Bill Text - HB1496 (2026)

Repealing the cap on residential parking spaces.


Revision: Dec. 10, 2025, 8:33 a.m.

HB 1496  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2312

06/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1496

 

AN ACT repealing the cap on residential parking spaces.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Housing

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the statutory cap on residential parking requirements, allowing municipalities to require or limit any number of parking space per dwelling unit.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2312

06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT repealing the cap on residential parking spaces.

 

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

 

1  Grant of Power; Parking Spaces.  RSA 674:16, VII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:  

VII.  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 may regulate accessory parking for vehicles.  

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