So when is a wetland not a wetland?

Anybody who is interested will get a chance to find out at the Zoning Board meeting on Thursday, Jan 28..  The ZBA has agreed to hear our appeal of Rob Houseman’s decision that the wetlands at 34 Greensboro Rd. are not really wetlands that the town cares about.  You may remember that originally the ZBA refused to hear our appeal.  But at their Dec 10th meeting, sanity prevailed, and the ZBA reversed course and agreed to hear our case after all.

You can read all the details and background info about the on again/off again appeal here: https://greensbororoad.org/2020/12/05/so-what-does-it-take-to-correct-a-mistake-by-a-town-official/

And, in case you’re wondering what the whole thing is about in the first place, here is what started the whole thing way back when: https://greensbororoad.org/2020/09/23/whats-happening-on-greensboro-rd/

But if you don’t want to read through all that again, I’ll cut to the chase. Here’s the question the ZBA has to answer: Can we seriously look at this picture and think, “Nah, that’s not a wetland”?

Water flowing from across 34 Greensboro into the “not a wetland” next to Greensboro Rd.

Or, can we look at this picture, and think, “Nope, I don’t see anything wrong with that”?

Dirty water flowing into Mink Brook from the runoff at 34 Greensboro

The ZBA meeting agenda, the case file, and the info for the Zoom link if anyone wants to join in is at: https://www.hanovernh.org/zoning-board-adjustment/events/50226

This is a public hearing, so anyone is welcome to participate.

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