[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Hampton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Lamprey/Leavitt Town Property — See Ch. AMU.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Appendix 1, Leasing DocumentAttachment 2 - Appendix 2, Number of Leased Parking SpacesAttachment 3 - Appendix 3, Fees for the Annual Leasing of Parking Spaces
[Adopted 11-19-2007]
This policy is adopted in accordance with the authority granted to the Board of Selectmen under RSA 41:11-a.
It is the express intent and purpose of this policy to regulate use of Town buildings, structures and property in accordance with law.
The Board of Selectmen, in accordance with the powers vested in itself by RSA 41:11-a, declares it to be the public policy of the Town of Hampton that the use of Town buildings under the Board's control is restricted to the conduct of governmental business of the Town and activities related thereto. Town buildings are hereby declared not to be public forums.
A. 
To ensure the orderly use and scheduling of Town buildings for governmental business and related activities, such scheduling must occur well in advance of the anticipated use of such facilities, the meeting rooms and other places within such buildings that are necessary for the scheduled public use and need.
B. 
Town boards, commissions, committees, agencies and departments should schedule their requested use of the Town buildings regulated under this policy in accordance with the following:
(1) 
Town Hall.
[Amended 6-13-2016]
(a) 
Selectmen's meeting room.
[1] 
Scheduled by the Town Manager's office.
[2] 
Use of the Selectmen's meeting room must cease at 11:00 p.m.
(b) 
Town Manager's conference room: scheduled by the Town Manager's office
(2) 
Fire Station 2: precinct hall: scheduled by the Fire Chief's office in conjunction with the precinct commissioners.
[Amended 6-13-2016]
(3) 
Fire Station 1: scheduled by the Fire Chief's office.
[Amended 6-13-2016]
(4) 
Police station: training room scheduled by the office of the Chief of Police.
(5) 
Public works facilities: meeting spaces scheduled by the Public Works Director's office.
A. 
The use of Town buildings for nongovernmental activities will be permitted in accordance with the guidelines and limitations established by this section, subject to the scheduling requirements of § 794-4 above.
B. 
Guidelines and limitations.
(1) 
No meetings or activities will be scheduled that conflict with the orderly conduct of Town business.
(2) 
Other than regularly scheduled meetings of official Town boards, commissions, committees, agencies and departments, no meetings in the Town Hall shall be scheduled outside of normal working hours without the approval of the Board of Selectmen and/or the Town Manager.
(3) 
No meeting or activity shall involve the advocacy of a partisan political position or a candidate for any elected office, except that the annual candidates' night for elected Town offices is permitted.
This article shall take effect upon its passage by the Board of Selectmen and when enacted will automatically repeal any previous policy on this subject.
[Adopted 2-11-2008]
This policy is adopted in accordance with the statutory authority granted to the Board of Selectmen under RSA 41:11 and 41:11-a.
It is the express intent and purpose of this policy to provide for the administration and regulation by the Board of Selectmen of the several parking lots owned or controlled by the Town of Hampton at Ashworth Avenue, Island Path and Church Street.
[Amended 6-21-2021]
The Department of Finance and Police Department will be responsible for the administration, finance and leasing of the Town's parking lots under this policy in the following manner:
A. 
Finance Department. The Finance Department shall annually prepare the lease documents and parking documents for the reserved lease spaces in each parking lot as approved annually by the Board of Selectmen.
B. 
Police Department. The Police Department shall annually engage parking lot attendants to staff each parking facility, collect funds due for daily parking, account for daily receipts, tender income on a daily basis and have day-to-day supervision of all three of the forgoing parking facilities. Personnel of the Department may adjust the price to be charged for daily parking but only within the price range established by the Board of Selectmen.
[Amended 6-21-2021]
The Board of Selectmen shall annually, in January of each year, establish the number of spaces available for reserved leasing in each of the foregoing parking lots, based upon the written recommendations of the Finance Department and the Police Department.
[Amended 6-21-2021]
The Finance Department, after consultation with the Police Department, will annually provide to the Board of Selectmen written recommendations for the setting of fees to be charged both for reserved leased parking spaces and for daily parking rates in the above three parking lots. In establishing its recommendation, the Finance Department shall take into consideration in the preparation of its report to the Board the cost of spaces in the general area of the beach that are owned by others and revenues from the preceding year and the base year established in this policy. Leasing fees shall be displayed in Appendix 3 of this policy.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix 3 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Amended 6-21-2021]
The Finance Department shall prepare and issue all leasing documents in accordance with the number of reserved spaces to be leased in each lot, the annual bills for such leases and parking placards for use by the lessees. Once prepared each lease document will be signed by the Town Manager and processed by the Finance Department with copies to the Police Department.
[Amended 4-14-2014]
Preprinted parking placards, one for each leased parking space, shall be issued by the Finance Department with each fully executed and paid for lease. The placards will bear the Town Seal, be a different color for each of the parking periods (§ 794-13.1) during the term of the lease, and have printed on the placard the dates of the period during which the placards are valid (the dates of the period that the placards are valid will be adjusted yearly so that they end on a Friday), the name of the lease holder and the parking lot, and the number of spaces leased together with the placard number. The placards will be sealed in plastic to prohibit tampering or alteration of the placard.
The lease holder shall issue to each individual selected by the lessee a parking placard for the time period selected, and the selected individual shall display the parking placard on the inside rear-view mirror for visible examination each time the selected individual enters the parking area. The placard must be so displayed at all times when the vehicle is in the parking lot, and such display entitles the vehicle to be in the parking lot 24 hours a day during the period when the placard is valid.
[Amended 6-21-2021]
The Police Department may, on a limited basis, when the Church Street Parking Lot is not otherwise in use or demand by regular rental operations, provide for the parking of buses, equipment trailers and trailer trucks for a fee of $25 for a twenty-four-hour period or part thereof, and there shall be no ability to remove and then reenter a vehicle parked pursuant to this section without paying a new twenty-five-dollar fee. No recreational vehicles and motor homes shall be permitted and no sleeping in vehicles parked pursuant to this section is permitted within the Church Street parking lot. The Town is not responsible for vehicles or personal property within the parking lot. There shall be no parking of the vehicles permitted in this section in the Ashworth Avenue or Island Path Parking Lots.
The Board of Selectmen may suspend or revoke a lease for the alteration of, tampering with, duplication of and the printing or manufacturing of parking placards. The suspension or revocation of a lease shall not entitle the holder to a refund of any or all of the fee paid to acquire the lease or the parking spaces leased hereunder, which said amount shall be considered to be the property of the Town.
This policy shall become effective when adopted by vote of the Board of Selectmen, and such adoption shall automatically repeal all prior policies regarding leased parking spaces.