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Plaistow planning board trims temporary-structure rules, clears zoning amendment for warrant
Summary
After months of debate and public comment, the Plaistow Planning Board voted to remove the proposed new section governing temporary structures from a draft zoning amendment and to post the revised amendment to the town warrant.
The Plaistow Planning Board voted Jan. 15 to remove a newly drafted section regulating temporary structures from a proposed zoning amendment and to post the revised amendment to the town warrant for the March 2025 town meeting.
Board members said the action was intended to avoid imposing a broad new time limit on structures residents commonly use for storage, such as portable carports and seasonal shelters, and to give staff and boards more time to reconcile the language with state building-code definitions.
The amendment as posted removes language in Section 220-43 that would have limited many temporary structures to 180 consecutive days and 180 total days per year and would have required building permits for some seasonal shelters. Those provisions were the focus of a…
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