Bill Text: NH HB1262 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the application of zoning ordinances to home-based businesses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 53 [HB1262 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1262-Introduced.html
HB 1262 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2229
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1262
AN ACT relative to the application of zoning ordinances to home-based businesses.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that certain home-based businesses be allowed in areas zoned for residential uses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2229
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to the application of zoning ordinances to home-based businesses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Zoning Power; Home-Based Business. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. In its exercise of the powers granted under this subdivision, the local legislative body of a city, town, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places may designate areas for residential use only, provided that residential use shall include any home-based business with gross business receipts, as defined in RSA 77-E:1, X, of $200,000 or less.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
