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NH Rev Stat § 675:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 675 - Enactment and Adoption Procedures|Section 675:4 - Method of Enactment by Petition.

    675:4 Method of Enactment by Petition. –||I. Twenty-five or more voters may petition for an amendment to a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or a building code. Petitioned amendments shall be voted only at the annual town or village district meeting. A petition to amend a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or a building code shall be submitted to the board of selectmen or the village district commissioners during the period between 120 and 90 days prior to the annual town or village district meeting. The petition shall be in correct warrant article form, as determined by the selectmen or village district commissioners, to amend the zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or building code. The selectmen or the village district commissioners shall submit the petitions to the planning board in a timely manner.||II. The planning board at its first regular meeting following the petition period shall set the date of the public hearing for each petitioned amendment which is received and shall hold a public hearing on each petitioned amendment. Notice for the time and place of the public hearing shall be the same as that provided in RSA 675:7.||III. Each petitioned amendment shall be placed on a ballot which may be separate from the ballot used to elect town or village district officers. A notation on the ballot stating the planning board's approval or disapproval shall immediately follow the question's description. Any petitioned question receiving an affirmative vote of a majority of the legal voters present and voting shall be adopted, except as provided in RSA 675:5. The planning board shall forward to the town or village district clerk all proposed amendments to a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or building code under this section not later than the fifth Tuesday prior to the date for electing town or village district officers.||IV. The town or village district clerk shall include each question on a petitioned amendment on the appropriate official or special ballot, or separate official ballot, in the same manner as provided in paragraph III and in RSA 675:3, VII.||V. The method for amending a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance or building code, as set forth in this section, may also be utilized to repeal such ordinance or code. The ballot question shall use the word "repeal" in place of the word "amendment."|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 103:24; 266:3. 1990, 54:3. 1996, 43:2, eff. June 23, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 675:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 675 - Enactment and Adoption Procedures|Section 675:4-a - Adoption of Emergency Temporary Zoning and Planning Ordinance in Certain Towns.

    675:4-a Adoption of Emergency Temporary Zoning and Planning Ordinance in Certain Towns. –||I. In any town which does not have a planning board, as provided by RSA 674, or a zoning ordinance, as provided in this subdivision, or in any town which has a planning board, but which does not have in effect a zoning ordinance, the selectmen, upon recommendation of the planning board, or upon written application to them for this purpose signed by 5 percent of the voters of the town, shall call a special town meeting, warning the same as provided by law, to act upon the following question: "Shall the town adopt the provisions of RSA 674:24-29 entitled 'Emergency Temporary Zoning and Planning Ordinance'?"||II. The provisions of RSA 675 relating to method of enactment shall not apply; provided, however, that there shall be a public hearing, with notice as provided in RSA 675:7, not more than 7 calendar days before the proposed special town meeting. There shall be reasonable opportunity for debate of such question at such town meeting before balloting commences. Voting shall be by ballot, with the use of the checklist used at the most recent annual meeting plus any new registrations, and the polls shall remain open at least 2 hours after debate has ended for the casting of ballots. If the question in paragraph I receives affirmative votes amounting at least to a majority of those present and voting, the provisions of RSA 674:24-29 shall take effect forthwith in the town and shall remain in effect until 2 annual town meetings shall have been held or the voters of the town consider a zoning ordinance as provided for by this chapter, whichever period of time is the lesser.||III. If no zoning ordinance has been considered and no zoning ordinance under the applicable provisions of this chapter has been proposed for action by the time of the second such annual town meeting, the selectmen shall include in the warrant for such meeting the following proposal to be put as a question to be voted upon by ballot after discussion: To see if the town will vote to continue for one additional year the temporary zoning ordinance enacted under the provisions of RSA 674:24-29. If a majority of those present and voting on said article vote in the affirmative, the provisions of RSA 674:24-29 shall remain in effect in the town for one year from the date of such meeting. If a majority of those present and voting on the article vote in the negative, the provisions of RSA 674:24-29 shall cease to be in effect.|||Source. 1985, 103:24, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 675:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 675 - Enactment and Adoption Procedures|Section 675:5 - Zoning Ordinance Protest Petition.

    675:5 Zoning Ordinance Protest Petition. –||I. Zoning regulations, restrictions and boundaries may from time to time be amended or repealed.||I-a. A favorable vote of 2/3 of all the members of the legislative body present and voting shall be required to act upon any amendment or repeal in the case of a protest against such zoning change signed by either:||(a) The owners of 20 percent of the area of the lots included in such proposed change; or||(b) The owners of 20 percent of the area within 100 feet immediately adjacent to the area affected by the change or across a street from such area.||I-b. Paragraph I-a shall apply only to amendments which alter the boundary locations separating previously defined zoning districts, or to amendments which alter the regulations or restrictions of an area not larger than 1/3 of the land area within the municipality.||I-c. The area of streets, commons, or land owned by a governmental entity shall not be included in any calculation under this section.||II. In order to have any protest considered pursuant to paragraph I-a:||(a) The owners signing the petition shall identify themselves on the petition by name and address, and by address of the property involved, or by lot and map number, or by whatever other means is used within the town or village district to identify the land in question, so that the selectmen or commissioners may identify such owners as interested and affected parties; and||(b) The signed protest petition shall be submitted to the selectmen or village district commissioners at least 7 days prior to the town or village district meeting; provided, however, that each protest petition shall apply to only one article on the warrant. A notice of receipt of the protest petition shall be posted at the polling place, and the moderator shall announce at the opening of the town meeting that a protest petition has been received.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 103:24. 1989, 44:1-3, eff. June 11, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 675:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 675 - Enactment and Adoption Procedures|Section 675:6 - Method of Adoption.

    675:6 Method of Adoption. –||Every local master plan, subdivision regulation, site plan review regulation and historic district regulation referred to in this title shall be adopted or amended by the planning board or historic district commission, as appropriate, in the following manner:||I. The board or commission, as appropriate, shall hold a public hearing prior to adoption or amendment. Notice for the time and place of the hearing shall be as provided in RSA 675:7.||II. The board or commission, as appropriate, may adopt or amend the master plan or regulation upon completion of the public hearing by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members.||III. No master plan, regulation, amendment or exception adopted under this section shall be legal or have any force and effect until copies of it are certified by a majority of the board or commission and filed with the city clerk, town clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners.||IV. The historic district commission may adopt or amend regulations only after the commission has held a public hearing within the district. Notice for the time and place shall be as provided in RSA 675:7. The adopted regulations shall be certified by a majority of the historic district commission members and filed with the city clerk, town clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 103:24. 1989, 266:26, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 675:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 675 - Enactment and Adoption Procedures|Section 675:8 - Filing of Zoning Ordinances, Historic District Ordinances, Building Codes, Subdivision Regulations, Site Plan Review Regulations, and Amendments.

    675:8 Filing of Zoning Ordinances, Historic District Ordinances, Building Codes, Subdivision Regulations, Site Plan Review Regulations, and Amendments. –||All zoning ordinances, historic district ordinances, building codes, subdivision regulations, site plan review regulations, historic district regulations and their amendments shall be placed on file with the city, town, or village district clerk, or, in the case of unincorporated towns or unorganized places, with the clerk for the county commissioners for public inspection.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 103:24. 1989, 266:27, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 675:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 675 - Enactment and Adoption Procedures|Section 675:9 - Place for Filing Documents; Reporting of Adoptions or Amendments.

    675:9 Place for Filing Documents;  Reporting of Adoptions or Amendments. –||A copy of each master plan, zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, capital improvement plan, building code, subdivision regulation, historic district regulation, site plan review regulation or amendment which is adopted by a municipality shall be placed in a central file with the office of planning and development; provided, however, that failure to file these documents or amendments with the office of planning and development shall not affect the validity of the document. Every municipality which adopts a master plan, zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, capital improvement plan, building code, subdivision regulation or site plan review regulation or amendment thereto, shall inform the office of planning and development of such adoption or amendment. The office of planning and development is hereby authorized to gather this information by way of an annual survey of the municipalities or other such means as may be deemed appropriate. The office of planning and development shall periodically create lists and reports of the information gathered for use by the municipalities and the general public.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 103:24. 1987, 50:1. 1989, 266:28. 2002, 8:12, III. 2003, 319:9. 2004, 257:44. 2011, 224:122, eff. July 1, 2011. 2017, 156:64, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 91:198, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:1 - Method of Adopting Rules of Procedure.

    676:1 Method of Adopting Rules of Procedure. –||Every local land use board shall adopt rules of procedure concerning the method of conducting its business. Rules of procedure shall be adopted at a regular meeting of the board and shall be placed on file with city, town, village district clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners for public inspection. The rules of procedure shall include when and how an alternate may participate in meetings of the land use board.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1989, 266:29. 2010, 270:2, eff. July 6, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:2 - Joint Meetings and Hearings.

    676:2 Joint Meetings and Hearings. –||I. An applicant seeking a local permit may petition 2 or more land use boards to hold a joint meeting or hearing when the subject matter of the requested permit is within the responsibilities of those land use boards. Each board shall adopt rules of procedure relative to joint meetings and hearings, and each board shall have the authority on its own initiative to request a joint meeting. Each land use board shall have the discretion as to whether or not to hold a joint meeting with any other land use board. The planning board chair shall chair joint meetings unless the planning board is not involved with the subject matter of the requested permit. In that situation, the appropriate agencies which are involved shall determine which board shall be in charge.||II. Procedures for joint meetings or hearings relating to testimony, notice of hearings, and filing of decisions shall be consistent with the procedures established by this chapter for individual boards.||III. Every local land use board shall be responsible for rendering a decision on the subject matter which is within its jurisdiction.|||Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:3 - Issuance of Decision.

    676:3 Issuance of Decision. –||I. The local land use board shall issue a final written decision which either approves or disapproves an application for a local permit and make a copy of the decision available to the applicant. If the application is not approved, the board shall provide the applicant with written reasons for the disapproval. If the application is approved with conditions, the board shall include in the written decision a detailed description of all conditions necessary to obtain final approval.||II. Whenever a local land use board votes to approve or disapprove an application or deny a motion for rehearing, the minutes of the meeting at which such vote is taken, including the written decision containing the reasons therefor and all conditions of approval, shall be placed on file in the board's office and shall be made available for public inspection within 5 business days of such vote. Boards in towns that do not have an office of the board that has regular business hours shall file copies of their decisions with the town clerk.||III. Whenever a plat is recorded to memorialize an approval issued by a local land use board, the final written decision, including all conditions of approval, shall be recorded with or on the plat.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 2000, 144:1. 2009, 266:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:6 - Effect of Appeal to Board.

    676:6 Effect of Appeal to Board. –||The effect of an appeal to the board shall be to maintain the status quo. An appeal of the issuance of any permit or certificate shall be deemed to suspend such permit or certificate, and no construction, alteration, or change of use which is contingent upon it shall be commenced. An appeal of any order or other enforcement action shall stay all proceedings under the action appealed from unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the board of adjustment, after notice of appeal shall have been filed with such officer, that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in the officer's opinion, cause imminent peril to life, health, safety, property, or the environment. In such case, the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board or by the superior court on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and cause shown.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1995, 243:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:7 - Public Hearing; Notice.

    676:7 Public Hearing;  Notice. –||I. Prior to exercising its appeals powers, the board of adjustment shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the public hearing shall be given as follows:||(a) The appellant and every abutter and holder of conservation, preservation, or agricultural preservation restrictions shall be notified of the hearing by verified mail, as defined in RSA 21:53, stating the time and place of the hearing, and such notice shall be given not less than 5 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal. The board shall hear all abutters and holders of conservation, preservation, or agricultural preservation restrictions desiring to submit testimony and all nonabutters who can demonstrate that they are affected directly by the proposal under consideration. The board may hear such other persons as it deems appropriate.||(b) A public notice of the hearing shall be placed in a newspaper of general circulation in the area not less than 5 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal.||II. The public hearing shall be held within 45 days of the receipt of the notice of appeal.||III. Any party may appear in person or by the party's agent or attorney at the hearing of an appeal.||IV. The cost of notice, whether mailed, posted, or published, shall be paid in advance by the applicant. Failure to pay such costs shall constitute valid grounds for the board to terminate further consideration and to deny the appeal without public hearing.||V. If the board of adjustment finds that it cannot conclude the public hearing within the time available, it may vote to continue the hearing to a specified time and place with no additional notice required.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 159:25. 1996, 226:1. 1997, 142:6, eff. Aug. 8, 1997. 2017, 4:1, eff. May 30, 2017; 59:5, eff. Aug. 1, 2017. 2019, 2:1, eff. July 9, 2019; 242:3, eff. Oct. 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:8 - Issuing Approval for Building Permits.

    676:8 Issuing Approval for Building Permits. –||The historic district commission shall review applications for building permits within the historic district for their impact on the historic district and its objectives by:||I. Requesting reports and recommendations regarding the feasibility of the applicant's proposal from the planning board, fire chief, building inspector, health officer and other administrative officials who may possess information concerning the impact of the proposal on the historic district.||II. Seeking advice from professional, educational, cultural or other groups or persons as may be deemed necessary for the determination of a reasonable decision.||III. Filing with the building inspector or other duly delegated authority either a certificate of approval or a notice of disapproval following the review and determination of the application.|||Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:9 - Procedure for Approval of Building Permits.

    676:9 Procedure for Approval of Building Permits. –||I. The historic commission district shall file a certificate of approval or a notice of disapproval pursuant to RSA 676:8, III within 45 days after the filing of the application for the certificate, unless the applicant agrees to a longer period of time.||II. No building permit shall be issued until a certificate of approval has been filed with the building inspector; but, in the case of disapproval, notice of disapproval shall be binding upon the building inspector or other duly delegated authority, and no permit shall be issued.||III. Failure to file the certificate within the specified period of time shall constitute approval by the commission.|||Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:10 - Enforcement by Historic District Commission.

    676:10 Enforcement by Historic District Commission. –||I. In municipalities which have established one or more historic districts pursuant to RSA 674:46, but which have no local zoning ordinances, the historic district commission shall have within the bounds of the historic district all the authority, powers and duties prescribed in this chapter for planning boards insofar as such authority, powers and duties are within the intent of the historic district commission's grant of power. In such municipalities, the requirement of conformity with the local zoning ordinance, as provided in RSA 674:46, shall not apply.||II. In municipalities which do not have a planning board, the requirements of RSA 674:46 and 676:6 relating to conformity with the master plan and the requirement of RSA 673:4 that one member of the commission may be a planning board member shall not apply.||III. In municipalities which do not have a building inspector, the certificate of approval of the commission, as provided in RSA 676:8, III, shall be the equivalent of a building permit. In municipalities which do not have a zoning board of adjustment, motions for rehearing and appeals from decisions of the historic district commission shall be governed by the provisions of RSA 677, insofar as applicable.|||Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
NH Rev Stat § 676:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LXIV - Planning and Zoning|Title 676 - Administrative and Enforcement Procedures|Section 676:11 - Building Permits Required.

    676:11 Building Permits Required. –||After a municipality has adopted a building code, any person who intends to erect or remodel any building in the municipality shall submit the plans to the building inspector for the building inspector's examination and approval prior to commencement of the planned construction.|||Source. 1983, 447:1. 1996, 226:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|