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Keene commission sets public hearing to clarify masonry rules in Ordinance 2023-665

City of Keene Planning and Zoning Commission · November 22, 2025
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Summary

The commission directed staff to draft an amendment to Ordinance 2023-665 (Sunset Ridge PD) to clarify allowable masonry products and set a public hearing for Dec. 8 at 6 p.m.; staff cited a 2018 state change and the International Building Code in the discussion.

The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to set a public hearing to consider an amendment to Ordinance 2023-665, a planned development (PD) for Sunset Ridge, to clarify which masonry products are acceptable.

City staff told the commission the PD language currently uses the term "masonry" and that the city’s ordinance from 2011 distinguished masonry as brick or stone and excluded cementitious boards (the transcript references "Hardie"/cementitious board). Staff said a 2018 state change and conformity with the International Building Code mean…

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