HB 294 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-0600

06/09

HOUSE BILL 294

AN ACT relative to notification of abutting communities of ridge-line or above developments.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hatch, Carr 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill adds ridge-line developments to the definition of "development of regional impact" and requires a local land use board to notify affected municipalities and the regional planning commission and give them the status of abutters.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0600

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to notification of abutting communities of ridge-line or above developments.

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

1 New Paragraph; Definition of Development of Regional Impact; Ridge-line Development Added. Amend RSA 36:55 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. Buildings which will rise above a ridge line which is 500 or more feet above the level of any adjacent valley.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.