Planning Board Public Hearing - Zoning Amendments - 1/11/2023 @ 6pm

Town of Waterville Valley Planning Board - Public Hearing 2023 Zoning Amendments

Date/Time: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 6:00pm

Location: Waterville Valley Town Hall Meeting Room, 14 TAC Lane, Waterville Valley, NH 03215

The public may also view the meeting through the Town YouTube Livestream at: https://www.youtube.com/user/WVTOWNNH/feed

The Waterville Valley Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, January 11th, 2023  at 6:00 p.m. to receive public comments on the following proposed zoning amendments:

Amendment No. 1
In order to comply with the new state law (RSA 674:75) that prohibits restricting the use of land or structures for primarily religious purposes, in Article III. C) Definitions, the definition now assigned to “Church” would be assigned to the new term “Place of Worship.” and the list would be renumbered accordingly.

• Amendment No. 1 would also amend Article IV. J) Uses by changing the term “churches” to “places of worship” and permitting “places of worship” by right in all zoning districts. The Use Table would be modified as follows and subsequent rows renumbered accordingly.

Amendment No. 2
Would exempt political advertising from the sign regulations contained in the Waterville Valley Zoning Ordinance by adding the following new item to Article V. K) Sign Code and Regulations Section 4)b), which is the list of sign types exempt from the scope of the regulations:

• v) Political advertising, as defined in RSA 664:2, as amended. The Town of Waterville Valley shall follow the provisions of RSA 664:17, as amended, with regard to the placement of political advertising on private and Town-owned (public) property.

Amendment No. 3

Would add the term “Concert” to Article III. C) Definitions to read “A music performance with controlled admission in front of a live audience, advertised in advance” and renumber remainder of list accordingly.

The public is welcome to attend in person in the Town Hall Meeting Room. Additionally, the meeting will be available to view via live stream on the Waterville Valley YouTube page at . Comments or suggestions can be submitted before the public hearing to Stephen Royer at wvadministration@watervillevalley.org or mailed to PO Box 500 Waterville Valley, NH 03215 no later than January 6th at Noon.

Persons planning to participate in the hearing who require special accommodations are asked  to contact the Town Office at (603) 236-4730 in advance.