PUBLIC NOTICE

          Amendments to Wilton Land Use Laws & Regulations

         (requires approval by voters at the annual Town Meeting)

In accordance with RSA Sections 675:3 and 675:7 the Town of Wilton Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Town of Wilton Town Hall Courtroom, 42 Main Street, relative to the following Proposed Zoning Amendment Articles. Upon a finding by the Board that the Public Hearing shows that the Proposed Zoning Amendment Articles require revision(s), a final Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Town of Wilton Town Hall Courtroom, 42 Main Street.

Amendments to Wilton Land Use Laws & Regulations, Section A, Zoning Ordinance:

1. AMEND Chapter 3.0, Definitions, specifically, §3.1.8 Family, to clarify and improve the definition.
2. AMEND Chapter 3.0, Definitions, specifically, §3.1.6 Dwelling; §3.1.7 Dwelling Unit; §3.1.14 Hotel; §3.1.15 Lodging Unit; and §3.1.27 Rooming House, to clarify and improve these residential definitions.
3. AMEND Chapter 5.0, Residential District, specifically the entirety of §5.5 Accessory Dwelling Units, to bring into conformity with RSA 674:71 and RSA 674:2 pertaining to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) as amended by New Hampshire House Bill 577.
4. AMEND Chapter 5.0 Residential District, by adding §5.1(e); Chapter 7.0 Commercial District, by adding §7.1(t); and Chapter 8.0 Industrial District, by adding §8.1(e), to restore the intent of the Town of Wilton Zoning Ordinance that agricultural uses are allowed in the General Residence & Agricultural District but not elsewhere in the Town of Wilton.
5. AMEND Chapter 8.0 Industrial District, by adding subchapter 8A.0, Downtown Industrial Adaptive Reuse Overlay District, to allow for repurposing existing, underutilized commercial and office buildings within the identified overlay area, for residential and commercial uses.
6. AMEND Chapter 14.0 Watershed District, specifically the entirety of §14.2 District Boundary, to incorporate the boundary map of the Watershed District, add a list of lots that are partly or completely within that district, and add a procedure for challenging district boundaries.
7. AMEND Sub-chapter 15B.0, Solar Collection Systems (SCS), specifically §15B4.3(a) Ground Mounted Solar Collection Systems, to clarify the height of a Ground Mounted portion of an SCS; and adding §15B.5.9 Fire Prevention, to require that any Ground Mounted portion of an SCS complies with the NFPA 1 Fire Code 2021 or its successors.

Amendments to Wilton Land Use Laws & Regulations, Section E, Building Code Ordinance:

AMEND Wilton Building Code Ordinance to bring the ordinance to compliance with RSA 155-A:10, IV(c) and RSA 674:51, I.

Full text of the proposed changes is viewable at the Town Hall, electronically on the Town of Wilton website: www.WiltonNH.gov, or upon request by email.