CHAPTER 23
HB 1361 - FINAL VERSION
28Mar2024... 1040h
2024 SESSION
24-2226
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1361
AN ACT relative to municipal land use regulation for manufactured housing and subdivisions.
SPONSORS: Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 29; Rep. Baroody, Hills. 39; Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. McConkey, Carr. 8; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 10; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 8; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Gibbs, Merr. 23; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Housing
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires municipalities that adopt land use control measures to provide reasonable and realistic opportunities for the siting of manufactured housing on individual lots and in manufactured housing parks and subdivisions within residential districts. The bill also directs municipalities to provide reasonable and realistic opportunities for expansion of existing manufactured housing parks.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
28Mar2024... 1040h 24-2226
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to municipal land use regulation for manufactured housing and subdivisions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
23:1 Local Land Use Planning and Regulatory Powers; Manufactured Housing. RSA 674:32, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I.(a) Municipalities shall afford reasonable and realistic opportunities for the siting of manufactured housing as required in subparagraph (b) and a municipality shall not exclude manufactured housing completely from the municipality by regulation, zoning ordinance or by any other police power.
(b) A municipality that adopts land use control measures shall allow, in its sole discretion, manufactured housing to be located:
(1) On individual lots in most, but not necessarily all, land areas and lots in districts zoned to permit residential uses within the municipality; or
(2)(A) In manufactured housing parks, as defined in RSA 205-A:1, II, in most, but not necessarily all, land areas and lots in districts zoned to permit residential uses within the municipality; and
(B) In subdivisions created for the placement of manufactured housing on individually owned lots in most, but not necessarily all, land areas and lots in districts zoned to permit residential uses within the municipality; or
(3) In all 3 types of locations.
(c) Manufactured housing located on individual lots pursuant to subparagraph (b)(1) shall comply with lot size, frontage requirements, space limitations and other reasonable controls that conventional single-family housing in the same district must meet. No special exception or special permit shall be required for manufactured housing located on individual lots pursuant to subparagraph (b)(1) or manufactured housing subdivisions pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2)(B) unless such special exception or permit is required by the municipality for single family housing located on individual lots or in subdivisions.
(d) Municipalities permitting manufactured housing parks pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2)(A) shall afford reasonable and realistic opportunities for their development. In order to provide such opportunities, lot size and overall density requirements for manufactured housing parks shall be reasonable and realistic.
(e) Municipalities shall allow reasonable and realistic opportunities for the expansion of manufactured housing parks existing as of July 1, 2024. For expansion of existing manufactured housing parks, municipalities shall not require standards stricter than NFPA 501A, “Standard for Fire Safety Criteria for Manufactured Home Installations, Sites, and Communities”.
23:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2024
Effective Date: July 19, 2024
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 18, 2024 | 2024-1040h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 16, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| March 8, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 8, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 9, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 18, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 21, 2024: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2024; Chapter 23; eff:07/19/2024 HJ 13
May 9, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 94
May 8, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/02/2024); SJ 12
April 18, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
April 16, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/18/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 15A
April 4, 2024: Hearing: 04/09/2024, Room 103, LOB, 09:50 am; SC 14
April 2, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8
March 28, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1040h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 98
March 28, 2024: Amendment # 2024-1040h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 98
March 18, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1040h 03/08/2024 (Vote 10-0; CC) HC 12 P. 19
Feb. 20, 2024: Executive Session: 03/08/2024 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
Feb. 20, 2024: Full Committee Work Session: 03/08/2024 11:00 am LOB 302-304
Jan. 18, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/16/2024 10:45 am LOB 302-304
Dec. 6, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Special Committee on Housing HJ 1 P. 17