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Senate adopts measure limiting municipal lot-size rules in push to increase housing supply
Summary
After extensive debate, the Senate approved Senate Bill 84 as amended, restricting how large municipalities may require lots to be for new housing in areas served by public water and sewer and setting a 2-acre threshold for a majority of residentially zoned land.
The New Hampshire Senate voted 13-10 to approve Senate Bill 84 (FN) as amended, a bill that restricts how municipalities may set minimum lot sizes for new housing in areas served by public water and/or sewer and requires a majority of residentially zoned land to allow lots of 2 acres or smaller under specified conditions.
Senator Murphy, reporting the Commerce Committee recommendation and acting as a floor sponsor, described the underlying measure as prohibiting towns from requiring more than a half-acre per lot in areas served by both public water and sewer and more than an acre per lot in areas served by public water only. The amended bill requires that a majority of a town’s residentially zoned land allow lot sizes of 2…
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