HB 1177 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2012
08/11
HOUSE BILL 1177
AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vann, Hills. 24; Rep. Gallager, Merr. 15; Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep.
McWilliams, Merr. 27; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1; Rep. Caplan, Merr. 6; Rep. Conley,
Straf. 13; Rep. Booras, Hills. 33; Rep. Mangipudi, Hills. 35; Rep. Read, Rock. 17;
Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in
residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 1177 - AS INTRODUCED
22-2012
08/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Paragraph; Zoning; Grant of Power; Single Family Lots. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting
2 after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
3 VI. In the exercise of the powers granted under this subdivision, the local legislative body of
4 a city, town, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places shall
5 allow as a matter of right any single-family lot in a residential zoning district served by water and
6 sewer to be used for four residential dwelling units. These may be configured as a single 4-unit
7 building, 2 duplex units, 4 single units, one duplex unit with 2 accessory dwelling units, 4
8 townhouses, or one single family house with 3 accessory dwelling units. The lot and yard standards,
9 setbacks, parking requirements, and lot coverage shall be no more restrictive than those required for
10 a single family dwelling. All relevant building code and fire code requirements shall still apply.
11 This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of existing buildings.
12 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 674:16
latest version: 674:16