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 Members    
 Richmond Zoning Board Members 
 
Member     Term     Member     Term
Chair, Douglas Smith     March 2028     Chair, Thomas Tague     March 2027
Secretary, Lisa Traeger     March 2026     Vice Chair, Antoinette Cincotta     March 2028
Gregory Butko     March 2028     Kimberly Gold     March 2027
Joseph Norman     March 2027     David Bryan     March 2026
Christopher "Brad" Grinstead     March 2027     Alternate, Robert Gow     March 2027
Ex Officio, Doulgas Bersaw     March 2026    

Alternate Ex Officio, William Daniels     March 2026    

Alternate, Nicholas Viselle     March 2027    

Alternate, Andrew Seaman     March 2027

 Meetings 

Planning Board meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 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.
 
 
 
Meeting Locations
 
 
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.