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 2028                                                 Chair, Thomas Tague                         March 2027   

                                                                               Vice Chair, Kim Demasco                           March 2026                                                 Vice Chair, Antoinette Cincotta           March 2028     

                                                                               Secretary, Lisa Traeger                               March 2026                                                 Kim Gold                                            March 2027     

                                                                               Gregory Butko                                             March 2028                                                 Carl Phillips                                        March 2028

                                                                               Joseph Norman                                           March 2027                                                 David Bryan                                       March 2026  

                                                                               Christopher "Brad" Grinstead                      March 2027                                                 Alternate, Robert Gow                       March 2027

                                                                               Ex Officio, Douglas Bersaw                         March 2026                                                

                                                                               Alternate Ex Officio, William Daniels           March 2026                                                         

                                                                               Alternate, Nicholas Viselle                           March 2027                                                

                                                                               Alternate, Andrew Seaman                          March 2027  

                                                                               Alternate, Carl Phillips                                 March 2028

 

 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.

 

Zoning Board of Adjustment meets when noticed on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm at the Taylor Van Brocklin Building unless otherwise noted.

 

Land Use DRAFT Minutes can be found in the Town Clerk's Office during regular business hours.

 

 

 

 

The Taylor Van Brocklin Building is located at 15 Winchester Street in Richmond, NH 03470. The phone number is 603-283-6649.  This building shares the same

parking lot as the Richmond Fire Department, please be mindful of Emergency Services when parking. 

 

The Veteran's Memorial Hall is located at 150 Old Homestead Hwy in Richmond, NH 03470. 

Please email the Land Use Assistant @ rnhlanduse@gmail.com with any questions.