Zoning warrant articles:

 Article 2 Amendment 1: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 7, Section B.3. Density Limitations a), Elderly, Older Person and Handicapped Housing:
The Zoning Board of Adjustment may allow a density of six (6) dwelling units per acre overall for a single development.  Soil conditions, slope, the suitability of the land for such construction, or its location may dictate less than the maximum density.
The purpose of this amendment is to reduce the density of Elderly, Older Person and Handicapped Housing from 15 units per acre to 6 units per acre for a single development.
• Yes................................679     No................................278
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Article 2, Amendment 1a:  This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 22, Definitions, Dwelling, Multi-Family by changing the definition to read:  An apartment house, condominium, or building containing three (3) or more dwelling units, but in no event more than twenty-four (24).  The criteria governing three (3) or more units can be found in the Development Regulations. 
The purpose of this amendment is to restrict any one multi-family building to a maximum of 24 units.
• Yes................................745     No................................207
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Article 2, Amendment 2: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 7, Section B.4 Parking b), Elderly, Older Person and Handicapped Housing:  In addition to these off-street parking requirements, other appropriate provisions of Site Plan Review process shall apply.
The purpose of this amendment is to remove any reference to Article 17, Parking Requirements, which is no longer included in the Zoning Ordinance, but can be found in the Development Regulations.
• Yes................................674     No................................254
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Article 2, Amendment 3: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 26, Non-Conforming Uses and Buildings by adding a new Section D. (and renumber remainder sequentially) Non-Conforming Uses and Buildings:  A nonconforming building or structure which is destroyed by fire or other hazard may be restored to its former dimensions, provided that it was not destroyed voluntarily and restoration is begun within twelve (12) months after the act of destruction; and by amending, Article 26, by eliminating Section C. 3. Non-Conforming Uses and Buildings, Any legally non-conforming use or structure may not be extended or enlarged by more than fifty (50) percent of the original gross floor area; and eliminating Section C.4.:  Any extension or enlargement of less than fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of a legally non-conforming use shall not occur without the granting of a Special Exception by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
And by amending, Article 26, by adding a new Section C.3., Non-Conforming Uses and Buildings:  All single family lots which conformed to the Zoning Ordinance at the time they were created and approved by the Planning Board, may expand the single family residence, as long as the expansion of the single family residence will conform to all setback requirements, and overlay district requirements, and single family residences are currently permitted in that district.  On all other lots, any extension or enlargement of the gross floor area of a legally non-conforming structure shall not occur without the granting of a Special Exception by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The purpose of this amendment is to further clarify allowable expansions and reconstruction of structures on pre-existing non-conforming lots.
• Yes................................674     No................................254
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Article 2, Amendment 4: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 22, Definitions, Junk:  Means any old metals, old bottles, cotton, woolen or other mill waste, unfinished mill yarns, old paper or rubber products, discarded lumber, more than one (1) unregistered/ uninspected vehicles, old iron metal, glass, paper, cordage, or other waste or discarded or secondhand materials, or parts which have been a part, or intended to be a part, of any motor vehicles, discarded machinery, or scrap metal, and any second hand articles the accumulation of which is detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood.
The purpose of this amendment is to restrict more than one (1) unregistered/uninspected vehicle on parcels of land.
• Yes................................715     No................................235
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Article 2, Amendment 5: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance as follows: Change the Zoning of Map 1, lots 4, 6, 8, 9 and Map 5, lot 7 from Industrial to Medium Density Residential, and Map 5 lots 49, 53 and 54 from Industrial to Commercial.
These parcels are located on Edgewater Drive.
• Yes................................564     No................................337
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Article 2, Amendment 6: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance by inserting the provisions of Article 3, General Provisions, (which is an existing Article), shall apply, when applicable, to the following Districts: 
Low Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, Urban District Residential, High Density Residential, Elderly, Older Person & Handicapped Housing, Cluster, Commercial; US Route 3 Performance Zone, Industrial; Mixed Use District 1, Mixed Use District 2, Mixed Use District 3, Mixed Use District 4, Mixed Use District 5, Article 18, Wetlands, Prime Wetlands, and Groundwater Conservation District.
The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that all provisions of existing Article 3, General Provisions, of the Zoning Ordinance apply to all zoning districts, when applicable.
• Yes................................649     No................................254
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Article 2, Amendment 7: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 3, General Provisions, by inserting the following:
I.3. The parking of one (1) travel trailer or manufactured home on a property, wherein the existing single family or two family residence has been damaged by fire or other catastrophic event, may be maintained for a period of six (6) months during the repair of the residence.  Said temporary housing shall be secured to the ground by means of hurricane tie-downs, or equal, and must be set on the property in accordance with the minimum yard setbacks for the zone.  All necessary applicable permits shall be required. A maximum of one (1) extension to the time limit, requested in writing, may be granted by the Code Enforcement Official not to exceed six (6) months.  This provision shall not apply to any multi-family or commercial structure.
The purpose of this amendment is to allow a temporary trailer or manufactured home in all residential districts, on a temporary, nature in the case of fire or a catastrophic event.
• Yes................................788    No................................165
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Article 2, Amendment 8: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, regarding percentage of lot coverage by removing this reference from the following districts of the Zoning Ordinance and inserting amended language into the Development Regulations:
Article 4, Low Density Residential; Article 5, Medium Density Residential; Article 5-A, Urban Residential District; Article 6, High Density Residential; Article 7, Elderly, Older Person and Handicapped Housing; Article 8, Cluster Housing; Article 9, Manufactured Housing Parks; Article 10, Commercial; Article 10-A, US Route 3 Corridor Performance Zone; Article 11, Industrial; Article 12, Mixed Use District 1; Article 13, Mixed Use District 2; Article 14, Mixed Use District 3; Article 15, Mixed Use District 4; and Article 16, Mixed Use District 5.
All references to building coverage and percentage of allowed impervious surface will be removed from the Zoning Ordinance and alternative language will be inserted into the Development Regulations.
• Yes................................579     No................................316
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Article 2, Amendment 9: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, by omitting Article 8, Cluster Housing Ordinance, and replacing the entire text with new text, adopted under RSA 674:21, Innovative Land Use Controls, entitled Conservation Subdivision.
The purpose of this amendment is to replace the current outdated Cluster Housing Ordinance.
• Yes................................724     No................................202
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Article 2, Amendment 10: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, by omitting Article 19, Groundwater Resource Conservation District, and replacing the entire text with new text.
The purpose of this amendment is to bring the Town’s Groundwater Resource Conservation District Ordinance into compliance with the NH DES Model Groundwater Protection Ordinance and the Town’s recently adopted Wellhead Protection Program to the Town’s stratified drift aquifers and the public water supply and water quality at Pinnacle Pond.
• Yes................................761     No................................166
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Article 2, Amendment 11: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance by eliminating Article 18, Wetlands Conservation Overlay District, Section G.2.a) A twenty-five (25) foot setback from the wetland boundary is to remain in its natural, undisturbed state, and eliminating b) A forty (40) foot setback shall be required from the wetland boundary to any structure or any paved area 2,400 square feet or larger in size and inserting a new a) to read:  A forty (40) foot setback shall be required from the wetland boundary to any structure or any paved area and shall remain in its natural, undisturbed state.
The purpose of this amendment is to eliminate the 25’ undisturbed wetland setback and maintain an undisturbed 40’ setback from the wetlands.
• Yes................................663     No................................298
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Article 2, Amendment 12: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, Article 5-A, Urban Residential District, by adding B. Uses Permitted by Special Exception, 2. Two-Family Dwellings, provided they are served by municipal sewer and municipal water, consist of at least 18,000 square feet of area, provide two (2) onsite parking spaces per unit, and result in no increase in footprint of existing structure?
And amend Article 27, Accessory Apartments, B. Where Allowed, insert Urban Residential District.  And amend C. General, 3., municipal sewer and municipal water required for Urban Residential District.
The purpose of this amendment is to allow two-family dwellings and accessory apartments in the Urban Residential District with certain restrictions.
• Yes................................582     No................................367
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Article 2, Amendment 13: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, by inserting Article 31, Phasing Requirement, which would provide for the phasing of development to avoid adverse effects on public health, safety or welfare, due to a sudden demand on service(s), which cannot be provided for by a reasonable expenditure of public funds.  This article is adopted under RSA 674:21, Innovative Land Use Controls.
ARTICLE 31 – DEVELOPMENT PHASING
 A.    Authority and Purpose
This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by NH RSA 674:21 in order to provide for the phasing of development to avoid adverse effects on public health, safety or welfare due to a sudden demand on service(s) which cannot be provided for by a reasonable expenditure of public funds.
B.    Phasing Required
1.    A phasing plan shall be submitted for Planning Board approval for all developments of more than twelve (12) lots or dwelling units unless exempted under Section (d) of this Article, and at the applicant’s option may be submitted for smaller developments.  Such plans shall result in the number of dwelling units authorized per year for construction being no more than the larger of one-eighth of the total number of lots or dwelling units proposed in the development or, if larger, the following:
a)    For development located in the High Density or Medium Density Residential districts:  twenty-four (24) dwelling units per year;
b)    For other development proposed to be serviced with public water and sewerage:  eighteen (18) dwelling units per year;
c)    For other developments:  twelve (12) dwelling units per year.
2.    The Planning Board may authorize development up to 25% more dwelling units per year than the above upon its determination that unusual characteristics of that development and the resulting service needs of its residents assure unusually low demands on public services per dwelling unit.
3.    Piecemeal development of a Lot of Record to avoid phasing is prohibited.  Any application submitted on a portion of a Lot of Record, which has been approved or conditionally approved within the previous twelve (12) months will be considered part of the original application for purposes of phasing, which shall be imposed on the new application as if it were part of the original application.
C.    Time Limitations
Building permits, which are not used within twelve months of the date of issuance, shall lapse.  However, unutilized authorizations for permits in one year of a phasing plan may be carried over to the next year, but not longer than that.
D.    Exemptions from Phasing Limitations
The Planning Board shall grant exemptions to the phasing requirements of Section B. Phasing Required under the following conditions:
1.    Grandfathered Units.  Development on lots or of units which are a part of a subdivision or site plan approved by the Planning Board or are shown on a subdivision plan or site plan accepted as complete by the Planning Board prior to the first posting of this ordinance.
2.    Affordable Units.  Developments 20% or more of whose dwelling units are restricted for thirty (30) years or more to be affordable units, as defined in Article 22.
3.    Replacement Units.  Dwelling units replacing the same number of units demolished on the same site within the preceding twelve (12) months.
4.    Altered Units.  The expansion, alteration, or renovation of existing dwelling units unless one or more additional dwelling units are created as a result.
5.    Elderly, Older Person and Handicapped Housing granted by Special Exception under Article 7.
E.    Sunset
This Ordinance shall expire on January 1, 2013 unless readopted prior to that date.
Amend Section 22 Definitions as follows:
Replace the definition of “Dwelling Unit” with the following:
Dwelling Unit:  one (1) or more living or sleeping rooms arranged for the use of one (1) or more individuals living as a single housekeeping unit, with cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facilities not shared with any other unit, regardless of structure type, whether detached single-family, duplex or multifamily structure.
Insert the following definition at its appropriate alphabetical location:
    Affordable Unit:  a dwelling unit restricted for sale or rent to households having,    income below 80% of the area median income (AMI), while:
(1)    Paying not more than thirty (30) percent of income on rent, including utilities and parking;
(2)    Paying not more than thirty-three (33) percent of income on mortgage principal and interest, private mortgage insurance, property taxes, condominium and/or homeowner’s association fees, hazard insurance, and parking.
The income that equals 80% of AMI is that annually determined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for “low-income” families in the statistical region that includes Hooksett, adjusted for household size (assuming one or more person in the household than the number of bedrooms).  Complaint housing prices are those specified in guidance materials prepared and maintained by the Community Development Department.
The purpose of this amendment is to require all subdivisions greater than 12 lots, unless exempt, to submit a phasing plan.
• Yes................................722     No................................217
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Article 2, Amendment 14: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance by amending Article 20, Signs, to include design requirements for permanent signs and add signage definitions.
The purpose of this amendment is to include design requirements for permanent signs and add signage definitions.
• Yes................................712     No................................231
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Article 2, Amendment 15: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, by inserting a new Article 20-A, Route 3A Sign Ordinance.
The purpose of this amendment is to provide separate sign regulations along the Route 3A Corridor from the Manchester City line to the Bow Town line, and from the intersection of Route 3A and Hackett Hill Road up to and including Map 13, lots 62 and 58 along Hackett Hill Road, and from the intersection of Route 3A and Cross Road up to and including Map 17, lots 34 and 37, which are comparable to the US Route 3 Corridor Performance Zone, adopted in May 2007, resulting in less intense signage.
• Yes................................697     No................................228
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Article 2, Amendment 16: This would amend the Hooksett Zoning Ordinance, by amending Article 10-A, US Route 3 Corridor Performance Zone, by amending Table of Performance Zone Sign Standards, by inserting, “Identification Sign, Building, “In a building with more than two (2) tenants, with multiple floors, each tenant with a separate public entrance shall be permitted to have one (1) building sign, not to exceed sixteen (16) square feet and each second floor tenant with common access shall be permitted to have one (1) building sign, not to exceed twelve (12) square feet.  And by inserting, “Center Identification Sign, Freestanding, “Maximum sign area for four (4) or more tenants one-hundred (100) square feet per sign face, maximum sign height, fifteen (15) feet above grade.”  And by inserting note #2, “All building mounted sign areas shall be determined by the square footage of the letters and symbols if they are directly mounted
to the building.  If there is a distinctive border around the sign’s lettering and symbols, that border will be restricted to the allowable square footage.”  And by inserting note #3, “All free-standing sign areas shall be determined by the face of the sign and will not include the base or the side posts supporting the sign face.”  And by inserting Section 6 into Article 10-A I., Performance Zone:  6) Directional signs which do not exceed four square feet (4 s.f.) and bear no advertising or site identifying information are subject to approval of the Planning Board.
And by adding definitions for:  Indirect Lighting, Direct Lighting, Internally Lit and Directory Sign.
The purpose of this amendment is to allow buildings with multiple tenants on multiple floors to have signs, and to allow buildings with four or more tenants to have signs that do not exceed 100 square feet/15 feet high, and allow directional signs in the Performance Zone when shown on a site plan, and add signage definitions.
The purpose of this amendment is to allow buildings with multiple tenants on multiple floors to have signs, and to allow buildings with four or more tenants to have signs that do not exceed 100 square feet/15 feet high, and allow directional signs in the Performance Zone when shown on a site plan, and add signage definitions.
• Yes................................589     No................................344