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Keene planning commission backs revising Sunset Ridge masonry rule to allow Hardy siding
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the City Council revise Planned Development Ordinance 2023‑665 for Sunset Ridge, replacing an '80% masonry' mandate with an exterior construction requirement that explicitly allows Hardie/Hardy fiber‑cement siding.
The City of Keene Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend revising Planned Development Ordinance 2023‑665 for the Sunset Ridge development to replace an '80% masonry' mandate with language permitting certain exterior materials, including Hardie/Hardy fiber‑cement siding.
The change follows staff and the city attorney’s guidance that state law limits a municipality’s ability to mandate particular building materials. Speaker 2 read the attorney’s recommendation that "the exterior construction requirements should simply state what…
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