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Parking minimums debate: towns urge local control as bill would cap required spaces
Summary
Witnesses told the committee that reducing municipal ability to require multiple on-site parking spaces could create safety and livability problems in many New Hampshire towns where car ownership remains high.
House Bill 382 would change how municipalities regulate mandatory on-site parking requirements, witnesses told the Senate Commerce Committee. Testimony focused on how a statutory cap could interact with local street widths, emergency access and seasonal conditions.
Dawn Merryman (Town of Raymond) said limiting parking spaces would "limit the ability of the people who are going to be buying these units to be able to get out to potentially their job" and noted that in…
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