2009 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 362
AN ACT relative to zoning districts.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Hutchinson, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill prohibits a local legislative body from establishing a zoning district that prohibits residential uses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0335
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to zoning districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Zoning; Districts. Amend RSA 674:20 to read as follows:
674:20 Districts. In order to accomplish any or all of the purposes of a zoning ordinance enumerated under RSA 674:17, the local legislative body may divide the municipality into districts of a number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of RSA 674:17. The local legislative body may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or land within each district which it creates, provided that no regulation or restriction shall prohibit residential uses in any district. All regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.