9 Lamb Road Flag Lot Variance

At a glance

• What: Variances for frontage (120 feet required, 35 proposed) and lot width (150 feet required, 35 proposed) to subdivide a 2.06-acre lot at 9 Lamb Road into a conforming front lot and a rear flag lot (R40 zone, Ward 9).
• Where it stands: Approved 5-0 on October 13, 2026, with a recorded 30-foot do-not-disturb buffer.
• Next: Subdivision application at the Planning Board; the buffer is to be recorded at the registry of deeds.

Details

The applicant's representative said both lots would exceed 40,000 square feet, city water and sewer are available, and about five other flag lots were created on the same side of Lamb Road by variance between roughly 1992 and 2012. A neighbor at 5 Lamb Road wrote that they had no objection if a 30-foot do-not-disturb landscape buffer along the 216-foot common line is recorded; the applicant agreed. A neighbor across the road asked what would be built and whether a new driveway cut would be needed; the applicant's representative replied that no structure would be near Lamb Road and that any house would be built in the rear. The board added the buffer shown on the submitted plan to the motion.

Sources

• Zoning Board of Adjustment minutes, 2026-10-13: https://nashuanh.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=14911,plainText=false)
• Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2026-10-13 (YouTube auto-generated captions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZfE2saKVq0

Log

2026-10-13 - Zoning Board of Adjustment

• Variances from land use code 190-16, table 16-3, approved 5-0 with the buffer shown on the submitted plan. The subdivision itself still goes to the Planning Board.