Article 36: 99-Year Lease of Town Property to 10 Ancient Highway

 Shall the Town of Hampton authorize the Board of Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to issue a 99-year lease of 64 square feet of land to the owners of property at 10 Ancient Highway, it having been discovered that a small portion of their dwelling house is located on Town property? (Majority vote required)

Recommended by the Board of Selectmen 5-0-0

 What it means: This is an “after the fact” way of handling an issue that was discovered when the owners were doing some permitted reconstruction work.

Those in favor say: It is the only fair way to handle a situation that was not foreseen.

Those against say: No one spoke against this article at the Deliberative Session.

Fiscal Impact: No tax impact.