Land Use Department
The Land Use Department was created in 2012 as the administrative office for the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment. Working ten to twelve hours a week, the Land Use Assistant provides administrative support for the department and serves residents as a one-stop shop for applications, information on process, local regulations, procedural requirements, public meetings and hearings. The Assistant records minutes of the boards’ meetings, conducts legal research, assists land use boards in revising local zoning, site plan and subdivision regulations, case law, state statutes and federal law as appropriate for each application heard by the boards. Staff insures timely posting of minutes, public meetings and hearings, notification of abutters, and necessary follow-up for each case.
Planning Board members are elected to three-year terms of office and these officials serve as volunteers. Zoning Board of Adjustment members are appointed to three-year terms and also serve as volunteers. A staffed Land Use office enables the town to provide excellent customer service to potential applicants, guiding them through the application process to bring a complete application before the board within statutory time limits.
For Land Use inquiries please contact the Land Use Assistant @ rnhlanduse@gmail.com.
Land Use Assistant: Lisa Laclair
Richmond Planning Board and Richmond Zoning Board of Adjustment Members
Richmond Planning Board Richmond Zoning Board of Adjustment
Member Term Member Term
Chair, Douglas Smith March 2025 Chair, Thomas Tague March 2027
Vice Chair, Kim Demasco March 2026 Vice Chair, Antoinette Cincotta March 2025
Secretary, Lisa Traeger March 2026 Kim Gold March 2027
James "Jed" Butterfield March 2025 Lloyd Condon March 2025
Joseph Norman March 2027 David Bryan March 2026
Christopher "Brad" Grinstead March 2027 Alternate, Robert Gow March 2027
Ex Officio, Douglas Bersaw March 2025
Alternate Ex Officio, William Daniels March 2025
Alternate, Lloyd Condon March 2026
Alternate, Gregory Butko March 2027
Alternate, Nicholas Viselle March 2027
Meetings
Planning Board meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm at the Taylor Van Brocklin building unless otherwise noted.