CHAPTER 674 LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING AND REGULATORY POWERS
Protection of Pre-existing, Non-conforming Use Status for Summer Camps
Section 674:74
674:74 Protection of Pre-existing, Non-conforming Use Status for Summer Camps. –
I. Notwithstanding any provision of law or municipal ordinance or regulation to the contrary, any summer camp that has been operating in the state of New Hampshire as a pre-existing, nonconforming use under its applicable zoning ordinance that either closed for the summer of 2020 and/or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or was forced to operate for a shorter season or at a reduced capacity during the summer of 2020 and/or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shall not lose its status as a pre-existing, non-conforming use due to either:
(a) Its failure to operate during the summer of 2020 and/or 2021; or
(b) Its operation for a shorter season or at a reduced capacity during the summer of 2020 and/or 2021.
II. The summer camp's status or ability to operate as a pre-existing, non-conforming use shall not be in any way affected by its failure to operate during the summer of 2020 and/or 2021, or its operation for a shorter season or at a reduced capacity during the summer of 2020 and/or 2021.