[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Laconia 12-19-1975 as Ch. 48
of the Public Ordinances of 1975; amended in its entirety 12-26-1995 by Ord. No.
277-95.16, effective 1-1-1996. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- The Charter
- Ch C Revised Charter of City of Laconia, 1995
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Assessments, Special
- Ch 13 Auditor
- Ch 19 Council Rules
- Ch 31 Finances
- Ch 35 Flag
- Ch 40 Heritage Commission
- Ch 41 Highway Safety Commission
- Ch 47 Library Trustees
- Ch 53 Meetings
- Ch 59 Park and Recreation Commission
- Ch 63 Planning Board
- Ch 67 Police Department
- Ch 70 Synthetic Cannabinoids
- Ch 71 Public Property, Use of
- Ch 75 Putnam Fund Advisory Committee
- Ch 81 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 85 Seal
- Ch 89 Technical Review Committee
- Ch 93 Trust Funds, Trustees of
- Ch 97 Ward Lines
- Ch 99 Water Commissioners, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 109 Advertising
- Ch 111 Alarms
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 119 Building Construction
- Ch 123 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Cable Television
- Ch 129 Dumps and Dumping
- Ch 135 Electrical Standards
- Ch 139 Emergencies
- Ch 145 Firearms
- Ch 149 Fire Prevention and Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 150 Fireworks
- Ch 155 Housing Standards
- Ch 161 Licensing
- Ch 167 Noise
- Ch 173 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 177 Plumbing
- Ch 180 Public Indecency
- Ch 183 Real Property, Sale of
- Ch 189 Sewers
- Ch 194 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Special Events and Outdoor Assembly
- Ch 197 Streets, Acceptance of
- Ch 201 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 205 Streets, Squares and Parks, Naming of
- Ch 209 Sunday Activities
- Ch 215 Taxation
- Ch 216 Tobacco, Use of
- Ch 221 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 225 Vehicles, Off-Highway Recreational
- Ch 227 Weirs Beach Use and Regulation
- Ch 229 Wharves
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Ch 235 Art I General Provisions
- ยงย 235-1 Title.
- ยงย 235-2 Authority and purpose.
- ยงย 235-3 Purpose of districts.
- ยงย 235-4 Jurisdiction.
- ยงย 235-5 Effective date.
- ยงย 235-6 Relationship to other land use controls.
- ยงย 235-7 Effect of amendments and replacements.
- ยงย 235-8 Relationship to the Master Plan.
- ยงย 235-9 Applicability.
- ยงย 235-10 Fees.
- ยงย 235-11 Computation of time.
- Ch 235 Art II Definitions and Word Usage
- ยงย 235-12 Word usage.
- ยงย 235-13 Definitions.
- Ch 235 Art III Districts; Zoning Map
- ยงย 235-14 Districts established.
- ยงย 235-15 Official Zoning Map.
- ยงย 235-16 Winnipesaukee Urban Renewal Project.
- Ch 235 Art IV Overlay Districts
- ยงย 235-17 Wetlands Conservation and Water Quality (WC) Overlay District.
- ยงย 235-18 Floodplain District.
- ยงย 235-19 Shoreland Protection (SP) District.
- ยงย 235-20 Commercial Core Parking Overlay District.
- ยงย 235-21 Housing Redevelopment Overlay District (HROD).
- ยงย 235-21.1 Performance Zoning Overlay District.
- ยงย 235-21.2 Historic Overlay District.
- ยงย 235-22 Water Supply Protection Overlay District (WSP).
- Ch 235 Art IVA Impact Fees
- ยงย 235-22.1 Authority.
- ยงย 235-22.2 Purpose.
- ยงย 235-22.3 Definitions.
- ยงย 235-22.4 Authority to assess impact fees.
- ยงย 235-22.5 Standards and basis of assessment.
- ยงย 235-22.6 Review and change in assessment schedules.
- ยงย 235-22.7 Assessment and collection of impact fees.
- ยงย 235-22.8 Waivers.
- ยงย 235-22.9 Appeals.
- ยงย 235-22.10 Administration of impact fees.
- ยงย 235-22.11 Refund of fees paid.
- ยงย 235-22.12 Other authority retained.
- Ch 235 Art V Uses
- ยงย 235-23 General provisions.
- ยงย 235-24 Relationship to other provisions and regulations.
- ยงย 235-25 Uses permitted by right.
- ยงย 235-26 Uses permitted by special exception.
- ยงย 235-27 Uses permitted as conditional uses.
- ยงย 235-28 Uses not permitted.
- ยงย 235-29 Determination of use category.
- ยงย 235-30 Multiple uses on a lot of record.
- Ch 235 Art VI Dimensional Standards
- ยงย 235-31 General provisions.
- ยงย 235-32 Minimum lot size.
- ยงย 235-33 Maximum residential unit density.
- ยงย 235-34 Minimum lot frontage.
- ยงย 235-35 Minimum setback requirements.
- ยงย 235-36 Green space.
- ยงย 235-37 Building height.
- ยงย 235-38 Residential and commercial uses on the same lot of record.
- Ch 235 Art VII Supplementary Provisions
- ยงย 235-39 General provisions.
- ยงย 235-40 Residential uses.
- ยงย 235-41 Residential accessory uses.
- ยงย 235-42 Nonresidential uses.
- ยงย 235-43 Nonresidential accessory uses.
- ยงย 235-44 Erosion and sediment control.
- Ch 235 Art VIIA Small Wind Energy Systems; Steep Slope Protection
- ยงย 235-44.1 Small wind energy systems.
- ยงย 235-44.2 Steep slope protection.
- Ch 235 Art VIII Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements; Driveways and Access
- ยงย 235-45 Applicability.
- ยงย 235-46 Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements; minimum requirements.
- ยงย 235-47 Dimensional requirements.
- ยงย 235-48 Design requirements.
- ยงย 235-49 Off-street loading requirements.
- ยงย 235-50 Number of loading spaces required.
- ยงย 235-50.1 Driveways and access.
- Ch 235 Art IX Signs
- ยงย 235-51 Purposes.
- ยงย 235-52 Permit required.
- ยงย 235-53 Signs allowed and exempted from permit requirements.
- ยงย 235-54 Design, construction and maintenance.
- ยงย 235-55 Master Signage Plan.
- ยงย 235-56 Computations.
- ยงย 235-57 Prohibited signs.
- ยงย 235-58 Table of Sign Regulations.
- ยงย 235-59 Development identification signs.
- ยงย 235-60 Illumination of signs.
- ยงย 235-61 Insurance requirements for nongovernmental signs in a public right-of-way.
- ยงย 235-62 Nonconforming signs.
- Ch 235 Art X Nonconforming Lots, Uses and Structures
- ยงย 235-63 Purpose and intent.
- ยงย 235-64 Determination of nonconformity.
- ยงย 235-65 Nonconforming lots of record.
- ยงย 235-66 Nonconforming structures.
- ยงย 235-67 Nonconforming uses.
- ยงย 235-68 Abandonment; termination due to abandonment.
- Ch 235 Art XI Zoning Board of Adjustment
- ยงย 235-69 Zoning Board of Adjustment established; composition; officers; application procedure.
- ยงย 235-70 Powers and duties of Zoning Board of Adjustment.
- Ch 235 Art XII Conditional Use Permits
- ยงย 235-71 Planning Board to administer.
- ยงย 235-72 Application and review procedure.
- ยงย 235-73 Burden of persuasion.
- ยงย 235-74 Standards of review of conditional use permit application.
- ยงย 235-75 Hearing and decision on conditional use permit.
- ยงย 235-76 Additional stipulations of approval.
- ยงย 235-77 Appeal from denial of conditional use permit.
- Ch 235 Art XIII Administration and Enforcement
- ยงย 235-78 Administration.
- ยงย 235-79 Enforcement and interpretation.
- ยงย 235-80 Authorizing the issuance of permits.
- ยงย 235-81 Duration of permits.
- ยงย 235-82 Violations and penalties.
- ยงย 235-83 Conflicts with other laws; higher standards to prevail.
- ยงย 235-84 Right of entry upon private property.
- Ch 235 Art XIV Amendments
- ยงย 235-85 Initiation of amendments.
- ยงย 235-86 Council referral of citizen petitions and requests from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
- ยงย 235-87 Planning Board consideration of proposed amendments.
- ยงย 235-88 Hearing and notice requirements.
- ยงย 235-89 Action on proposed amendments.
- ยงย 235-90 Effective date of proposed amendments.
- ยงย 235-91 Criteria for review and approval.
- ยงย 235-92 Fees.
- ยงย 235-93 Official Zoning Map.
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List