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jeffk · 12-19-2007, 10:26 PM

I'm not sure of all the legalities but I thought it was considered a no-no to make zoning changes while development proposals were on the table for an area. The whole idea of zoning is to establish a set of rules to work within. A business can buy land and know it can develop it for the zoned use. If a town could willy-nilly change the zoning it would be unfair to the people who invested in the business in good faith. Is Ames Farms planning development?

We are having the same kinds of discussions in Hudson, NH where a large development is planned and neighbors want to change zoning to block it. As I understand it, zoning changes are not allowed to stop a specific development that is under consideration.

12-19-2007, 10:26 PM	#83
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,143 Thanks: 203 Thanked 424 Times in 242 Posts	Is this legal? I'm not sure of all the legalities but I thought it was considered a no-no to make zoning changes while development proposals were on the table for an area. The whole idea of zoning is to establish a set of rules to work within. A business can buy land and know it can develop it for the zoned use. If a town could willy-nilly change the zoning it would be unfair to the people who invested in the business in good faith. Is Ames Farms planning development? We are having the same kinds of discussions in Hudson, NH where a large development is planned and neighbors want to change zoning to block it. As I understand it, zoning changes are not allowed to stop a specific development that is under consideration.