New Hampshire HB 1009: relative to municipal parking requirements for residential units.

Bill Text

HB 1009 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2302

 06/05

HOUSE BILL 1009

AN ACT relative to municipal parking requirements for residential units.

SPONSORS: Rep. Preece, Hills. 17; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 8

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

 This bill prohibits municipalities from requiring more than 1.5 parking spaces per unit for studio and one-bedroom units under a certain size that qualify for workforce housing and multi-family developments with 10 or more units.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2302

 06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to municipal parking requirements for residential units.

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

 1 Grant of Power; Accessory Parking for Vehicles. RSA 674:16, VII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

 VII. In its exercise of the powers granted under this subdivision, the local legislative body of a city, town, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places, may regulate accessory parking for vehicles, but shall not require more than 1.5 residential parking spaces per unit for studio and one bedroom units under 1000 square feet that meet the requirements for workforce housing under RSA 674:58, IV, and shall not require more than 1.5 residential parking spaces per unit for multi-family dwelling units with 10 units or more.

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