PUBLIC HEARING: To Discuss zoning amendments proposed for the 2024 Town Meeting

LEGAL NOTICE
PLANNING BOARD
TOWN OF PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Notice is hereby given in accordance with RSA 675:3-7, the Pelham Planning Board will hold its first of two public hearings to discuss zoning amendments proposed for the 2024 Town Meeting. This public hearing shall take place on Thursday, January 4, 2024, and be held at 7:00 pm at the Pelham Town Hall, 6 Village Green, Pelham, New Hampshire. The proposed amendments are described as follows:

1. To amend Pelham Zoning Article III Section 307-10 Off-street parking and driveways to add the following language: Multifamily, Workforce Housing, and Age Restricted Housing buildings with four (4) or more units per building shall provide additional off street parking in the visitor / occupant area with EV car charging stations based on a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the units in the building.
2. To amend Pelham Zoning Article III Section 307-13 Additional Lot Size and Street Access Requirements to amend the current language as follows (new language italicized, language being removed, inside these symbols < >): Every new multi-family lot, and workforce housing parent lot <in the residential district > shall contain 217,800 contiguous square feet of non-wetlands. For septic loading calculations, non-contiguous lots separated by a wetland or stream shall be treated as two (2) or more individual parcels. The total number of units shall be split up and built on each part of the parcel based on the square footage of the contiguous non-wetland area of each part of the parcel.
3. To add a new article to Pelham’s Zoning Ordinance Article IX Age Restricted Housing Ordinance to provide important needed housing opportunities for seniors in Pelham and to recognize the need for granting provisions whereby appropriate housing alternatives may be provided for seniors fifty-five (55) years of age and over.

The full text of all proposed amendments is available from the Planning Department at Town Hall, 6 Village Green during normal business hours and from the Town of Pelham website at www.pelhamweb.com on the Planning Department and Planning Board pages.