Case Name: Donna Liolis v. Franklin Zoning Board of Adjustment Clifton R. Farnum, Building Inspector
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1978-12-29
Citations: 118 N.H. 928
Docket Number: No. 78-213
Parties: Donna Liolis v. Franklin Zoning Board of Adjustment Clifton R. Farnum, Building Inspector
Judges: 
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 928–929

Head Matter:
Merrimack
No. 78-213
Donna Liolis v. Franklin Zoning Board of Adjustment Clifton R. Farnum, Building Inspector
December 29, 1978
Snierson, Chandler & McKean, of Laconia (John P. Chandler orally), for the plaintiff.
Fitzgerald & Sessler, of Laconia (Paul T. Fitzgerald orally), for the defendants.

Opinion:
Memorandum Opinion
Plaintiff, a licensed hairdresser, seeks to open a hairdressing or beauty shop in her Franklin home. The home is in an 0-1 zone, which under the Franklin zoning ordinance permits "accessory uses" that are "incidental and subordinate to the principal use." The board of adjustment found that the hairdressing occupation was a home occupation but not an accessory use, and denied the plaintiff a use permit. On agreed facts, the Master (Robert A. Carignan, Esq.) denied the plaintiff relief. Her exception was reserved by Mullavey, J. We reverse.
Section 608 of the ordinance defines "home occupations" as activities "such as" art studios, dressmaking or teaching, and, if these occupations comply with certain other conditions of the section, requires that these home occupations be permitted as accessory uses. Both parties agree that the plaintiff's use will comply with the conditions of section 608; the use therefore must be permitted as an accessory use. The master's ruling denying the plaintiff relief is clearly incorrect.
Exceptions sustained.