Amendment No. 1

 

            Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 1, as proposed by the Dunbarton Planning Board for the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Dunbarton, to amend the ordinance as follows (the proposed additions are noted in bold and underlined below):

 

            To add new Article 8. Personal Wireless Service Facilities (PWSF’s).

(Recommended by the Dunbarton Planning Board.)

 

            Amendment No. 1 establishes an entire new ordinance section at Article 8. to provide for, and otherwise regulate, the placement, use, and construction of “Personal Wireless Service Facilities (PWSF’s),” commonly referred to as wireless transmission towers, or “cell towers”; and to further require Site Plan Review by the Planning Board.  The Town presently has no regulations for PWSF’s.

 

            The entire text of new Article 8. is available for review at the Town Clerk’s office and at the polling place.

 

YES

þ     427

NO

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Amendment No. 2

 

            Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 2, as proposed by the Dunbarton Planning Board for the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Dunbarton, to amend the ordinance as follows (the proposed additions are noted in bold and underlined below):

 

            To add new Article 9. Multi-Family Residential Housing District (MFD).

(Recommended by the Dunbarton Planning Board.)

 

            Amendment No. 2 establishes an entire new ordinance section at Article 9. to provide for, and otherwise regulate, the placement, use, and construction of multi-family dwellings.  It further provides for a restrictive zoning area where buildings are allowed (along Routes 13 and 77), and regulates site layout and construction design with regard to such features as set-backs, buffer zones, and unit densities.  All projects are subject to Site Plan Review, and the public hearing process, by the Planning Board.

 

            The Town presently allows multi-family construction in all principal residential zones.  This new ordinance section greatly reduces those areas where multi-family uses are allowed, and provides for increased regulation.

 

            The entire text of new Article 9. is available for review at the Town Clerk’s office and at the polling place.

 

YES

þ     369

NO

r     167

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Amendment No. 3

 

            Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 3, as proposed by the Dunbarton Planning Board for the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Dunbarton, to amend the ordinance as follows (the proposed additions are noted in bold and underlined below):

 

            To amend “Article 4. Use and Dimensional Regulations”, to include new section F. Large Lot Zoning with Reduced Lot Frontage; and to amend section “B. Dimensional Regulations,” under the “Table of Dimensional Regulations” by adding new category under “District” column, and new “minimum lot sizes” and “minimum frontage” requirements as follows:

 

            Add new Section F. at Article 4:

 

            F. Large Lot Zoning with Reduced Lot Frontage.

 

1.  As an elective option to less-than-traditional frontage requirements, reduced lot frontage shall be permitted under the provisions of this ordinance, provided each lot provides for an increase in the minimum acreage per the Table of Dimensional Regulations (sub-section B, Article 4), and associated footnotes.

 

            Amend Section “B. Dimensional Regulations”, at “Table of Dimensional Regulations, in Article 4:

 

 

TABLE OF DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS

 

Building Setbacks

                                                                                                                                       Max.

Minimum                Minimum       Front            Rear           Side                   Septic    ***         Building     Max. Lot

District                   Lot Size (1)(2)       Frontage     Yard            Yard            Yard      ** Sys.      Well       Height   Coverage (%)

Low

Density                          5 acres(3)             300           50              50             50               50             75                             35           15

 

Medium

Density                          3 acres(3)            250            40              40             40               50             75                             35           15

 

Village

District                           2 acres                200           40              40             40               50            75             35              15

 

Manufactured

Housing                         5 acres(3)(4)         300            50              50             50             50              75                             35           15

 

-ALL DISTRICTS-

Optional Large Lot     12 acres                            225   (Set-backs, septic, well, bldg ht., coverage per applicable zone, above)

Zoning with reduced   18 acres                            150                                             “

frontage                      24 acres                            75                                               “

(See notes 5, 6 & 7)

 

(Recommended by the Dunbarton Planning Board.)

 

·          All dimensions are in feet unless otherwise noted

 

1)        Refer to Article 4. section C. 'Nonconforming Lots' for exceptions to these minimum lot sizes.

2)        Minimum lot size calculations shall be per dwelling unit except as otherwise specified herein, and shall exclude all surface water bodies but may include wetlands.

3)        Refer to Article 6.  “Planned Residential Development” PRD) for exceptions to these minimum lot sizes.

4)        Manufactured Housing Parks are allowed under Article 6 (PRD).

5)      Minimum lot width, between principal access point and the generally considered building pocket area shall not be less than 75 ft., measured perpendicular to the opposing-side lot lines.

6)      Requirements for front-yard, side-yard, rear-yard, septic, well, etc. remain the same as the applicable zone.

7)      As an innovative land-use control zoning regulation, implementation under these provisions is voluntary and at the option of the applicant.

 

 

This is an innovative land-use control regulation to allow for, and encourage, larger-lot subdivision parcels, based on an incentive provision allowing less-than-traditional-frontage requirements in the various districts.  It is intended to promote open space, to preserve the rural, countrified atmosphere of Dunbarton, and reduce the expansion of Town roadway systems.  This is an incentive zoning provision that is voluntary.

 

The entire text of the amendments to Article 4. is available for review at the Town Clerk’s office and at the polling place

 

YES

þ     370

NO

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Amendment No. 4

 

Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 4, as proposed by the Dunbarton Planning Board for the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Dunbarton, to amend the ordinance as follows (the proposed additions are noted in bold and underlined below):

 

            To see if the Town will vote to adopt the 2003 International Residential Code for One and Two-Family Dwellings as provided in RSA 674:51(I) and 674:51a.  This Building Code will supplement the requirements of the N.H. State Building Code adopted by the Town at the Town Meeting on March 11, 2003, and shall be enforced by the Building Inspector.

(Recommended by the Dunbarton Planning Board.)

 

            This replaces the “1999 BOCA Code for Residential Construction” with the “2003 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings.”

 

            A copy of the new 2003 IRC, One- and Two-Family Code Book is available for review at the Town Clerk’s Office and at the polling place.

 

YES

þ     373

NO

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DUNBARTON 2004