New Hampshire HR 30: finding that planning, zoning, and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government.

Bill Text

HR 30 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2604

 04/09

HOUSE RESOLUTION 30

A RESOLUTION finding that planning, zoning, and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government.

SPONSORS: Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17; Rep. D. Kelley, Hills. 32; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 11; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

 This resolution finds that planning, zoning, and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government.

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 26-2604

 04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

A RESOLUTION finding that planning, zoning, and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government.

 Whereas, the Standard Zoning Enabling Act was originally drafted at the federal level in 1924 as a model law for states to adopt and was clearly intended to be an “enabling act [that] is advisable in all cases" and intended to be modified "as little as possible”, thereby encouraging state legislation to empower municipalities and their residents to zone, if they choose; and 

 Whereas, there is a recent effort to chip away at the local zoning regulations of municipalities by implementation of state mandates under the guise of “property rights”; and

 Whereas, any theoretical property rights gained for the benefit of a few are ultimately at the expense and property rights of the vast majority; and

 Whereas, RSA 672:1, I and II, clearly and unambiguously states the declaration of purpose for planning, zoning, and related regulations is the purview of municipalities; now, therefore, be it

 Resolved by the House of Representatives: 

 That the house reaffirms the unambiguous intent of RSA 672:1 "Declaration of Purpose" which states that the general court hereby finds and declares that planning, zoning and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government; and that zoning, subdivision regulations, and related regulations are a legislative tool that enables municipal government to meet more effectively the demands of evolving and growing communities.