The Advisory Committee convened on March 1, 2021. Meeting notes are available here.
Upcoming Advisory Committee meetings will be:
Note: A statewide stakeholder workshop will be held on Monday May 24, 2021. Agenda to follow so please check back in early April and see below for details.
Water quality buffers can incorporate landscape level characteristics that contribute to water quality impairment such as steep slopes, erodible soils, stormwater runoff, and non-point and point sources of pollution.
The model buffer regulation seeks to recognize these landscape characteristics where they occur - not on all properties and not on all development sites. The goal is to prevent water quality impairment and minimize existing impairments when possible.
Buffer protections can be adopted by municipalities as an overlay district in the zoning ordinance or in land development regulations (e.g. Site Plan Review and Subdivision Regulations). Each method has varying degrees of authority, applicability, and protection of water quality.
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A statewide stakeholder workshop will be held on Monday May 24, 2021. Agenda to follow so please check back in early April for details on this event.
Refer to informational materials and technical resources from the NH Buffer Options for the Bay project at https://www.bufferoptionsnh.org/
Project Manager:
Julie LaBranche Senior Planner, Rockingham Planning Commission jlabranche@therpc.org (603) 652-0588
Project Partner:
Strafford Regional Planning Commission
Funding credit:
Preparation of this application was funded by a Local Source Water Protection grant from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Source Water Protection Program.