12/15/2025
ALTON PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the ALTON PLANNING BOARD will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2025, starting at 6:00 PM in the ALTON TOWN HALL, ALTON, NH, to consider proposed amendments to the Alton Zoning Ordinance for 2026 ballot vote, as follows:
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #1:
To amend SECTION 327 SETBACKS by referencing the Special Exception criteria listed in the Residential Commercial (RC) Zone for when buildings and structures are encroaching a setback.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #2:
To amend ARTICLE 200 DEFINITIONS by adding a new definition for “Abutter”; and to amend the existing definition for “Building Envelope”.
-PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #3:
To amend ARTICLE 200 DEFINITIONS, SECTION 319 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT STANDARDS, SECTION 401 TABLE OF USES, SECTION 413 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, and SECTION 520 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, in order to comply with newly revised State laws and to provide a size limit on detached structures.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #4:
To amend SECTION 401 TABLE OF USES to allow all home-based childcare uses wherever residential uses are allowed and to clarify the center-based uses.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #5:
To amend SECTION 320 NON-CONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND LOTS to clarify and simplify the replacement of nonconforming structures.
- PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #6:
To amend SECTION 401 D., E., and F. PERMITTED USES-TABLE OF USES by removing references that are not helpful for further information.
-PLANNING BOARD PROPOSED AMENDMENT #7:
To amend SECTION 452 B., SECTION 463 B., SECTION 412 F., SECTION 433 G., SECTION 443 D., SECTION 452 D., and SECTION 463 E., to further clarify the intention of the ordinances.
Copies of the full text of the 2026 Proposed Zoning Amendments proposed by the Planning Board are available free of charge from the Planning Department during regular business hours, are posted at the Post Office and Town Hall for viewing purposes only, and can be found on the Town of Alton website www.alton.nh.gov.
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12/4/2025 ALTON PLANNING BOARD
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