"Abandonment" means the stated intention or otherwise apparent action of an owner to discontinue a non-conforming use of a structure or lot.

A building or structure, detached from but located on the same lot, which is customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building. Accessory buildings shall not contain bedrooms. (3/2017)

Means any business open to the public, including, but not limited to, any bookstore, video store, newsstand, novelty store, nightclub, bar, cabaret, amusement arcade, theater, sexual encounter center or another business which derives revenue from the sale, rental or viewing of live performances or representations in any form involving displays or materials which meet the definition of "harmful to minors" and/or "sexual conduct" as set forth in NH RSA 571-B:1 et seq., and which devotes more than 20% of the total display, shelf, rack, table, stand or floor area for live performances or representations in any form of displays or material which meet the definition of "harmful to minors" and/or "sexual conduct" as set forth in NH RSA 571-B:1 et seq. (03/1999)

The use of land for the purpose of cultivating the soil, producing farm, forest or horticultural crops/dairy and/or raising livestock, poultry or other farm animals. (03/1990)

A building and/or lot used principally for the sale, display or rental of new or used automobiles or other similarly sized vehicles, with or without an accessory use for the repair or reconditioning of such vehicles. (03/1992)

A building and/or lot where automobiles or other similarly sized vehicles are serviced and repaired. No unregistered vehicles shall be allowed on site as per NH RSA 236:111 et seq. (03/1992)

A building and/or lot where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and automotive accessories are sold at retail, minor servicing and repairs are made and cold drinks, candy, tobacco and similar goods may be sold. (03/1992)

A residential dwelling unit or a portion thereof where short-term lodging and meals, incidental to lodging, are provided. The operator of the inn shall live on the premises. (03/1993)

The Town of Raymond Zoning Board of Adjustment.

A building principally containing boarding units.

Residence of one or more persons not living as a single housekeeping unit and not having individual cooking facilities.

Any structure that has a roof on it and is intended or used for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property.

Any type of readily transportable shelter which was designed and/or is commonly used for camping, including, but not limited to: motor homes, pickup-truck-mounted shelters and towed trailer-type shelters, to include hard- and soft-body trailers, which do not qualify as manufactured housing as defined in this section.

Any parcel of land which contains three or more separate lots or sites and/or contains permanent buildings or other structures commonly used for camping, including accessory buildings and, if necessary, privately owned and maintained roads to provide access thereto; contains lots or sites which are rented, leased or otherwise let for the placement of tents, campers, or other normally accepted camping shelters thereon for the purpose of camping; occupancy thereof is for not more than nine months of the year; meets or exceeds all of the current requirements of the State of New Hampshire for that type of camping area.

A survey, sketch plan, map plat, or other exhibit of a lot, drawn to scale, showing the actual measurements, the size and location of any existing structures or structures to be erected, the location of the lot in relation to abutting streets, and other such information, containing a written statement regarding accuracy, signed and sealed by a New Hampshire licensed land surveyor under whose supervision said plan was prepared. (03/2004)

A facility where manufactured chemicals or materials containing manufactured chemicals are extracted, treated, processed or otherwise altered for further refining off site. (03/2023)

A facility that employs chemical or mechanical processes to break down chemical bonds, through pyrolysis, catalysis, or other means, in order to alter the chemical structure of materials to produce by-products on or off site. (03/2023)

A building and/or other structure used principally by a body or organization of religious believers to regularly assemble for worship. (03/1990)

Any employee of the Town of Raymond authorized by the Town Manager to administer or enforce the Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to the Community Development Director and the Building Inspector, but in all cases someone who is qualified to carry out the duties of the position. (03/2013)

A building and/or other structure used principally for providing commercial services to the public, such as a beauty shop, shoe repair shop, dry cleaner, laundry, electrician, plumber, repair service, installation service, general contractor, rental shop and the like. No accessory use for residential purposes shall be permitted. (03/1990)

A subdivision of land consisting of protected open space and single-family detached homes located on unconventional lots that would not otherwise be permitted by the minimum lot size, frontage and yard requirements of this ordinance. Private roads built to Town standards are permitted in a conservation subdivision, but a homeowners' association must be established to maintain the roads.

A building used principally or as an accessory use to a single-family attached dwelling or a freestanding building or structure used to provide custodial care for children without a teacher or formal education program.

A natural and/or planted vegetative buffer, which shall provide year-round screening; e.g., evergreen plantings. (03/2002)

An accessway with two or less dwellings; except in the case of a conservation subdivision, which may have four dwellings served by one driveway.

A land site used primarily for the disposal by dumping, burial, burning, or other means, and for whatever purposes, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, and other waste, scrap, or discarded material of any kind. (03/2020)

A structure designed for residential occupancy by one or more families, but excluding hotels, motels, tourist homes, overnight cabins.

One or more rooms providing complete separate living facilities for the use of one or more persons constituting a single housekeeping unit, with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

A structure on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or by an unpierced wall extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a common stairway exterior to both dwelling units.

A public or private parking space located together with a battery charging station, aka "electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)," which permits the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle. (03/2025)

The system which communicates with electric vehicles and monitors electrical activity to ensure safe charging, inclusive of all of the components: the conductors; the ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors; electric vehicle connectors; attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatus installed specifically for the purpose of delivering energy to an electric vehicle. (03/2025)

A commercial venture consisting of rented space to sell items and/or admission is charged. (03/1998)

The area subject to regular flooding, the limits of which are determined by the normal annual high watermark of any lake, pond, river or other major waterway.

The area of floor space which may be occupied on all stories of a building measured between the faces of the interior walls. (03/2012)

The operation of timber tracts, tree farms, forest nurseries, the gathering of forest products, or the performing of forest services. (03/2012)

The length of a lot at its front lot line which borders on a public street or a street paved in a subdivision approved by the Planning Board.

A gasoline station and convenience store comprising the principal use, which may also include a fast-food component operated and maintained as a use within the principal structure. (03/2012)

Processing or manufacturing activities in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale to be further manufactured, fabricated, assembled or packaged in a light industrial establishment, as defined in this ordinance. (03/2012)

A structure and/or lot used principally for manufacturing activities not meeting the definition of "light manufacturing establishment," as defined in this ordinance. (03/2012)

Any activity carried out for gain by a resident which is conducted in the resident's single-family detached dwelling, or an accessory building thereto, that is clearly secondary and subordinate to the residential purposes of the dwelling and does not change the residential character of the neighborhood. (03/2015)

A building principally containing rooms without individual cooking facilities used for transient occupancy, including an inn, motel, motor inn or tourist court, but not including a boarding or rooming house. A restaurant is a permitted accessory use.

A building used principally for indoor commercial recreation such as bowling alley, pool hall, indoor pool, tennis court, gymnasium, roller or ice skating rink, indoor movie theater and the like.

A structure and/or lot used principally for the repair of heavy-duty vehicles and machines.

Means any business and any place of storage or deposit, whether in connection with another business or not, which has stored or deposited two or more unregistered motor vehicles which are no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways, or used parts of motor vehicles, old iron, metal, glass paper, cordage or other waste of discarded or secondhand material which has been a part, or intended to be a part of any motor vehicle, the sum of which parts or material shall be equal in bulk to two or more motor vehicles. "Junkyard" shall also include any place of business or storage or deposit of motor vehicles purchased for the purpose of dismantling the vehicles for parts of which are parts of a motor vehicle or cut up the parts thereof. "Intended use" shall be defined as the vehicle's ability to meet current state motor vehicle inspection requirements.

A disposal site in which refuse and earth, or other suitable cover material, are deposited and compacted in alternating layers of specified depth in accordance with an approved plan. (03/2020)

A structure and/or lot used principally for the manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, or packaging of components through the systematic use of machinery and labor to produce durable and/or nondurable finished goods or component parts. All manufacturing, fabricating, assembly or packaging must take place wholly within a structure or structures and involve no permanent outside storage of equipment or materials, unless such storage is approved by the Planning Board. (03/2012)

Those manufacturing activities which utilize materials manufactured elsewhere to mechanically produce or assemble a product. All production and assembly must take place wholly within a structure or structures and involve no permanent outside storage of equipment or materials, unless such storage is approved by the Planning Board. (03/2012)

Any lot line that coincides with a line of a street or a right-of-way.

The lot line most distant from the front line, except that in the case of a corner lot, the owner shall have the option of choosing which of the lot lines shall be the rear lot line.

Any lot line not a front or rear lot line.

A lot lawfully used or existing at the effective date of this ordinance, or any subsequent amendment thereto, which is not in accordance with all the area, yard, height and frontage requirements of this ordinance or any subsequent amendment thereto for the district in which it is located.

A structure and/or lot used principally for the treatment and preparation of lumber, such as planning mills, sawmills and the like. Outdoor storage of goods is a permitted accessory use only after site plan review.

Means any facility where parts for various types of machines are assembled and manufactured or repaired. (03/1990)

A lot upon which 10 or more manufactured homes are located for use for residential purposes, whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations, as governed by § 197-6.3 of this ordinance. (03/2006)

Is a subdivision as defined in NH RSA 672:14 created for the exclusive use of manufactured homes. (03/1999)

Any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 square feet or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities, which include plumbing, heating and electrical heating systems contained therein. Manufactured housing as defined in this section shall not include pre-site-built housing as defined in RSA 674:31-a.

A residential building designed for and occupied by three or more families, regardless of the type of ownership, such as, but not limited to, condominiums, apartments or other common wall or row-type housing units of the same type.

Preserved and/or restored trees, shrubs and natural groundcover, throughout Raymond's Shoreland Protection Area. (03/2011)

As applied to area and function of wetlands, means that for any wetlands filled by any development, an equal area of wetlands with similar or better function, as designed by a certified soil or wetland scientist, must be reconstructed utilizing approaches outlined in § 197-2.9. (03/2009)

A building used principally, or as an accessory use to a single-family detached dwelling, for pre-elementary, nonpublic education, where there exists a curriculum and teacher to provide an educational program for children. (03/1990)

A building used principally for offices and/or by those providing professional and quasi-professional services such as engineers, doctors, bankers, lawyers, realtors, insurance agents and the like, and commercial service establishment having in excess of 3,000 square feet in floor area.

A lot and/or structure used principally for outdoor commercial recreation, such as golf courses, miniature golf, fish and game clubs, tennis courts and swimming pools, race tracks, outdoor movie theaters and the like.

Parking lot is defined as a developed location of an open land area, other than a street or other public way, that is designated to accommodate clients, customers, residents of multifamily dwellings, or the public for parking motor vehicles, whether developed with asphalt, concrete, gravel, or other material and regardless of other infringements or features like fees or charging stations. (03/2023)

Any school which is not a public educational facility and is not a nursery school.

A building used principally to educate any child of the Town of Raymond where attendance at such school at the public expense is a right of that child.

Any lot and/or structure used principally for recreation, built or maintained at the public expense and open generally to the public, such as public tennis courts, ball fields and parks.

A facility where predominately residential users can deposit cans, bottles, newspapers, glass and other suitable nontoxic, nonhazardous recyclable materials in separated boxes, bins, etc. (03/1991)

A facility where recycled materials such as cans, bottles, newspapers, cardboard, glass and other materials are received and prepared for future processing either on site or off site. In addition, collection of household hazardous waste may be allowed by Special Exception. (03/1991)

A facility which conducts and supervises research into biological, chemical or mechanical activities. All activities, especially residue or waste material, shall be handled and disposed of in strict conformance with appropriate state and federal laws. (03/1990)

A building or other structure used principally to provide refreshments or meals to the public for consumption principally on the premises, including cafes, lunchrooms, cafeterias, tea rooms, sandwich shops and the like, but not including a fast-food restaurant. (03/1990)

A building used principally to dispense prepared food and/or beverages to the public for consumption on or off the premises, the major attributes of which are assembly line preparation of food and speed of dispensing, self-service by the customer by standing in line, and/or service to the customer in automobiles, and which generates a large volume and rapid turnover of entering and exiting motor vehicle traffic. (03/1990)

A structure and/or lot used principally for the sale of products to the public or at wholesale if principally on the premises, such as grocery, drug store, general merchandise store, bookstore, florist shop, building supply store, auto parts store and the like. Outdoor storage of goods shall be governed by the Site Plan Review regulations of the Town of Raymond. (03/1990)

Receiving metered, potable water supply from the Town-owned and -maintained water supply system. (03/2012)

A dwelling which stands apart from other buildings, except accessory buildings, and which is used for residence by a single housekeeping unit, with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

A plan showing the location of all buildings, parking areas, abutters, traffic access and circulation drives, open spaces, landscaping and any other pertinent information that the Raymond Planning Board deems necessary in implementing its review on nonresidential and multifamily dwelling unit site plans in accordance with NH RSA Chapter 674. (03/2004)

A structure and/or lot used principally by clubs of a fraternal, social or nonprofit nature to provide a meeting place and to conduct the business of said club.

A solar panel is a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity for heating. All solar panels are considered 100% impervious for the calculation of impervious surfaces.

As defined in NH RSA 674:33, IV, a use of a building or lot which may be permitted under this ordinance only upon formal application to the Board of Adjustment and subject to the approval of that Board in accordance with § 197-9.2 of the Raymond Zoning Ordinance. (03/1992)

A permit issued by the Planning Board to allow specific uses and/or activities as required by the Raymond Zoning Ordinance. (03/1999 & 03/2018)

A thoroughfare, road, avenue, freeway, highway, and other ways open to public use. "Street" shall mean the entire width of the right-of-way, whether unimproved or improved, serving more than two dwellings.

A combination of materials to form a construction for use, occupancy, or ornamentation, whether installed on, above, or below the surface of land or water. (03/2000)

Anything built with a footing or foundation and/or by nature of its size, positioning, projected use or construction, and upon installation or removal, causes any destruction to surroundings or to the structure itself, exclusive of fences, wells and stone walls. (03/2000)

As defined in NH RSA 672:14, means the division of the lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, rent, lease, condominium conveyance or building development. It includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided. (03/1990)

A facility which conducts tests of experimental activities in a regulated environment in strict conformance with state and federal laws. (03/1990)

A building and/or lot where trucks and/or heavy equipment type vehicles are serviced and repaired. No unregistered trucks shall be allowed on site as per NH RSA 236:111 et seq. (03/1992)

A building and/or lot used principally for the sale, display or rental of new or used trucks and/or similarly sized vehicles, with or without an accessory use for the repair or reconditioning of such vehicles. (03/1992)

A purpose defined by this ordinance for which a structure or lot is used, occupied or maintained or for which it is designed or intended to be used, occupied or maintained.

A use secondary and subordinate to the principal use of a structure or lot. An accessory use shall not exceed 25% of the lot area. Noncommercial agriculture shall not, however, be limited in percentage of lot coverage.

A use lawfully existing at the time of adoption of this ordinance or any subsequent amendment thereto which does not conform to one or more of the use provisions of this ordinance or any subsequent amendment thereto. This shall include a use for which a building permit was lawfully issued prior to the posting of the first required legal notice of the adoption of this ordinance or any subsequent amendment thereto and for which the construction is completed within one year of the effective date of this ordinance or any subsequent amendment thereto or the time limit prescribed by the building permit or other approval, whichever is shorter. (03/1990)

The storage and display for sale of more than two used motor vehicles. Motor vehicle sales shall include motor vehicles retail or wholesale sales. (03/2002)

As defined in RSA 674:33, a relaxation of the terms of this ordinance granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment as long as it complies with the variance criteria required under § 197-9.3 of this ordinance. (03/2010)

A building or other structure used principally for the storage of products, including finished goods, fuels, lumber, food and chemicals, whether or not involving the wholesaling or retailing of such products principally off the premises. (03/1990)

Means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. (03/2009)

Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to other businesses, including retailers, industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, other than wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies. (03/2012)

All towers, poles, antennas or other structures intended for use in connection with the commercial transmissions or receipt of radio or television signals or any other spectrum-based transmissions/receptions. (03/1997)