TITLE LXIV
PLANNING AND ZONING

CHAPTER 674
LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING AND REGULATORY POWERS

Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals

Section 674:34

    674:34 Powers of Building Code Board of Appeals. –
I. The building code board of appeals shall hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the building official or fire official relative to the application and interpretation of the state building code or state fire code as defined in RSA 155-A:1. If the zoning board of adjustment or board of selectmen is acting as the building code board of appeals under either RSA 673:1, V, or RSA 673:3, IV, its jurisdiction shall be limited to hearing appeals of local amendments to the state building code or state fire code, and all other appeals shall be made to the building code review board under RSA 155-A:11-b. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of the code or the rules adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The board shall have no authority to waive requirements of the state building code or the state fire code.

[Paragraph II effective until July 1, 2026; see also paragraph II set out below.]


II. Appeals of decisions of any local building code board of appeals shall be made within 30 days of the board's decision to the state building code review board as outlined under RSA 155-A:10, IV(c).

[Paragraph II effective July 1, 2026; see also paragraph II set out above.]


II. Appeals of decisions of any local building code board of appeals shall be made within 30 days of the board's decision to the state building code review board as outlined under RSA 155-A:11-b.

Source. 1983, 447:1. 2012, 242:17, eff. June 18, 2012. 2019, 219:5, eff. Aug. 11, 2019. 2025, 186:2, eff. July 1, 2025; 276:11, eff. July 1, 2026.