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Meeting of the Zoning
Ordinance-Building Code Committee
Recording: Jean Lightfoot After the opening items were conducted, the Zoning Ordinance-Building
Code Committee moved to another part of the meeting room to discuss the
ongoing proposed revisions of the Building Code. Taking part in this session were:
Committee members Rick Davies, David Hartman, Ed Mical and
Barbara Annis. Paul Violette
joined the discussion at the end. The committee continued their review of the Town of The following changes were proposed to be made to the Building Code
Ordinance: To Article II A. “A. The Town of Warner
adopts and enforces the State Building Code RSA 155-A as it may be
amended in accordance with RSA 674:51 which:
authorizes and gives authority to the Building Inspector to issue
building permits and certificates of occupancy; authorizes the Board of
Selectmen to establish fees for building permits, certificates of
occupancy and building inspection; and authorizes the Zoning Board of
Adjustment to act as the building code Board of Appeals.” To Article II A. 1.:
“1. A
Certificate of Zoning Compliance must be issued prior to the application
for a permit for the erection, exterior alteration, moving or repair of
any building or structure.” To Article II A. 2.:
“2. After
issuance of the building permit, construction must be commenced within
six months and the exterior completed within two years, except that the
Board of Selectmen may extend the time upon application.” To Article II A. 3: “3. Certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Building Inspector prior to occupancy.” To Article II A. 4:
“4. The
following items are listed in the New Hampshire State Building code as
work exempt from requiring a permit, but are not exempt in Warner:
“a. Buildings
and structures over 36 square feet are not exempt . . .” To Article II B.: “B. No permit shall
be granted unless the builder meets the following requirements:” To Article II B. 1:
“1. Every
dwelling shall have a minimum of two (2) easily accessible exits,
windows excluded; exits shall provide alternate means of escape.
Any building to be erected or altered for use as rented
apartments shall have a minimum of two (2) readily accessible exits,
windows excluded, from each apartment; exits shall provide alternate
means of escape.” To Article II B. 3:
“3.
Septic tanks, cesspools, privies or sewage disposal area shall
conform to state regulations and regulations adopted by ordinance by the
Town of
a. Change of
use of a structure from seasonal to year-round residency shall require
that the waste disposal system meets state and local requirements.” To Article II B. 4:
“4. Every
freestanding dwelling unit to be used by a single family shall have a
minimum single floor living area of five hundred (500) square feet.” To Article II B. 7:
“7. Application
for a building permit must be accompanied by a plan(s) of the proposed
construction, movement, or alteration together with a statement from the
applicant describing the intended use of any new, moved or altered
building. All documents
shall be retained by the Board of Selectmen.” To
Article III: “The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a board of Adjustment of five
members, of whom one may be a member of the Planning Board.
The Board of Adjustment shall have authority to allow slight
variance from the specific terms of this ordinance where it can be shown
that unnecessary hardship would otherwise result.
The Board of Selectmen shall establish an appropriate fee
schedule for building permits.” The members then proceeded to a review and discussion of the Zoning
Ordinance. It was agreed to
change all references to building or buildings to “building or
structure” or “buildings or structures.”
The definition of Building would be changed to read:
“Building: means
any combination of materials constructed for the shelter of persons,
animals or property.” This would remove the following wording:
“having a roof and enclosed exterior walls, fixed to the land,
and . . .” The definition of the word Structure as “that which is built or
constructed” will remain the same. Ms. Lightfoot was asked to contact Don Gartrell to see if it is
appropriate to write a combination warrant article to cover the above
and what the wording might be. The Open Space Ordinance at Article XIV B. 1. c and d were noted to
be inconsistent with the table. It
was generally agreed that the chart in the ordinance was the intent of
the Board, so the corrected articles would read: c.
In the OC-1 Zone, this article shall not apply to subdivisions in
which all lots in the completed subdivision have a minimum lot size of d.
In the OR-1 Zone, this article shall not apply to subdivisions in
which all lots in the completed subdivision have a minimum lot size of The chart will be corrected to be comply.
The warrant article would read:
“To see if the Town will amend the Open Space Table so that the
minimum parcel area before subdivision acreage for the OC-1 Zone is 15
acres and for the OR-1 Zone is 20 acres and adjust Sections 1. c. and d.
to read as follows: c.
In the OC-1 Zone, this article shall not apply to subdivisions in
which all lots in the completed subdivision have a minimum lot size of d.
In the OR-1 Zone, this article shall not apply to subdivisions in
which all lots in the completed subdivision have a minimum lot size of Finally, Ms. Annis said there was a mistake in what NH OEP sent for
the Flood Plain Ordinance update last year.
Ms. Lightfoot later located the letter from NH OEP and the
following corrections need to be made: In Item VII: Flood Elevation Determination
2. Add Zone A, so it
will read as follows: “2. The Code Enforcement
Officer/Building Inspector's 100 year flood elevation determination will
be used as criteria for requiring in zones A and AE that:”
(underlined added) In Item VII: Flood Elevation Determination
2(a) Eliminate “Zone A” (number 2 above already covers both
zones), so it will read as follows: “(a.) All new construction or substantial
improvement of residential structures Ms. Annis said
that there has been a request from Fran Brown to change the Zoning
Ordinance to not allow unregistered vehicles on a vacant piece of
property. Mr. Violette said
there is something in the ordinance to cover that right now.
Mr. Davies said that any junkyard or storage of unregistered
vehicles is referred to in the RSAs.
Ms. Annis said that one unregistered vehicle and parts thereof is
allowed. Mr. Hartman said
that he had not heard of this and said that the Board of Selectmen
should handle it and he took it for their consideration. Mr. Violette
reported on some of the decisions of the Master Plan Committee in
preparation for the The meeting
was adjourned at |