HB 1284 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1284
AN ACT relative to the time frame for petitions for zoning changes submitted to local planning boards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Leach, Hills 9; Rep. Scovner, Graf 13; Rep. Bergin, Hills 16; Rep. Melcher, Hills 11; Sen. Flanders, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill changes the period for filing petitions to amend a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or building code to 150 to 120 days prior to the annual town or village district meeting.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2061
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the time frame for petitions for zoning changes submitted to local planning boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Time for Submitting Petitions. Amend RSA 675:4, I to read as follows:
I. Twenty-five or more voters may petition for an amendment to a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or a building code. Petitioned amendments shall be voted only at the annual town or village district meeting. A petition to amend a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or a building code shall be submitted to the board of selectmen or the village district commissioners during the period between [120] 150 and [90] 120 days prior to the annual town or village district meeting. The petition shall be in correct warrant article form, as determined by the selectmen or village district commissioners, to amend the zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or building code. The selectmen or the village district commissioners shall submit the petitions to the planning board in a timely manner.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.