New Hampshire Revised Statutes
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 675:6 (2026)
Method of Adoption
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675:6 Method of Adoption. –
Every local master plan, subdivision regulation, site plan review regulation and historic district regulation referred to in this title shall be adopted or amended by the planning board or historic district commission, as appropriate, in the following manner:
I. The board or commission, as appropriate, shall hold a public hearing prior to adoption or amendment. Notice for the time and place of the hearing shall be as provided in RSA 675:7.
II. The board or commission, as appropriate, may adopt or amend the master plan or regulation upon completion of the public hearing by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
III. No master plan, regulation, amendment or exception adopted under this section shall be legal or have any force and effect until copies of it are certified by a majority of the board or commission and filed with the city clerk, town clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners.
IV. The historic district commission may adopt or amend regulations only after the commission has held a public hearing within the district. Notice for the time and place shall be as provided in RSA 675:7. The adopted regulations shall be certified by a majority of the historic district commission members and filed with the city clerk, town clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners.
Every local master plan, subdivision regulation, site plan review regulation and historic district regulation referred to in this title shall be adopted or amended by the planning board or historic district commission, as appropriate, in the following manner:
I. The board or commission, as appropriate, shall hold a public hearing prior to adoption or amendment. Notice for the time and place of the hearing shall be as provided in RSA 675:7.
II. The board or commission, as appropriate, may adopt or amend the master plan or regulation upon completion of the public hearing by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
III. No master plan, regulation, amendment or exception adopted under this section shall be legal or have any force and effect until copies of it are certified by a majority of the board or commission and filed with the city clerk, town clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners.
IV. The historic district commission may adopt or amend regulations only after the commission has held a public hearing within the district. Notice for the time and place shall be as provided in RSA 675:7. The adopted regulations shall be certified by a majority of the historic district commission members and filed with the city clerk, town clerk, or clerk for the county commissioners.
Source. 1983, 447:1. 1985, 103:24. 1989, 266:26, eff. July 1, 1989.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1988–2008 · leading case: Derry Senior Dev., LLC v. Town of Derry, 951 A.2d 170 (N.H. 2008).
Derry Senior Dev., LLC v. Town of Derry, 951 A.2d 170 (N.H. 2008). “2007); RSA 675:6 (1996) (setting forth method of adoption of site plan regulations).”
Treisman v. Town of Bedford, 563 A.2d 786 (N.H. 1989). “” RSA 675:6, III. Bedford did have a master plan that complied with statutory requirements.”
New England Brickmaster, Inc. v. Town of Salem, 582 A.2d 601 (N.H. 1990). “Brickmaster contends that the board is powerless to apply the cost allocation formula until that formula is adopted pursuant to RSA 675:6, which requires notice and hearing.”
Frisella v. Town of Farmington, 550 A.2d 102 (N.H. 1988). “Pertinent to Frisella’s claim that the subdivision approval was premature, RSA 674:36, II provides that: “The subdivision regulations which the planning board adopts may: (a) Provide against such scattered or premature subdivision of land as would involve danger or injury to…”
Rallis v. Town of Hampton Plan. Bd., 766 A.2d 281 (N.H. 2001). “RSA 675:6, III states that “[n]o . . . amendment.”
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