Rancourt v. City of Manchester

The plaintiffs, Bonnita Rancourt and other abutters to land in Manchester owned by the intervenors, Joseph and Meredith Gately, appeal the Superior Court’s (Barry, J.) order affirming the decision of the defendant City of Manchester’s zoning board of adjustment (ZBA) granting the intervenors a variance. We affirm.

The intervenors own a lot approximately three acres in size, located in an R-1A zoning district, a lower-density residential zoning district. The rear of the lot is much larger than the front. The intervenors purchased the property in 2000, after having confirmed that the city’s…