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SENATE BILL 455

COMMITTEE: Wildlife and Recreation

ANALYSIS

This bill makes definitional changes in RSA 216-I, relative to recreational campgrounds and camping parks. This bill also requires that a minimum of 1,000 square feet be provided for camping cabin campsites, and that a recreational camping cabin which has water plumbed to it shall have a connection to an approved sewage disposal system.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

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

130:1 Recreational Campgrounds and Camping Parks; Definition of Campsite. Amend RSA 216-I:1, II to read as follows:

II. "Campsite" means a parcel of land [in a recreational campground or camping park] used for the placement of a tent, [or a] recreational vehicle, or a recreational camping cabin for the [exclusive] overnight use of its occupants.

130:2 Recreational Campgrounds and Camping Parks; Definition of Recreational Campground or Camping Park. Amend RSA 216-I:1, VII to read as follows:

VII. "Recreational campground or camping park" means a parcel of land on which [5] 2 or more campsites are occupied or are intended for temporary occupancy for recreational dwelling purposes only, and not for permanent year-round residency, excluding recreation camps as defined in RSA 485-A:23.

130:3 New Paragraph; Recreational Campgrounds and Camping Parks; Definition of Recreational Camping Cabin. Amend RSA 216-I:1 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VII-a. "Recreational camping cabin" means a structure on a campsite, 400 square feet or less, calculated by taking the measurements of the exterior of the cabin, including all siding, corner trim, molding and area enclosed by windows, but not the roof or porch overhang, or log overhang at corners. It shall be designed not for use as a permanent dwelling but as a temporary dwelling for recreational camping and vacation use.

130:4 Recreational Campgrounds and Camping Parks; Density Requirement. Amend RSA 216-I:2 to read as follows:

216-I:2 Density Requirement. A minimum of 600 square feet shall be provided for each tent site and a minimum of 1,000 square feet shall be provided for each recreational vehicle and recreational camping cabin campsite, with or without connections to an approved sewage disposal system.

130:5 New Paragraph; Recreational Campgrounds and Camping Parks; Recreational Camping Cabins; Disposal Systems. Amend RSA 216-I:4 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. A recreational camping cabin which has water plumbed to it shall have a connection to an approved sewage disposal system.

130:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: May 8, 2000)

(Effective Date: May 8, 2000)