SB 231 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-1142
06/08
SENATE BILL 231
AN ACT relative to road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands.
SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill adopts limits on road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands and lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements do not exceed 50 feet and are consistent with existing shoreland protection and environmental standards.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-1142
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Purposes of Zoning Ordinances. Amend RSA 674:17, I by inserting after subparagraph (j) the following new subparagraph:
(k) To limit road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands and lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements do not exceed 50 feet, and ensuring such limitations are consistent with existing shoreland protection standards under RSA 483-B:9 and do not override environmental standards under the affected programs as defined in RSA 489:2.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
March 7, 2025: Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
March 4, 2025: Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, Vote 5-0, CC SC 12
March 4, 2025: Hearing: 03/04/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 11
Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3