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HB341: relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.

Citation
2021 HB341
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Committee
House Municipal and County Government
Hearing
04/08/2026 at 09:30 AM
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HB 341 - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0370

11/04

HOUSE BILL 341

AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vann, Hills. 24; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Caplan, Merr. 6; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family dwellings in residential districts to be used for up to four residential units.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0370

11/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Zoning; Grant of Power; Single Family Lots. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. In the exercise of the powers granted under this subdivision, the local legislative body of a city, town, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places shall allow as a matter of right any single-family dwelling in a residential zoning district served by water and sewer or which can be connected to water and sewer by any means to be configured as a single 4-unit building, 2 duplex units, 4 single units, one duplex unit with 2 accessory dwelling units, 4 townhouses, or one single family house with 3 accessory dwelling units. The lot and yard standards, setbacks, parking requirements, and lot coverage shall be nor more restrictive than those required for a single family dwelling. This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of existing buildings.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.