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Town of Newton, NH
PUBLIC NOTICE
If you own real estate lots that were involuntarily merged by municipal action, you may be able to have those lots restored to their pre-merger status.
RSA 674:39-aa- Restoration of Involuntarily Merged Lots.
- Lots involuntarily merged by a municipality (for zoning, assessing, or taxation purposes) prior to September 18, 2010 shall be restored to their pre-merger status at the request of the owner provided
- Request is made prior to December 31, 2016; and
- No owner in the chain of title voluntarily merged the lots; all subsequent owners estopped from requesting restoration. The municipality shall have the burden of proof to show that any previous owner voluntarily merged his or her lots.
- Requests for "un-merger" to be made to the local governing body, whose decisions may be appealed pursuant to RSA 676.
- The restoration of the lots to their premerger status shall not be deemed to cure any non-conformity with existing local land use ordinances.
- This notice must be continuously posted in a public place from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2016. Each municipality shall also publish the same or similar notice in its 2011 through 2015
annual reports.
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