Section 4-C:22 Local Water Resources Management and Protection Plans.
I. A municipality may include in its master plan a local water resource management and protection plan, hereafter referred to as the local water plan. Once the local water plan has been adopted, it shall be placed on file with the office in accordance with RSA 675:9. The plan shall be made available to the public upon reasonable request and payment for any costs incurred in the duplication of the report.
II. Implementation of local water plans shall be through the adoption and enforcement of municipal ordinances consistent with the plan and through such other measures as are appropriate and legally available to municipal government as tools to further the water protection objectives set forth in the plan. Assistance shall be available through the water protection assistance program established in RSA 4-C:19 and programs of the department of environmental services as provided in RSA 21-O:3, IX, to advise municipalities on appropriate implementation measures.
III. If a municipality determines there is an immediate need to develop or amend subdivision or site plan review regulations in the manner provided by RSA 675:6 or to prevent deterioration of a critical water resource through a temporary moratorium or limitation on the issuance of building permits or the granting of subdivision or site plan approval in the manner provided by RSA 674:23, it may adopt such temporary measures for protection of water resources. Such measures shall be valid as provided in RSA 674:23.
Source. 1987, 283:3. 1989, 346:2, 3. 1997, 196:3, eff. Aug. 17, 1997. 2009, 200:1, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.