approximately 96 acres of land owned by Mojalaki. The City’s site plan review regulations had no ordinance language specifically addressing solar panel arrays.  Neighbors to the project raised concerns about impacts to the local scenery and general distrust of solar projects due to prior bad experiences. 

In 2020, property owner J&R Realty Trust submitted a site plan application to the Town of Plaistow regarding a 1.18-acre lot in the town’s “Commercial 1” zoning district. The plan showed an existing building to be razed and replaced with a two-story, 2,200-square-foot office building and one-and-a-half-story, 3,400-square-foot warehouse for use under lease by a home improvement business involved in the sale, service, and installation of windows, siding, roofing, decks, and gutters.

The Supreme Court of New Hampshire heard this case on appeal from the Superior Court.