ALTON PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the ALTON PLANNING BOARD will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2022, starting at 6:00 PM in the ALTON TOWN HALL, ALTON, NH, to consider proposed amendments to the Alton Zoning Ordinance for 2023 ballot vote, as follows:

- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #1: To amend ARTICLE 200 DEFINITIONS by adding new definitions: “Short-Term Rental”, “Nontransient”, “Owner-Occupied”, and “Transient”, and by amending the following definitions: “Accessory Building, Structure, or Use”, “Bed and Breakfast”, and “Lodging House”; to amend ARTICLE 300 GENERAL PROVISIONS by adding a new section, “SECTION 365 SHORT-TERM RENTAL”; and to amend ARTICLE 400 ZONING DISTRICTS REGULATIONS by adding a new use to SECTION 401 PERMITTED USES – TABLE OF USES, “D. 47. Short-Term Rental” (and the renumbering of subsequent Uses) to be allowed in the Lakeshore Residential (LR), Residential Commercial (RC), Residential Rural (RR), Rural (RU), and Recreational Services (RS) Zones.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #2:
To amend ARTICLE 200 DEFINITIONS by amending the following definitions: “Dwelling Unit”, “Hotel”, “Motel”, and by removing “Dwelling Unit, CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)”; and, to amend ARTICLE 300 GENERAL PROVISIONS - SECTION 331 CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES (CCRC) and ARTICLE 400 ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS - SECTION 413 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS to correct the use of the term, “dwelling unit”.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #3:
To amend ARTICLE 300 GENERAL PROVISIONS, by amending SECTION 355 RECREATIONAL CAMPGROUND OR CAMPING PARK, to be consistent with the requirements of ARTICLE 200 DEFINITIONS “Recreational Campground or Camping Park”.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #4:
To amend ARTICLE 400 ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS, by adding a new section to the Recreation Service Zone (RS), “SECTION 423 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS”; by adding a new section to the Rural (RU) Zone, “SECTION 453 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS”; and by adding a new section to the Residential Rural Zone (RR), “SECTION 464 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS”, making reference to “See SECTION 401 PERMITTED USES – TABLE OF USES”.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #5:
To amend ARTICLE 400 ZONING DISTRICTS REGULATIONS, by amending SECTION 412 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USE; SECTION 433 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USE; and SECTION 443 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USE, by adding the number of structures allowed on a lot for the uses, “Single-Family Dwelling”, “Duplex or Two-Family Dwelling”, “Multi-Family Structure” and “Townhouse”.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #6:
To amend ARTICLE 400 ZONING DISTRICTS REGULATIONS, by amending SECTION 433 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USES; SECTION 443 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USE; SECTION 452 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USE; and, SECTION 463 RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING USE by clarifying that access to each lot shall be via the required street frontage for each district, to be consistent with other districts.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #7:
To amend ARTICLE 400 ZONING DISTRICTS REGULATIONS, by amending SECTION 451 PERMITTED USES by moving the “Special Exceptions – Additional Conditions” criteria to its own section by adding SECTION 453 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS; and SECTION 462 PERMITTED USES by moving the “Special Exceptions – Additional Conditions” criteria to its own section by adding SECTION 464 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, to be consistent with other districts.

Copies of the full text of the 2023 Proposed Zoning Amendments proposed by the Planning Board are available free of charge from the Planning Department during regular business hours, are posted at the Post Office and Town Hall for viewing purposes only, and can be found on the Town of Alton website www.alton.nh.gov.

If inclement weather or lack of quorum necessitates cancelling the public hearing, it will be continued to Tuesday, December 27, 2022, starting at 6:00 PM in the ALTON TOWN HALL, ALTON, NH. A notice shall be posted on the front door of Town Hall announcing the meeting cancellation and the continued meeting date.
12/9/2022 ALTON PLANNING BOARD