Revision: Nov. 17, 2023, 9:54 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2081.1
10/02
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to zoning provisions concerning family and group family child care uses.
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ANALYSIS
This bill generally requires family and group family child care programs to be allowed as an accessory use to any primary residential use under local zoning and planning regulations.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2081.1
10/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to zoning provisions concerning family and group family child care uses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Planning and Zoning; General Provisions; Child Care Programs. RSA 672:1, V-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
V-a. All families of the state benefit from a balanced and diverse supply of affordable child care in a setting conducive to each child’s and family's needs. Establishment of child care which is safe and affordable is in the best interests of each community and the state of New Hampshire and serves a vital public need. Opportunity for development of all types of home-based care (family care and group family care) shall be allowed by right as long as all requirements for such programs adopted in rules of the department of health and human services (He-C 4002) are met. Family or group family child care shall be allowed as an accessory use to any primary residential use and shall not be subject to local site plan review regulations in any zone where a residential use is permitted; and
2 New Paragraph; Zoning; Powers. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. 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 shall , as described in RSA 672:1, V-a, allow home-based care (family care and group family care) by right as long as all requirements for such programs adopted in rules of the department of health and human services (He-C 4002) are met. Family or group family child care shall be allowed as an accessory use to any primary residential use and shall not be subject to local site plan review regulations in any zone where a residential use is permitted.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.