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Selectboard warns July 6 public hearing on draft zoning by-laws after Planning Commission presentation
Summary
Planning Commission presented its eighth draft of Londonderry's zoning by-laws, proposing multiple changes including replacing local flood bylaws with State Flood Bylaws and adding density bonuses for affordable housing; Selectboard warned a public hearing for July 6, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
Trevor Powers, representing the Planning Commission, summarized the eighth draft of the town's zoning by-laws that the commission approved on April 27, 2026. Key proposed changes include removing a height exemption for tree houses, replacing the town’s WCRC flood bylaws with State Flood Bylaws, keeping multi-family homes allowed in R1, increasing the allowable number of days a non-paying guest may stay in a camper on someone’s yard, and adding density bonuses for planned unit developments intended for affordable housing.
The Selectboard voted to warn a public hearing on the zoning by-laws for July 6, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. The board’s action moves the draft to a formal public-comment stage where residents may review the proposed changes and testify. The Planning Commission also summarized changes to sign rules for shopping plazas and industrial parks, new quarry permit review at five years, a raised Conservation district boundary to 2,000 feet, and simplified steep-slope review processes. The warning was moved and passed unanimously.
