Section 48-A:7 – Standards for Public Agency.
48-A:7 Standards for Public Agency. – An ordinance, code or bylaw adopted by a municipality pursuant hereto shall provide that the public agency may determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if he finds that conditions exist in such dwelling which are unusually, abnormally, or unreasonably dangerous or injurious to the health […]
Section 48-A:8 – Additional Provisions of Ordinances, Codes, or Bylaws.
48-A:8 Additional Provisions of Ordinances, Codes, or Bylaws. – An ordinance, code or bylaw adopted by the governing body of the municipality may authorize the public agency and its delegated officers to exercise such powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, provided […]
Section 48-A:9 – No Abrogation of Other Powers of Municipalities.
48-A:9 No Abrogation of Other Powers of Municipalities. – Nothing herein shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of the courts or of any governing body, city council, or department of any municipality to enforce any provisions of its charter or its ordinances or regulations nor to prevent or punish violations thereof; […]
Section 48-A:10 – No Abrogation of Powers of Municipalities as to Nuisances.
48-A:10 No Abrogation of Powers of Municipalities as to Nuisances. – Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair or limit in any way the power of the municipality to define and declare nuisances and to cause their removal or abatement, by summary proceedings or otherwise. Source. 1959, 293:1, eff. Nov. 16, 1959.
Section 48-A:11 – Minimum Standards; Barring the Use or Occupancy; Violations and Punishment.
48-A:11 Minimum Standards; Barring the Use or Occupancy; Violations and Punishment. – Any municipality may (by ordinance adopted by its governing body): I. Prescribe minimum standards for the use and occupancy of dwellings throughout the municipality; II. Prevent the use or occupancy of any dwelling which is injurious to the public health, safety, or […]
Section 48-A:12 – Exceptions.
48-A:12 Exceptions. – An ordinance, code or bylaw adopted pursuant to the authority of this chapter may provide that any dwelling, building or structure situated within an historic district that is established under RSA 31:89-b, or within such other classes of dwellings, building or structure as the governing body shall determine to have special […]
Section 48-A:13 – Conflicting Provisions.
48-A:13 Conflicting Provisions. – Whenever the regulations made under the authority hereof differ from those prescribed by any statute, ordinance or other regulation, that provision which imposes the higher standard shall govern. Source. 1965, 341:4, eff. Aug. 7, 1965.
Section 48-A:14 – Minimum Standards Established.
48-A:14 Minimum Standards Established. – No landlord, as defined by RSA 540-A:1, I, renting or leasing a residential dwelling in a municipality which has not adopted ordinances, codes or bylaws pursuant to this chapter shall maintain those rented premises in a condition in which: I. The premises are infested by insects and rodents where […]
Section 48-A:15 – Enforcement of Minimum Standards.
48-A:15 Enforcement of Minimum Standards. – In municipalities which have not established a public agency as described in RSA 48-A:3, a violation of the minimum standards set forth in RSA 48-A:14 shall be a violation, and each continuing day of violation after notice shall be a separate offense. Source. 2001, 274:4, eff. Jan. 1, […]
Section 48-A:6 – Lien.
48-A:6 Lien. – Whenever the public agency shall incur cost for the repair, alteration, improvement, vacating or closing, or for the removal or demolition of a dwelling, pursuant to an order of the superior court, the amount of such costs shall be a lien against the real property as to which such cost was […]