Revision: June 20, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 131 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
\t17-0082
\t03/06
HOUSE BILL\t131
AN ACT\trelative to the costs for notice of changes in a zoning district.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Massimilla, Graf. 1; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Irwin, Sull. 6
COMMITTEE:\tMunicipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires parties submitting zoning amendment petitions to pay the costs of notification.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t17-0082
\t03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT\trelative to the costs for notice of changes in a zoning district.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Notice Requirements for Public Hearing. Amend RSA 675:7, I to read as follows:
\t\tI. Notice shall be given for the time and place of each public hearing held under RSA 675:2-4 and RSA 675:6 at least 10 calendar days before the hearing. The notice required under this section shall not include the day notice is posted or the day of the public hearing. Notice of each public hearing shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the municipality and shall be posted in at least 2 public places. Any person owning property in the municipality may request notice of all public hearings on proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance, and the municipality shall provide notice, at no cost to the person, electronically or by first class mail. If a proposed amendment to a zoning ordinance would change a boundary of a zoning district and the change would affect 100 or fewer properties, notice of a public hearing on the amendment shall be sent by first class mail to the owners of each affected property. If a proposed amendment to a zoning ordinance would change the minimum lot sizes or the permitted uses in a zoning district that includes 100 or fewer properties, notice of a public hearing on the amendment shall be sent by first class mail to the owner of each property in the district. Notice by mail shall be sent to the address used for mailing local property tax bills, provided that a good faith effort and substantial compliance shall satisfy the notice by mail requirements of this paragraph. [Petitioned amendments as authorized in RSA 675:4 shall not be subject to notification by mail requirements.] For petitioned zoning amendments as authorized in RSA 675:4, the costs of notification as determined by the municipality shall be the responsibility of the party or parties submitting the petition, payable upon submission.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.