HB 1400 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

28Mar2024... 0853h

2024 SESSION

24-2672

10/08

HOUSE BILL 1400

AN ACT relative to residential parking spaces.

SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32

COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Housing

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that zoning and planning regulations shall not require more than one residential parking space per 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 0853h 24-2672

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to residential parking spaces.

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

1  New Paragraph; Zoning and Planning; Grant of Power; Parking.  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 may regulate accessory parking for vehicles, but shall not require more than one residential parking space per unit.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.