Bill Text - HB44 (2023)

Relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.


Revision: Dec. 23, 2022, 2:03 p.m.

HB 44  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0084

10/08

 

HOUSE BILL 44

 

AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 11; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0084

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.

 

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

 

1. New Paragraph; Zoning; Grant of Power; Single Family Lots. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  In the 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, shall allow as a matter of right any single-family lot in a residential zoning district served by municipal water and sewer to be used for 4 residential dwelling units.  These may be configured as a single 4-unit building, 2 duplex units, 4 single units, or 4 townhouses.  The lot and yard standards, setbacks, parking requirements, and lot coverage shall comply with but be no more restrictive than those required for a single family dwelling.  All relevant building code and fire code requirements shall still apply.  This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of existing buildings.

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