Bill Text: NH SB228 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to notice of changes to zoning districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-10-31 - Interim Study Report: Not Recommended for Future Legislation (Vote 13-0) [SB228 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB228-Introduced.html

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SB 228 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2645

03/08

SENATE BILL 228

AN ACT relative to notice of changes to zoning and historic districts.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 3

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires notice to property owners by first class mail of changes to uses permitted under a zoning ordinance or the establishment or abolition of an historic district.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2645

03/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to notice of changes to zoning and historic districts.

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

1 Notice Requirements for Public Hearing. Amend RSA 675:7, I to read as follows:

I. Notice shall be given for the time and place of each public hearing held under RSA 675:2-4 and RSA 675:6 at least 10 calendar days before the hearing. The notice required under this section shall not include the day notice is posted or the day of the public hearing. Notice of each public hearing shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the municipality and shall be posted in at least 2 public places. Notice of a public hearing on a proposed change to the uses permitted in a district under a zoning ordinance shall be sent by first class mail to all property owners in the district for which the change is proposed. Notice of a public hearing on the establishment or abolition of an historic district shall be sent by first class mail to all property owners in the district or proposed district. Notice by mail shall be sent to the address used for mailing local property tax bills, provided that a good faith effort and substantial compliance shall satisfy the notice by mail requirements of this paragraph.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.