The law says that you are allowed a 6 ft wide path to the water. If that path is a steep hill and you need stairs then, you need stairs. There is a Shoreland rule that prohibits construction in on a slope steeper than 25 %, but the language of the law regarding the access path shows that there was intent to protect the abilty to access the frontage and thus the rule would be waived. This rule would not be waived to construct a deck patio or beach if the slopes exceed 25 %.
Connecting walkways for docks are not supposed to exceed 6 ft. There is a provision in the Wetlands law to allow for a landing but that provision would be subject to the slope restrictions because of the language of RSA 483-B:3, Consistency Required. What are your slopes like? Is there any area that is not so steep that you could fit a landing into?
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