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HB44: relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.

Citation
2023 HB44
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Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Municipal and County Government
Hearing
01/19/2023 at 01:30 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Local government

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HB 44 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

23Feb2023... 0029h

2023 SESSION

23-0084

10/08

HOUSE BILL 44

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

SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 11; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23Feb2023... 0029h 23-0084

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

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 lot in a residential zoning district served by municipal water and sewer to be used for 4 residential dwelling units. These may be configured as a single 4-unit building, 2 duplex units, 4 single units, or 4 townhouses. The lot and yard standards, setbacks, and lot coverage shall comply with but be no more restrictive than those required for a single family dwelling. Parking requirements shall be based on per unit requirements for single family dwellings. All relevant building code and fire code requirements shall still apply. This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of existing buildings.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.