HB 1590 - AS INTRODUCED

2000 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1590

AN ACT relative to prohibiting a zoning ordinance from a residential preexisting nonconforming property owner's ability to rebuild after a fire loss.

SPONSORS: Rep. Martel, Hills 45; Rep. Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. Gilman, Graf 1; Rep. Pappas, Hills 47; Rep. Beaulieu, Rock 11

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that for the purpose of acquiring a mortgage, no municipal zoning ordinance shall prohibit a residential preexisting nonconforming use property from the ability to rebuild after a fire loss.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

AN ACT relative to prohibiting a zoning ordinance from a residential preexisting nonconforming property owner's ability to rebuild after a fire loss.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Certain Nonconforming Properties; Ability to Rebuild. Amend RSA 674 by inserting after section 19 the following new section:

674:19-a Certain Nonconforming Properties; Ability to Rebuild. For the purpose of permitting an owner to acquire a mortgage on a property, no municipal zoning ordinance shall prohibit a residential preexisting nonconforming use property from the ability to rebuild the same structure after a complete fire loss, subject to other applicable health and safety regulations.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.