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f. Community areas, a kitchen and great room.
All thirty-nine (39) units have been sold and conveyed to third-party purchasers. There are
currently no school age children residing in the Community and given the nature of the
regulations of housing for older persons, school age children will not likely reside at the
Community.
The Petitioner previously developed Hayden Green Condominium, a 55 and older
community in Nashua, New Hampshire consisting of the 37 units. No school age children
currently reside at Hayden Green Condominium.
Prior to its development of Hayden Green Condominium, the Petitioner also developed
Lexington Place Condominium, a 55 and older community in Hudson, New Hampshire,
consisting of 34 units. No school age children currently reside at Lexington Place
Condominium.
The Petitioner commissioned an independent study by Fougere Planning & Development,
Inc. to determine the number of school children in various age restricted (55 and older
communities) in Southern New Hampshire. A summary of the study (consisting of a cover
page and Table 1) is attached as Exhibit A. The study reveals that in these 55 and older
communities, including Thompson’s Preserve Condominium (the Community), rounding
up there is an average of .005 children per unit. Put another way, of the 1,036 units listed
in the study (Exhibit A), a total of 5 school age children reside in these 1,036 units.
Applying this average (.005 school age children per unit) over the thirty-nine (39) units at
the Community, would result in an expectation of .195 school aged children living in the
Community (less than one school age child).
Based upon Section 190-76, Section 190-77 and Table 77-1 of the Land Use Code, the
(education facilities) impact fees associated with the Community are either $498.50,
$494.50, or 496.00 per unit, depending on the style of the unit.
As a result, without an abatement the thirty-nine (39) elderly housing units in the
Community would generate impact fees totaling $19,269.50. To date, a total of $19,269.50
has been paid to the City of Nashua for these impact fees for all 39 units.
Section 190-85 of the Land Use Code provides, in pertinent part, that the impact fees may
be waived if the “proposed new development consists of ... elderly housing which can be
reasonably expected not to require additional educational facilities”.
In light of the foregoing, in accordance with Section 190-85 of the Land Use Code and
based on the statistics referenced above and detailed in Exhibit A attached, it can be
reasonably expected that the thirty-nine (39) units of elderly housing at the Community
will not require additional educational facilities.
