zoning ordinance

zoning ordinance

ZBA Basics in New Hampshire Webinar

As a new volunteer member of your local Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), you may not know where to start to learn about your new responsibilities. That's why NHMA is hosting a webinar designed specifically for new board members including a basic overview of the organization, powers, duties, and relevant statutory and case law authority to make your public service both more enjoyable and productive.

ZBA Basics

As a new volunteer member of your local Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), you may not know where to start to learn about your new responsibilities. That's why NHMA is hosting a webinar designed specifically for new board members including a basic overview of the organization, powers, duties, and relevant statutory and case law authority to make your public service both more enjoyable and productive.

2020 Land Use Law Conference

Full day virtual conference for municipal land use officials including members of planning and zoning boards, planners, land use administrators, select boards, town and city councilors, building inspectors, code enforcement officers and public works personnel. Presentations will focus on the legal authority and procedures these land use boards must understand with content structured to be beneficial to both novice and experienced municipal officials.

Lot Mergers and Unmergers

All but a handful of New Hampshire municipalities have a zoning ordinance in place. Many of those ordinances address minimum lot sizes, and in the past have gone further than that in regulating lots by providing for the merger of substandard lots. Mergers are a frequent area of confusion for property owners as well as Planning Boards and Zoning Boards of Adjustment. In this issue’s Legal Q&A, we will look at how this issue arises and how it has changed over the years.