HB 1420 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
12Mar2008… 0524h
2008 SESSION
08/03
HOUSE BILL 1420
AN ACT relative to the applicability of zoning ordinances to auto salvage yards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. Villeneuve, Hills 18; Rep. Bedrick, Rock 4; Rep. Hutchinson, Rock 3; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows a zoning board of adjustment to grant a variance to a licensed junk yard for the purpose of complying with best management practices developed by the department of environmental services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Mar2008… 0524h
08-2093
08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the applicability of zoning ordinances to auto salvage yards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Zoning Variance; Junk Yards. Amend RSA 674:33 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Notwithstanding subparagraph I(b), any zoning board of adjustment may grant a variance from the terms of a zoning ordinance without finding a hardship arising from the condition of a premises subject to the ordinance, to an existing junk yard required to be licensed under RSA 236:114, for the purpose of making improvements to bring the yard into compliance with the best management practices developed by the department of environmental services for the automobile salvage industry, provided that all other requirements for granting the variance are met, and further provided that these requirements shall apply only to the proposed improvements to the existing use.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.