Off-Grid Living in Milan, New Hampshire

I dug into Milan, New Hampshire's official sources for this brief, and I'll be upfront: I could not get my hands on the actual text of Milan's zoning ordinance from an official host. The only full copy I found was on Scribd, a third-party document site, which I don't treat as authoritative. So a good chunk of what follows is "here's what I could confirm" plus honest gaps you'll want to close with a phone call.

Zoning is real here. Milan is not one of those unzoned New Hampshire towns. The town's own government page names a Building Inspector, Raymond Labrecque, who holds hours every other Monday from 6 to 7 PM, which tells me there's an active permitting and zoning administration function. Under state law (RSA 674), zoning authority is delegated to the municipality, so Milan sets its own district rules, but I couldn't verify the specific dimensional standards, setbacks, or district maps from an official source.

Dwellings, tiny homes, RVs: not confirmed. I found nothing on Milan's official site addressing tiny homes, RVs as dwellings, or manufactured housing rules specifically. This is a "call the Building Inspector" situation.

Building permits run through that same Building Inspector's office, consistent with the statewide framework under RSA 155-A that lets towns adopting the state building code handle their own enforcement.

Septic systems are governed at the state level by NH DES, not by Milan specifically. Any septic system needs to be designed by a state-permitted septic designer, submitted to DES for plan review, and you need both an Approval for Construction and an Approval for Operation before you can actually use it. I found no Milan-specific septic ordinance layered on top.

Greywater and rainwater harvesting: I found no NH DES or Milan rule addressing greywater reuse specifically, and no Milan ordinance on rainwater harvesting either. That doesn't mean anything goes, it means the answer isn't settled in what I could find, so ask before you build a system.

Wells: private well construction is a state matter, and I didn't find a Milan-specific well ordinance. Worth noting: if you're subdividing a lot of 5 acres or less that will use on-site septic and on-site water supply, NH DES's Subsurface Systems Bureau has to sign off first.

Utility disconnection: not confirmed. Nothing on Milan's official site requires hookups to water, sewer, or grid power, but that's an absence of evidence, not confirmation you're in the clear.

Bottom line: Milan has zoning and a functioning building department, septic is a state DES process, and a lot of the off-grid-specific questions (tiny homes, RVs, greywater, disconnection) just aren't answered in what's publicly available online. A call to the Building Inspector, reachable through the Selectmen's Office, is your fastest way to real answers.