HB 1307 - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2629

08/11

HOUSE BILL 1307

AN ACT modifying the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.

SPONSORS: Rep. B. Griffin, Hills. 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2629

08/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT modifying the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.

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

1 Housing Appeals Board. Amend RSA 679:5 to read as follows:

I. It shall be the duty of the board and it shall have power and authority to hear and affirm, reverse, or modify, in whole or in part, appeals of final decisions of [municipal boards, committees, and commissions regarding questions of housing and housing development. This includes, but is not limited to:

(a) Planning board decisions on subdivisions or site plans.

(b) Board of adjustment decisions on variances, special exceptions, administrative appeals, and ordinance administration.

(d) Growth management controls and interim growth management controls.

(e) Decisions of historic district commissions, heritage commissions, and conservation commissions.

(f) Other municipal permits and fees applicable to housing and housing developments.

(g)] planning boards, zoning boards of adjustment, building code boards of appeals, historic district commissions, and heritage commissions on applications for the development of housing. Matters subject to the board's authority may include mixed-use combinations of residential and nonresidential uses. Such different uses may occur on separate properties, provided such properties are all part of a common scheme of development.

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