Off-Grid Living in Dublin, New Hampshire

I've been digging into what off-grid living actually looks like in Dublin, New Hampshire, and the honest answer is: it's a zoned town, and a lot of the specifics depend on documents I could confirm exist but couldn't fully read line-by-line. Here's what I found.

Zoning. Dublin is not unzoned land. The town's Zoning Ordinance was adopted by Dublin voters under the authority of New Hampshire RSA Chapter 675, and it's laid out in the 2022 Zoning and Land Use Regulations document, with district-based use tables (Article X) covering areas like the Village District (Article V). If you want to occupy or build on raw land here, what you can do depends entirely on which zoning district that parcel sits in, and anything that doesn't fit the district's permitted-use table needs a variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Dwellings, tiny homes, and RVs. I could not find Dublin-specific language addressing tiny houses on wheels or RVs as dwellings. The ordinance references building permits under Article XI, but the searches didn't turn up a dedicated clause for alternative dwellings. Given how New Hampshire towns typically handle this, I'd guess RVs and tiny homes get treated cautiously unless tied to an approved use, but that's a guess, not a confirmed rule. Call the Zoning Board of Adjustment or Code Enforcement before you commit to a plan.

Building permits and codes. Dublin's Code Enforcement office handles building inspections and enforces both state and town-adopted codes, plus zoning and land use compliance, per the town's own description of that role.

Septic and composting toilets. Septic design and permitting in Dublin fall under the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Subsurface Systems Bureau, same as everywhere in the state. I did not find a Dublin-specific composting toilet ordinance, so treat this as the state baseline until you confirm otherwise with DES or the town. Dublin's own Wetlands Ordinance (Article XIII) does impose setbacks relevant to where a septic system can go.

Greywater and rainwater. I found no Dublin-specific rules on either. This is genuinely unclear territory at the town level, and I'd treat it as governed by whatever the state's plumbing and environmental codes require, which I could not pin down precisely in this research pass.

Wells. Private wells statewide, including Dublin, fall under the NH Water Well Board (RSA 482-B). No additional town-level well ordinance turned up in my search.

Utility disconnection. No Dublin ordinance explicitly requires hooking up to utilities. Living off-grid here seems plausible from a zoning standpoint as long as the use itself is allowed in that district and any septic/building requirements are met, but that's an inference, not a confirmed policy.

Bottom line: Dublin has real zoning teeth, and the gaps in my research (tiny homes, greywater, rainwater, well specifics, utility rules) are gaps, not evidence of "no rule." Call the town before you assume anything.