LACONIA — The owner of Big Island in Paugus Bay, which is in the residential single family zoning district, has asked the City Council to add the property to the commercial resort district instead. Of the three islands in Paugus Bay — Plummer, Big and Little — Big is the second largest at 2.9 acres. In 2014 he conveyed the island to NH-Big Island Co. with the intention of developing a seasonal camp, owned and operated by a charitable corporation, which he would endow. In applying to rezone the island, attorney Pat Wood, representing Everett, stresses that the limited number of uses permitted in the residential single family district severely restricts the development of the island. In the single family residential district, single family home, accessory apartment, emergency housing or bed and breakfast would be permitted, but only a residence would be practical.

Source: Daily Sun September 10, 2016 13:07 UTC