land use

AGENDA OF EVENTS:

8:30 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - Welcome Remarks
Stephen Buckley, Senior Legal Services Counsel, NH Municipal Association

9:05 AM – 10:00 AM - Keynote
Edward L. Rogers, Professional Engineer, Licensed Land Surveryor, Member, NH Housing Appeals Board
Banquet Hall, Side 1 & 2

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM - Morning Break

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM  (Concurrent Sessions)

This session is for new planning board members, as well as veterans, who want a refresher course on how recent laws affect planning board actions and decisions.  This session will review statutory duties of the planning board, including subdivision and site plan approvals, Innovative Land Use Controls, and Off-site Exactions.

AGENDA OF EVENTS:

8:30 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - Welcome Remarks
Stephen Buckley, Legal Services Counsel, NH Municipal Association

9:05 AM – 9:50 AM - Keynote
The Honorable Michael A. Klass, NH Superior Court

9:50 AM – 10:15 AM - Morning Break

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM  (Concurrent Sessions)

This presentation will focus on City of Dover’s Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance and how it could be adapted to other communities to allow development to grow organically while also preserving greenspaces.

• Donna Benton, City of Dover, Planning and Community Development Director
• Ryan Pope, City of Dover, Community Housing Navigator

Program Agenda

9:00 am – Introduction

9:05 am – 10:20 am - The ZBA in NH
This session will provide a detailed look at the statutory responsibilities of the ZBA including appeals of administrative decisions, equitable waivers, special exceptions, and variances. This session will also provide an in-depth discussion of how the case law interprets the five variance criteria.  Time will be devoted to participant questions.
Chris Boldt, Esquire, DTC Lawyers

Program Agenda

9:00 am – Introduction

Closed landfills are a long-term liability for municipalities because they can create environmental and other problems that negatively impact residents and visitors. Landfill property owners, including municipalities, are responsible for the costs of cleanup up environmental contamination. Many New Hampshire towns have more than one closed landfill – one that long-time residents remember using (often located near the current transfer station) and one or more that was used before that. Municipal officials need to know about and maintain all of them.

9:00 – 9:10 Introduction (NHMA)

9:10 – 10:20

Housing Appeals Board Update

Established in 2020, the Housing Appeals Board is tasked by statue with hearing appeals from local land use board decisions concerning questions of housing and housing development. This session will provide a practical overview of the Board and its operations and will discuss several recent decisions.

Michael Klass, NH Housing Appeals Board Member