Municipal
and Regional Planning Assistance staff provide information
and assistance for municipal master planning, planning
board and zoning board of adjustment procedures, zoning
ordinances, building codes, subdivision regulations,
smart growth techniques, site plan review regulations,
capital improvement plans, impact fees, innovative
land use controls, excavation and other local land
use regulations.
Services include:
The MRPA section carries out the following duties:
- Coordinates State funding for regional planning agencies;
- Responds to inquiries from regional and local
planners and officials, and from the public;
- Prepares and updates guidebooks, technical bulletins
and videos on municipal planning, zoning and related
topics of interest;
- Maintains a central file of local land use regulations
as required by RSA
675:9;
- Maintains and updates annually a database on
the status of municipal planning and land use regulations in New Hampshire;
- Develops and presents training programs for local
land use boards and Regional Planning Commissions
in accordance with State statutes; and
- Provides technical assistance to communities
in special areas such as water resource protection
planning, wetlands protection, floodplain management and smart growth.
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