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PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT

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The following  proposed  Zoning Ordinance amendment disallows the storage of  additional  unoccupied manufactured housing units on properties in town.

Property owners' recreational vehicles are treated as motor vehicles. Owners may store licensed RVs on their property, but only one unlicensed RV.

This proposed amendment will be voted on by official ballot on March 13, 2012.

EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE EXCERPT
Article III General Provisions
F. Trailers and Mobile Homes:

1. The use of land for the accommodation of trailers and/or mobile homes, whether on permanent foundations or not, is prohibited except as provided below in this Article. However, any property owner or lessee may accommodate one trailer of a non-paying guest for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days in one year. Further, this Article applies only to trailers and/or mobile homes utilized for residential purposes and is not intended to cover one trailer or one mobile home owned by a resident and stored or parked during periods of non-use on the premises of the owner.

2. The Board of Selectmen may approve the temporary use of a trailer or mobile home to be maintained as living quarters by persons employed in adjoining construction work or timber harvest or for whom a residence is being built, or as an office, storeroom or shop in connection with the construction work, provided that such use is shown to be a temporary expedient and also that the use will conform to the sanitary protection requirements listed under Section C of this Article.

3. A mobile home may be maintained as a residence in the Rural District after obtaining a building permit from the Board of Selectmen. Said permit shall be granted only when the Board has been satisfied that the use will conform to the requirements of this Article, Section C, and that the provisions for lot size for each dwelling unit in Article V have been met, except in the case of a nonconforming lot under Article IX, Section A.

4. Mobile home parks, as defined by this ordinance, are prohibited in all districts.

ArticleXVI Definitions
O. Trailer means any vehicle or similar portable structure used and intended to be used as an office, shop or dwelling having no foundation other than wheels, jacks or skirting, and having none of the following: running water, sanitary facilities, bath facilities and toilet.

Underlining indicates language removed by the amendment.

PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDED LANGUAGE
Article III General Provisions
F. Mobile Homes:

1. The use of land for the accommodation of mobile homes, whether on permanent foundations or not, is prohibited except as provided below in this Article.
2. The Board of Selectmen may approve the temporary use of a mobile home to be maintained as living quarters by persons employed in adjoining construction work or timber harvest or for whom a residence is being built, or as an office, storeroom or shop in connection with the construction work, provided that such use is shown to be a temporary expedient and also that the use will conform to the sanitary protection requirements listed under Section C of this Article.

3. A mobile home may be maintained as a residence in the Rural District after obtaining a building permit from the Board of Selectmen. Said permit shall be granted only when the Board has been satisfied that the use will conform to the requirements of this Article, Section C, and that the provisions for lot size for each dwelling unit in Article V have been met, except in the case of a nonconforming lot under Article IX, Section A.

Mobile home parks, as defined by this ordinance, are prohibited in all districts.

Recreational Vehicles

Any property owner or lessee may accommodate one RV of a guest for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days in one year regardless of whether the property contains other dwelling units provided that all of the sanitary requirements mandated by state law are met.

Despite the definition of "motor vehicle" contained in RSA 236:112,IV, all recreational vehicles as defined by Section XVI(O) of this Ordinance shall be considered "Motor vehicles" for the purposes of the junk yard provisions of this Ordinance, including Section III(G) and the state laws cross-referenced in the section.

Article XVI Definitions
O. Recreational Vehicle (RV) means any vehicle built on a single chassis; 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; designed to be self-propelled or towable; designed primarily as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use, not as a permanent dwelling.

Italics indicate language added by the amendment.