What's New
- Is it Time to Consider Updating Your Town's Regulations, Ordinances, and Plans?
Regular review and update of your regulations will ensure that your Boards remain current on recent legislation changes and planning practices. While most update periods are not mandated, basic recommendations for the update timeframe for a community’s commonly used regulations, ordinances, and plans can be found here. CNHRPC can assist your boards with such updates. Contact us for more information.
- Concord Area Transit Study Receiving Public Comments
With the comments received at the open house held on Feb. 2, consultants will meet with CAT, the City of Concord and CNHRPC staff to decide on a final recommendation set for the study. The following three scenarios were presented at the open house:
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
If you have any comments on the different alternatives please feel free to send them to Rodrigo Marion, CNHRPC Principal Transportation Planner. Comments will be received until Feb. 9, 2010.
- Local 2010 Zoning Amendments
What are other communities in the region working on for zoning ordinance amendments? We have compiled a list with the help of Town and City staff and/or volunteers. Thank you to all who contributed. We can connect you to your neighbor, or email the file they may have shared with us, if you’d like more information on any of them. Email to salexander@cnhrpc.org.
- Coordinated Transit and Human Services Transportation Plan Update
CNHRPC has begun the process of updating the Coordinated Transit and Human Services Transportation Plan for Belknap County and the Central NH region. View the Plan Update page and the project brochure.
- New Bicycle Master Plan for Concord
CNHRPC is assisting the City of Concord’s Bicycle Subcommittee of the Transportation Policy Advisory Committee to create a Bicycle Master Plan for the City. The Bicycle Master Plan aims to engage the public in a planning process that will lead to a safer and more bicycle friendly city for bike commuting and recreation. See the progress of the plan here.
- Workforce Housing Guidance
Download a presentation given by Ben Frost of NHHFA in Chichester in September 2009. This presentation provides an outline of the Workforce Housing Law and how municipal officials can address compliance in their communities.
Economic Feasibility Form - a form for assessing the economic feasibility of a workforce housing development proposal.
- Contoocook and North Branch Rivers Management Plan Update
CNHRPC is working in partnership with the Contoocook and North Branch Rivers Local Advisory Committee and SWRPC to update the 1994 River Management Plan. Click here for more information.
Project Overview Flyer
- 2010 Important Dates for Local Officials from the Local Government Center:
Calendar for traditional March Town Meeting
Calendars for other than March Town Meeting
- There are recent changes in land use law that Board members and staff should be aware of while performing Planning and Zoning Board duties.
Senate Bill 189 which came into effect on September 14 has made changes to the responsibilities of land use boards. The legislation includes:
(1)Requiring land use boards to make copies of written decisions available to applicants.
(2)Requiring the recording of written decisions with or on the plats.
(3)Changing the time frame for public access to certain minutes to conform to the change made in the right-to-know law.
House Bill 156 which came into effect on August 8 authorizes Planning Boards to require third party review and inspection.
Land use board minutes must be made available for inspection within five business days beginning January 1, 2010 per House Bill 210.
The Local Government Center developed the Final 2009 Legislative Bulletin which addresses these and several other important changes. Pages 14-15 of the Bulletin summarize new planning and zoning laws, most of which are now in effect. Please discuss the information in the Bulletin with your Board (find complete bills online here) and revise your procedures as necessary.
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