Lakefront property code enforcement

Onshore · 08-03-2011, 08:49 AM

The "shoreland protection rampage" will not affect your ability to retain, and maintain, a structure built on land in the 1980's since it was first enacted in 1991. If the structure is not built entirely over land and it has residential capabilties, then there is no "grandfather" date, nor is it possible to argue adverse possession against the public trust. Septic regulations are far older than shoreland and thus should be your concern.

As for DES being able to find 100's of of fully permitted docks if the "grandfather" date is 1969... There are really two dates. Specifically they are July 2, 1969 for permanent structures and commercial seasonal structures, and September 4, 1978 for all other seasonal structures. And yes, we could easily find hundreds.

D. Forst
Shoreland Section Supervisor
NH DES Wetlands Bureau

08-03-2011, 08:49 AM	#18
Onshore Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 505 Thanks: 12 Thanked 428 Times in 147 Posts	The "shoreland protection rampage" will not affect your ability to retain, and maintain, a structure built on land in the 1980's since it was first enacted in 1991. If the structure is not built entirely over land and it has residential capabilties, then there is no "grandfather" date, nor is it possible to argue adverse possession against the public trust. Septic regulations are far older than shoreland and thus should be your concern. As for DES being able to find 100's of of fully permitted docks if the "grandfather" date is 1969... There are really two dates. Specifically they are July 2, 1969 for permanent structures and commercial seasonal structures, and September 4, 1978 for all other seasonal structures. And yes, we could easily find hundreds. D. Forst Shoreland Section Supervisor NH DES Wetlands Bureau

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