HB1262 (2016) Detail

Relative to the application of zoning ordinances to home-based businesses.


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HB 1262 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

\t16-2229

\t03/05

 

HOUSE BILL\t1262

 

AN ACT\trelative to the application of zoning ordinances to home-based businesses.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Abramson, Rock. 20

 

COMMITTEE:\tMunicipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill requires that certain home-based businesses be allowed in areas zoned for residential uses.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

\t16-2229

\t03/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to the application of zoning ordinances to home-based businesses.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t1  New Paragraph; Zoning Power; Home-Based Business.  Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

\t\tVI.  In its 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 may designate areas for residential use only, provided that residential use shall include any home-based business with gross business receipts, as defined in RSA 77-E:1, X, of $200,000 or less.

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.