HB 44 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0084
10/08
HOUSE BILL 44
AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 11; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0084
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1. New Paragraph; Zoning; Grant of Power; Single Family Lots. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. In the 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 allow as a matter of right any single-family lot in a residential zoning district served by municipal water and sewer to be used for 4 residential dwelling units. These may be configured as a single 4-unit building, 2 duplex units, 4 single units, or 4 townhouses. The lot and yard standards, setbacks, parking requirements, and lot coverage shall comply with but be no more restrictive than those required for a single family dwelling. All relevant building code and fire code requirements shall still apply. This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of existing buildings.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.