Bill Text - HB1263 (2016)

Authorizing municipalities to use form-based codes as an alternative zoning regulation.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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HB 1263 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL\t1263

 

AN ACT\tauthorizing municipalities to use form-based codes as an alternative zoning regulation.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Abramson, Rock. 20

 

COMMITTEE:\tMunicipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill authorizes municipalities to use form-based codes as an innovative land use control.

 

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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\tauthorizing municipalities to use form-based codes as an alternative zoning regulation.

 

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

 

\t1  New Subparagraph; Innovative Land Use Controls; Form-Based Code.  Amend RSA 674:21, I by inserting after subparagraph (o) the following new subparagraph:

\t\t\t(p)  Form-based code.

\t2  New Subparagraph; Innovative Land Use Controls; Definitions; Form-Based Code.  Amend RSA 674:21, IV by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:

\t\t\t(d)  "Form-based code" means a land development regulation that fosters predictable results and a high-quality public realm by using physical form, rather than separation of uses, as the organizing principle for the code.

\t3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.