Land Use & Zoning

A NH municipality that wants to reduce traffic congestion from new development may require:

AAll new residents to use public transit

BTraffic impact studies and transportation demand management (TDM) measures as part of development approval✓ Correct

CDevelopers to build new roads at their expense without town involvement

DOnly retail developments to manage traffic

Explanation

Municipalities can require traffic impact studies as part of site plan review or subdivision approval. Developers may be required to fund traffic improvements or implement TDM measures to mitigate project impacts.

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Key Terms to Know

Zoning

Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.

Variance

Official permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.

Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.