Section 231:160 – Authority to Erect.
231:160 Authority to Erect. – Telegraph, television, telephone, electric light and electric power poles and structures and underground conduits and cables, with their respective attachments and appurtenances may be erected, installed and maintained in any public highways and the necessary and proper wires and cables may be supported on such poles and structures or […]
Section 231:160-a – Exception for Existing Locations.
231:160-a Exception for Existing Locations. – Any poles, structures, conduits, cables or wires, the location of which have already been approved by the local land use board as part of a subdivision, site plan, or other development approval, shall, if such location becomes a public highway, be deemed legally permitted or licensed without further […]
Section 231:150 – Clearing Highways.
231:150 Clearing Highways. – Governing bodies of cities and towns, and county commissioners for unorganized places shall annually, and at other times when advisable, cause to be cut and disposed of, from within the limits of town maintained highways, all trees and bushes that may cause damage or pose a safety hazard to such […]
Section 231:151 – Improvements by Abutter.
231:151 Improvements by Abutter. – A municipality may contract with any owner of land abutting a public highway to cut, trim, and improve the roadside growth along said owner’s property, and for all such work properly done in carrying out the provisions of RSA 231:150 and approved by the tree wardens, may allow and […]
Section 231:142 – Records of Trees Acquired.
231:142 Records of Trees Acquired. – A record shall be kept of the trees so acquired which may be marked for identification in an appropriate manner as shall be determined by the city or town. Such record may include the approximate location, name of abutting landowner, variety and approximate diameter, and date of acquisition. […]
Section 231:143 – Appropriation.
231:143 Appropriation. – Such sums of money as the town may appropriate, or as are available, may be used to carry out the provisions of RSA 231:139-142. Source. 1909, 93:1. 1925, 89:1. PL 93:26. RL 109:26. 1945, 188:1, part 23:5. RSA 253:5. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.
Section 231:144 – Removal of Trees.
231:144 Removal of Trees. – Whoever desires the cutting and removal in whole or in part of any public shade or ornamental tree owned by the city or town may apply to the tree warden, who shall give a public hearing, upon the application, at some suitable time and place, after publishing and posting […]
Section 231:145 – Removal of Certain Hazardous Trees.
231:145 Removal of Certain Hazardous Trees. – Notwithstanding the provisions of other sections of this subdivision and subject to the provisions of RSA 231:157 and RSA 231:158, the commissioner of transportation on class I and III highways, and state maintained portions of class II highways, and the governing bodies of cities and towns and […]
Section 231:146 – Notice.
231:146 Notice. – Notice to the abutting landowner of a tree declared a public nuisance shall be given by delivery at his place of residence or by sending by registered mail to his last known address and it shall clearly state the intention of removal of such tree. He may appeal to the superior […]
Section 231:147 – Injury or Defacement of Trees.
231:147 Injury or Defacement of Trees. – It shall be unlawful to cut, destroy, injure, deface, or break any public shade or ornamental tree; or to affix to any such tree a play bill, picture, announcement, notice, advertisement, political or otherwise, or other device or thing, or to paint or mark such tree, except […]