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Planning board plans ordinance updates after state ADU law change
Summary
Board members discussed required updates to Brentwood’s accessory dwelling unit rules following recent state legislation (HB 577), agreed the town must adopt ordinance language consistent with state law, and asked staff to prepare edits and an FAQ for the Sept. 4 meeting.
The Brentwood Planning Board discussed changes to local ADU (accessory dwelling unit) definitions and standards after recent state legislation and directed staff to prepare ordinance edits and guidance for the board’s Sept. 4 meeting.
A board member summarized the state guidance and said, referencing the new state law and New Hampshire Municipal Association materials, that the state now treats an ADU built within an existing structure as an attached ADU and that provisions in local ordinances that conflict with state law are superseded. The…
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