Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that reduces the minimum lot size for single-family homes to 88,000 square feet in New Hampshire.

Highlights:

• Specifies that no ordinance shall require lot sizes to be greater than 88,000 square feet for single-family residential uses, for lots that are not serviced by municipal or community sewer infrastructure (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that lots serviced by manipular or community water infrastructure, no ordinance shall require lot sizes to be greater than 44,000 square feet for single-family residential uses if there is adequate water system capacity to accommodate development on such lots, unless the municipality provides empirical evidence that the water system cannot support the additional homes (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that no ordinance shall require lot sizes to be larger than 22,000 square feet for single-family residential uses if there is adequate sewage system capacity to accommodate development on such lots unless the municipality provides empirical evidence that the sewer system cannot support additional homes (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the requirements of this shall not be construed to limit the potential of development of lots created before July 1, 2024, or override or supersede applicable Department of Environmental Services septic and well regulations or municipal wetlands and septic regulations which may require applicants on a case-by-case basis to have a larger lot sizes to meet these regulations (Sec. 1).

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