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NH's Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act (RSA 483-B) restricts development:

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B) Within 250 feet of public waters, including building setbacks, impervious surface limits, and vegetation removal restrictions

NH's Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act (RSA 483-B) regulates development within 250 feet of public waters — including lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and the coast — for all property types including single-family residential. Key restrictions include building setbacks, limits on impervious surfaces, and vegetation removal restrictions. The 250-foot protected shoreland zone applies statewide to qualifying public waters, not just the seacoast, and is not limited to lots created after any particular date.

Answer Options
A
Within 100 feet of public waters, applying only to lots created after 1994
B
Within 250 feet of public waters, including building setbacks, impervious surface limits, and vegetation removal restrictions
C
Within 250 feet of public waters, but only for commercial and multi-family development, not single-family residential
D
Only along the NH seacoast and tidal waters, not inland lakes and rivers

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Related Topics:

NH Department of Environmental Serviceswetlands regulationsimpervious surface limitsbuilding setbacksenvironmental disclosure

Key Terms:

RSA 483-Bshoreland protection250 feetpublic watersimpervious surfacevegetation restrictions

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