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HB 341 - AS INTRODUCED
                                              2021 SESSION
                                                                                              21-0370
                                                                                              11/04
HOUSE BILL              341
AN ACT             relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
SPONSORS:          Rep. Vann, Hills. 24; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Caplan, Merr. 6; Rep.
                   McWilliams, Merr. 27
COMMITTEE:         Municipal and County Government
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                                                ANALYSIS
    This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family dwellings in
residential districts to be used for up to four 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                  Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 341 - AS INTRODUCED
                                                                                              21-0370
                                                                                              11/04
                                           STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
                                 In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
     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 dwelling in a residential zoning district served by water
6    and sewer or which can be connected to water and sewer by any means to be configured as a single 4-
7    unit 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 nor more restrictive than those required
10   for a single family dwelling. This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of
11   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