Reference Library

Municipal Land Use Regulation Database Reports

(Information presented below is not all-inclusive. It is generated from responses to an annual survey and questionnaire sent to municipalities by OEP, and from the review of updated ordinances and regulations sent to OEP pursuant to RSA 675:9.)

General Reports

• Municipal Information (such as RPC membership, Web site address, regulations available online, if they are a "SB2" municipality, 2000 population and ranking)
• Status of Regulations
• Status of Planning and Zoning Boards
• Status of Conservation Commissions
• Municipal Web Site Addresses
• "SB2" (Official Ballot law) Municipalities
• Municipal Sewer Systems
• Elected Planning Boards
• Elected Zoning Boards
• Towns with the Town Council form of government
• Master Plans
• Capital Improvement Programs
• Site Plan Review Regulations
• Subdivision Regulations
• Zoning Ordinances
  • Village Districts with Zoning
  • Towns Without Zoning

Municipalities with Specific Zoning Ordinance Provisions

• Adult Businesses
• Affordable Housing
• Agricultural Commissions
• Conditional Use Permits
• Design Review
• Elderly Housing
• Growth Management and Impact Fees
• Growth Management Ordinance or Interim Growth Management Ordinance
• Historic Districts
• Impact Fees
• Tax Increment Finance Districts
• Telecommunications
• Transfer of Development Rights
• Wetlands Buffering Requirements
• Wind Turbine Regulations

Municipalities with Innovative Land Use Regulations
(These topics are from Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development developed by DES and its partners, the NH Association of Regional Planning Commissions, the NH Office of Energy and Planning, and the NH Local Government Center.)

• Access Management Regulations
• Agriculture Incentive Zoning
• Conservation/Open Space
• Density Transfer Credit
• Energy Efficient Development
• Erosion and Sediment Control During Construction
• Feature-based Density
• Floodplain Development Regulations
• Fluvial Erosion Hazard Area Zoning (NEW CHAPTER added Sept. 2010)
• Groundwater and Surface Water Protection
• Habitat Management
• Inclusionary Housing
• Infill Development
• Landscaping
• Lot Size Averaging
• Pedestrian Oriented Development
• Preserving Dark Skies
• Shoreland Protection
• Steep Slope/Ridgeline Protection Regulations
• Stormwater Management (post-construction)
• Transit Oriented Development
• Urban Growth Boundary/Urban Service District
• Village Plan Alternative Subdivision
• Wetlands Protection

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