HB 85 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 85
AN ACT relative to the definition of “abutter” for notice of land use board hearings.
SPONSORS: Rep. Powers, Rock 16; Rep. Elliott, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill changes the definition of “abutter” for notice of land use board hearings to include condominium or collective unit owners rather than the officers of the collective or association.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0322
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to the definition of “abutter” for notice of land use board hearings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Abutter. Amend RSA 672:3 to read as follows:
672:3 Abutter. “Abutter” means any person whose property is located in New Hampshire and adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board. For purposes of receiving testimony only, and not for purposes of notification, the term “abutter” shall include any person who is able to demonstrate that his or her land will be directly affected by the proposal under consideration. For purposes of receipt of notification by a municipality of a local land use board hearing, in the case of an abutting property being under a condominium or other collective form of ownership, the term abutter means the [officers] unit owners of the collective or association, as defined in RSA 356-B:3, [XXIII] XXX. For purposes of receipt of notification by a municipality of a local land use board hearing, in the case of an abutting property being under a manufactured housing park form of ownership as defined in RSA 205-A:1, II, the term “abutter” includes the manufactured housing park owner and the tenants who own manufactured housing which adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.