Town of Conway Chapter 147 Zoning Ordinance Adopted As Amended April 9, 2013 PREVIOUS REVISION: December 11, 2012 CHAPTER 147-ZONING ORDINANCE PAGE 1 Most Recently Revised: April 9, 2013 Previous Revision: December 11, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS 147.1 TITLE .................................................................................................................................... 2 147.2 AUTHORITY ....................................................................................................................... 2 147.3 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................. 2 147.4 APPLICABILITY ...................................................................................................... 2 147.5 INTERPRETATION .................................................................................................. 2 147.6 ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES ............................................... 2 147.7 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ...................................................................... 3 147.8 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED ..................................................................................... 3 147.9 SEVERABILITY ........................................................................................................ 3 147.10 LOTS IN MULTIPLE DISTRICTS ........................................................................... 3 147.11 HELICOPTERS ......................................................................................................... 4 147.12 UTILITES .................................................................................................................. 4 147.13 DISTRICTS, REGULATIONS AND PERMITTED USES ......................................... 4 147.13.1 RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL (RA) DISTRICT ................................................... 4 147.13.2 CENTER CONWAY VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL (CCVR) DISTRICT ...................... 19 147.13.3 CONWAY VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL (CVR) DISTRICT ......................................... 34 147.13.4 NORTH CONWAY VILLAGE RESIDENTIAL (NCVR) DISTRICT ........................ 45 147.13.5 CENTER CONWAY VILLAGE COMMERCIAL (CCVC) DISTRICT ..................... 55 147.13.6 CONWAY VILLAGE COMMERCIAL (CVC) DISTRICT ........................................ 69 147.13.7 NORTH CONWAY VILLAGE COMMERCIAL (NCVC) DISTRICT ....................... 84 147.13.8 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL (HC) DISTRICT .......................................................... 100 147.13.9 REGIONAL COMMERCIAL (RC) DISRTICT…RESERVED ................................ 120 147.13.10 INDUSTRIAL–1 (I1) DISTRICT ............................................................................... 121 147.13.11 INDUSTRIAL–2 (I2) DISTRICT ............................................................................... 132 147.13.12 RECREATIONAL RESORT (RR) DISTRICT .......................................................... 144 147.13.13 MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION OVERLAY (MCO) DISTRICT ............................ 159 147.13.14 FLOODPLAIN CONSERVATION OVERLAY (FCO) DISTRICT .......................... 161 147.13.15 SHORELINE PROTECTION OVERLAY (SPO) DISTRICT ................................... 166 147.13.16 WETLAND & WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY (WWPO) DISTRICT................ 173 147.13.17 RESERVED ................................................................................................................. 179 147.13.18 GROUNDWATER PROTECTION OVERLAY (GWPO) DISTRICT ...................... 180 147.13.19 SPECIAL HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY (SHCO) DISTRICT ...................... 182 147.14 NONCONFORMITY ....................................................................................................... 188 147.14.1 NONCONFORMING USES ....................................................................................... 188 147.14.2 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES ....................................................................... 188 147.14.3 NON-CONFORMING SIGNS .................................................................................... 189 147.14.4 NONCONFORMING LOTS ....................................................................................... 189 147.15 DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................. 190 147.16 PERMITTED USE TABLE ............................................................................................. 204 Town of Conway, New Hampshire CHAPTER 147-ZONING ORDINANCE PAGE 2 Most Recently Revised: April 9, 2013 Previous Revision: December 11, 2012 147.1 TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Conway, New Hampshire. 147.2 AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted by the Town of Conway pursuant to the authority granted by the New Hampshire Legislature as stipulated in Section 674:16 of the Revised Statutes Annotated, 1983, as amended. 147.3 PURPOSE. The purpose of this Ordinance is: 147.3.1 To lessen congestion in the streets; 147.3.2 To secure safety from fires, panic and other dangers; 147.3.3 To promote health and the general welfare; 147.3.4 To provide adequate light and air; 147.3.5 To prevent the overcrowding of land; 147.3.6 To avoid undue concentration of population; 147.3.7 To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, solid waste facilities, water, sewerage, schools, parks, child day care; 147.3.8 To assure proper use of natural resources and other public requirements; 147.3.9 To encourage the preservation of agricultural lands and buildings; and 147.3.10 To encourage the installation and use of solar, wind, or other renewable energy systems and protect access to energy sources by the regulation of orientation of streets, lots, and buildings; establishment of maximum building height, minimum set back requirements, and limitations on type, height, and placement of vegetation; and encouragement of the use of solar skyspace easements under RSA 477. 147.4 APPLICABILITY. This Ordinance shall apply to: 147.4.1 All buildings or structures erected, reconstructed, altered, enlarged, or relocated after the effective date of this Ordinance or applicable amendment; 147.4.2 The use of any building, structure, or land which is different from its use prior to the effective date of this Ordinance or applicable amendment; and 147.4.3 Any land which has been subdivided after the effective date of this Ordinance or applicable amendment. 147.5 INTERPRETATION. In interpreting any provision of this Ordinance, it shall be held as the minimum requirement adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare of the Town. Whenever any provision of this Ordinance is at variance with any other provision of the Ordinance, or with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rule or regulation, the most restrictive, or that imposing the highest standard, shall govern. [RSA 676:14]. This zoning ordinance is constructed as a permissive zoning ordinance; if a use is not identified as a permitted use or a use permitted by Special Exception in a zoning district, then the use is not permitted in that zoning district. 147.6 ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. It shall be the duty of the Board of Selectmen or its designated officer to: 147.6.1 Generally administer this chapter. 147.6.2 Require a building permit prior to erection, alteration or demolition of any structure and certificate of compliance upon completion and prior to use. Town of Conway, New Hampshire CHAPTER 147-ZONING ORDINANCE PAGE 3 Most Recently Revised: April 9, 2013 Previous Revision: December 11, 2012 147.6.3 Violations and penalties. 147.6.3.1 Pursuant to RSA 676:17, any person who violates any of the provisions of NH RSA Title LXIV, “Planning and Zoning” or any Town of Conway ordinance, code or regulation adopted under said title, or any provision or specification of any application, plat, or plan approved by or any requirement or condition of a permit or decision issued by, any authorized local official or land use board: 147.6.3.1.1 Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. 147.6.3.1.2 Shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed the maximum allowable under RSA 676:17 for each day such violation is found to continue after the conviction date or after the date on which the violator receives written notice of the violation from the town, whichever is earlier. 147.6.3.1.3 The town may also recover it’s costs and reasonable attorney’s fees actually expended in pursuing the legal action, as well as seek reimbursement for the expenditure of public funds, if it is found to be a prevailing party in the action, pursuant to RSA 676:17 II and RSA 676:17 III. 147.6.3.2 Pursuant to RSA 676:17-a, “Cease and Desist Orders”, the building inspector, code enforcement officer, or other designated officer of the Board of Selectmen, may issue a cease and desist order against any violation set forth in paragraph (1) above. 147.6.3.3 Pursuant to RSA 676:17-b “Local Land Use Citations” the building inspector, code enforcement officer or other designated officer of the Board of Selectmen may choose to charge the offense as a violation and issue a Local Land Use Citation and seek a civil penalty as set forth in RSA 676:17, I(b). The prosecuting official may also serve additional local land use citations, without giving additional written notice or appeal opportunity, if the facts or circumstances constituting the violation continue beyond