Antrim RV haven? Vote no
A New Hampshire Supreme Court decision on May 14, 2024, in the appeal of Hockstra, 2024 NH23, determined that travel trailers (RVs) may be used for temporary sleeping quarters for not more than 90 days in a 12-month period.
Central to that question before the court was that RVs qualify as short-term rentals.
On Sept. 18, 2025, our Antrim Planning Board held a hearing on such proposed changes for this upcoming March 10 town vote. Though not well attended, the good news is that the town vote in March last year on whether to add ordinance terminology of “intermittent” was a vote of 143 opposed to 307 in favor (total of 450), almost a third of the town unconvinced.
Dario Carrara had suggested through his statement regarding temporary RV parking and occupancy a maximum of 21 (consecutive) days per year. If not consecutive, how could this be monitored? He had expressed frustration to the Planning Board that he (and Marshall Gale) were spending a third of their time (and our funding) on issues related to RV living.
If the new RV proposal of 90 days per calendar year is to be our answer to the Supreme Court decision that RVs be considered “short-term rentals” (STRs), then the newly proposed rules, which also apply to STRs, should apply to RVs as well. Unfortunately there are no such iron-clad rules regarding response time for RV complaint enforcement, as there are in the STR proposal. RV issues of noise (generators, dogs, etc.), septic releases, lighting issues, or numerous other neighbor issues are not required as written into the proposal for STRs. So code enforcers’ time will continue to be up for grabs, with the STRs receiving priority. What about three or more RVs allowed on one property?
Antrim should vote “no” on the RV ordinance proposal.