Proposed Zoning Amendments Public Hearing 1.9.2025

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Legal Notice

PUBLIC MEETING/HEARING

TOWN OF NEWFIELDS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEWFIELDS PLANNING BOARD

JANUARY 9, 2025 – 7:00 PM

 

Pursuant to NH RSA 676:4, I (d), and 675:3, notice is hereby given of a public meeting/hearing to be held by the Newfields Planning Board on Thursday, January 9, 2025, beginning at 7:00 PM in the main hall of the Newfields Town Hall.  The purpose of the meeting/hearing is the following:

The Board will be voting on the following proposed zoning amendments to place on the

Warrant Ballot for the Town Election in March 2025.

  1. Amend ARTICLE X,  BUILDING ORDINANCE: ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT, 10.1 AUTHORITY by having it read as follows:

To promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the community by regulating the construction of buildings thereon in the Town of Newfields, New Hampshire, in annual Town Meeting convened: March 14, 1959, as amended.  (the proposed new language is in bold)

  1. Add a new definition at Article II, DEFINITIONS, to become new section 2.1.9  “Drinking Establishment” – a bar, tavern, nightclub, brewery, cocktail lounge, coffee shop, juice bar or other similar enterprise that serves alcoholic beverages and or non-alcoholic beverages to customers. 

All subsequent definitions will be renumbered.

  1. Amend Article III, section 3.4 Establishment of District Uses, by amending the Schedule I – Use Regulation table by adding drinking establishments to paragraph 3.4.13.
  2. Add a new definition at Article II DEFINITIONS to become new section 2.1.30, “Restaurant” – A business or individual that sells prepared food to customers.

All subsequent definitions will be renumbered.