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O-21-081
AMENDED

ORDINANCE

RELATIVE TO THE REVISION OF WARD BOUNDARIES

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty One

The City of Nashua ordains that Part I “Administrative Legislation”, Chapter 23
“Elections and Campaigns”, Article I “General Voting Procedures”, Section 23-7.1 “City wards”
of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, be hereby further amended as required under
paragraph I of § 3 of the City Charter by deleting the struck-through language and adding the
new underlined language as follows:

Ҥ 23-7.1. City wards.

The City of Nashua is hereby divided into the following nine wards:

A.

Ward 1: Beginning at the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike and Amherst
Street and running in a eS direction along the center line of Amherst

ee i ina OER, eee eee the Merrimack town line;
thence, turning and running along the Nashua/Merrimack, thence Nashua/Hollis
lines in a southerly direction to the intersection of the Nashua River; thence
turning and running in a northeasterly direction along the center line of the
Nashua River to the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike; thence, turning and
running in a northerly direction along the center line of F.E. Everett Turnpike to
the point of beginning.

Ward 2: Beginning at the intersection of Cushine-Avenue Baldwin Street and
Amherst Street and running in a southerly direction along the center line of
Baldwin Street to the intersection of Prescott Street the Broad Street Parkway;
thence, turning and running in a aerthwesterly westerly direction along the center
line of the Breoad-Street Parkway Prescott Street to the intersection of Broad Street
Bennett Street: thence turning in an easterly northerly direction and running along
the center line of Bennett Street to the intersction of Amherst Street, thence
turning westerly on Amherst Street and running along the centerline to the
intersection of Broad Street; thence running along the centerline of Broad Street

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to the intersection of Sullivan Street; thence turning in a northerly direction and
running along the center line of Sullivan Street to the intersection of Rodman
Street and turning westerly and running along the centerline of Rodman Street to
the intersection of Berkshire Road; thence turning northerly and running along the
centerline of Berkshire Road to the intersection of Pine Hill Road; thence turning
northwesterly and running along the centerline of Pine Hill Road to Essex Street;
thence turning northeasterly and running along the centerline of Essex Street to
Amherst Street; thence tuming and running northwesterly along the center line of
Ausilis Street Me ounadaetes ee eee the Spe A ERE SE RNa Re

pH esterhy-dire : the tracks to the Mernrnee town line;
ieee rath enonhctly and following the Nast City boundary generally in a
northerly then easterly direction to the railroad tracks east of Route 3 which run
parallel to the Merrimack River; thence turning and running southerly along the
railroad tracks to the intersection of Pennichuck Street; thence turning in a
westerly direction and ninning along the center line of Pennichuck Street to the
intersection of Concord Street; thence turning in a southerly direction and running
along the center line of Concord Street to the intersection of the Henri Bourque
Highway; thence turning in a westerly direction and running along the center line
of the Henri i Bourque eee to the intersection of Manchester Street; the-center

Vier: thee aati oe santana ina aa ne direction ict the
center line of Manchester Street to the intersection of Cushing Avenue; thence,
turning in a southwesterly direction and running along the center line of Cushing
Avenue to the intersection of Amherst Street; thence turning in a southeasterly
direction along the center line of Amherst Street to Baldwin Street, the point of
beginning.

Cc. Ward 3: Bound-by-atin
FE, Bverett-Parnpike aad the Nashue City’Merrimack tows line: thence running

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} Deerhaven Divete the center line-ot
Manchester Street: Beginning at the intersection of the railroad tracks east of
Route 3, which run parallel to the Merrimack River, and Pennichuck Street;
thence turning in a westerly direction and running along the center line of
Pennichuck Street to the intersection of Concord Street; thence turning in a
southerly direction and running along the center line of Concord Street to the
intersection of the Henri Bourque Highway; thence turning in a westerly direction
and running along the center line of the Henri Bourque Highway to the
intersection of Manchester Street: thence, turning and running in a southerly
direction along the center line of Manchester Street to the intersection of Cushing
Avenue; thence turning in a southwesterly direction and running along the center
line of Cushing Avenue to the center line of Amherst Street; thence, turning and
running in a southerly direction along the center line of Amherst Street to the
intersection of Baldwin Street; thence turning southwesterly and running along
the center line of Baldwin Street to Fairmount Street; thence, turning and running
in an easterly a-southerly, then southwesterly, direction along the center line of
Fairmount Street te-the intersection of the railroad tracks: thence-tuminge and
running lene the sailread tracks in-an-easterly direction tothe intersection ofthe
powerlines at Terrace Street thence tuming and running along the powertines in
a-westerly direction to the intersection of the Broad-Street Parkway Veterans
Memorial Parkway; thence, turning in a southerly direction and running along the
center line of the Broad-StreetParlevay Veterans Memorial Parkway to the center
line of the Nashua River; thence, turning and running in an easterly direction
along the center line of the Nashua River to its intersection with Canal and Bridge
Streets; thence, turning westerly and running along the center line of Bridge Street
to the center line of the Merrimack River; thence, turning northerly along the
center line of the Merrimack River to the intersection of the Nashua

City/Merrimack town line. westerly-aleng-the Nashua-City/ Merrimack town tine
ape ueseias!

D. Ward 4: Beginning at the intersection of Amherst Street and the F.E. Everett
Turnpike and running in a southerly direction along the center line of said F-E.
Everett Turnpike to the intersection of West Hollis Street; thence, turning and
running in an easterly direction along the center line of West Hollis Street to the
intersection of Badger Street; thence, turning and running in a southerly direction
along the center line of Badger Street to the intersection of Kinsley Street; thence,
turning and running in an easterly direction along the center line of Kinsley Street
to the intersection of Ask Street-thence, turning and running in-a southerly
direction along the center tine of Ash Street to the intersection of Nevada Street;
thence, turning and running in-an-easterly direction along the center tine-of
Nevade Streetiothe intersection-of Vine Street; thence, turning and running in a
southerly direction along the center line of Vine Street to the intersection of Lake
Street; thence, turning and running in an easterly direction along the center line of
Lake Street to the intersection of Main Street; thence, turning and running
northerly along the center line of Main Street to the intersection of-East Hollis

Street;Bewers-—Street; thence, turning and running in-ae easterly direction along
the center ine of Bowers Street to the intersection of Harbor Avenue; thence,

turning and running northerly alone the centertine of Harbor Ayenue-to-the

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intersection mes Eee pes Street; ANTES conning oe picker aomie vat

center line of = Neches River; oe ae one on Fast Hollis S Street and

nning along the center line of East Hollis Street to the intersection of Bast
Hollis: Coantaelak and Hudson Streets; thence, turning nertherly westerly and

running along the center line of Hudson Street to Commercial Street; thence
turning northerly and CDE along the centerline of Commercial Street to the

center line of Temple Street to the RGRED OT of / Amory Street; thence, turning
northerly and running along the center line of Amory Street to Union Street;
thence, turning easterly and northerly along the center line of Union Street to
Bridge Street; thence turning westerly and running 2 ou the center line of eee

Pieris to the center line of the Nene LOnEE ferent annie seat running
in a westerly direction along the center line of the Nashua River to the Bread

Street Parlavey Veterans Memorial Parkway; thence, turning northwesterly and
running alon2 the center line of the Broad Stroot ariewey \ Yeterans Memorial

dee eae interseotion wot the See mae ESI LS SOS
along the-railroad tracks in-a-westerly-direction to the intersection of Fairmount

Street; thence, turning and running in a westerly then-northerly direction along the
center line of Fairmount Street to the intersection of Baldwin Street; thence

turning northerly and running along the center line of Baldwin Street to the
intersection of the-
Broad Street Parkway-and Prescott Street and running westerly along the center
line to the intersection of Bennett Street; thence turning northeasterly onto
Bennett Street and running along the centerline to Amherst Street; thence turning
westerly on Amherst Street to the intersection of Broad Street; thence tuming in
an-easterly westerly direction along the center line of Broad Street to the
intersection of Sullivan Street; thence turning in a northerly direction and running
along the center line of Sullivan Street to the intersection of Rodman Street;
thence turning westerly and running along the centerline of Rodman Streett to
Berkshire Road; thence turning northeasterly and running along the centerline of
Berkshire Road to Pine Hill Avenue; thence turning northwesterly and running
along the centerline of Pine Hill Avenue to Essex Street; thence turning
northeasterly and running along Essex Street to Amherst Street; thence, turning
and running in a westerly direction along the center Jine of Amherst Street to the
point of beginning.

E. Ward 5: Beginning at the intersection of the Nashua River and the F.E. Everett
Turnpike; and running in a southerly direction along the center line of the F.E.
Everett Turnpike to the intersection of the Main Dunstable Road; thence, turning
and running in a southwesterly direction along the center line of Main Dunstable
Road to the intersection of Conant Road; thence, turning and running in a
southerly direction along the center line of Conant Road to the intersection of

Yarmouth Dave theace,uming-and running in-an easterly direction aleng the

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eentertine at Yunneuth Derive te tre intersection of Helbrask_ Gayvetherer,

fern tuning ta southerly director alone ihe center nect Holbrook
Drive tothe mtersection ef South Londer Dre thence tuning and cominuhig
Htseniherly directiomaleng the center line-ofSeuthtonden Brvete-the
ttlersection-of Haine Drive thence toaing and runniny ina seuthwesterly
direction deny the center neo} thine Drive to the datersection af Einteeke
Drive; thence, turning-and running in-a-southereasterly direction along the center

to the intersection of Mee-Street thence turning and paninean a westerly
direction along the center line of Moe Sireet to the wtersection ef Conant Read,
thence, tuming and running iasoutherythen southwesterhy director deng the
center tine ot Conantitead de the ittersection a Main Dunstable Road thence,
turniay and running ia a seutherb-direction atone the center tne of Main
Dunstable Read tothe intersection of Buck MeadowRead: Forsythia Drive;
thence turning and running in a southerly direction along the center line of
Forsythia Drive to the intersection of Hibiscus Way; thence, turning easterly, then
southerly, running along the center line of Hibiscus Way to the intersection of
Cherrywood Drive; thence, turning in a westerly and southwesterly direction and
running along the center line of Cherrywood Drive to Ridge Road Buek-Meadow
Peers Coral rine Sete ene Cee eae direction along the conter
Read pad Wana Read: Manes follondar ee conic: une te Maar Raed in @
southeasterly thence, turning easterly and running along the center line of Ridge
Road to Salmon Brook; thence, turning southerly and running along the center
line of Salmon Brook direction to the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line,
thence, turning and running along the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line in
a westerly direction to the Nashua City/Hollis town line; thence, turning and
running in a northerly direction along the Nashua City/Hollis town line to the
Nashua River; thence, following the Nashua River in a northeasterly direction to
the point of beginning.

Fs Ward 6: Beginning at the intersection of Main Street and Lake Street and running
in a westerly direction along the center line of Lake Street to the intersection of
Vine Street; thence, turning and running in a northerly direction along the center
line of Vine Street to the intersection of NevadaStreet: thenceiurning- and

running in-awesterly direction dong the center tne of vevada Street te the
intersection of Ash Street; thence, turning and+tunning ita aertherly direction

along the eentertine-of Ash-Streetto Kinsley Street; thence, turning and running

in a westerly direction along the center line of Kinsley Street to the intersection of
Badger Street; thence, turning and running in a northerly direction along the
center line of Badger Street to the intersection of West Hollis Street; thence,
turning and running in a westerly direction along the center line of West Hollis
Street to the intersection of the F.E. Everett Turnpike; thence, turning and running
in a southeasterly direction along the center line of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to
Main Dunstable Road; thence, running southwesterly along the center line of
Main Dunstable Road to Northeastern Boulevard; thence, running easterly along
the center line of Northeastern Boulevard to Harris Road and continuing easterly

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along the center line of Harris Road to East Dunstable Road; thence running
northerly along the center line of East Dunstable Road to the F.E. Everett
Turnpike; thence turning and running in a southeasterly direction along the center
line of the F.E, Everett Turnpike to the intersection of the Daniel Webster
Highway, Exit 3, southbound off ramp; thence, turning and running in an easterly
direction along the center line of the Exit 3, southbound off ramp to the Daniel
Webster Highway; thence, turning and running in a northerly direction along the
center line of the Daniel Webster Highway to Main Street; thence, turning and
running in a northerly direction along the center line of Main Street to the point of
beginning.

G. Ward 7: Beginning at the intersection of U.S. Route 3 and the New
Hampshire/Massachusetts border and running northerly along the center line of
the highway to Spit Brook Road; thence, turning easterly along the center line of
Spit Brook Road to Daniel Webster Highway; thence, turning in a northerly
direction along the center line of the Danie! Webster Highway to the Sagamore
Bridge and the Circumferential Highway; thence turning and running westerly
along the center line of the Circumferential Highway to U.S. Route 3; thence,
turning and running in a northerly direction along the center line of the F.E.
Everett Turnpike to the intersection of the Daniel Webster Highway, Exit 3,
southbound off ramp; thence, turing and running in an easterly direction along
the center line of the Exit 3, southbound off ramp to the Daniel Webster Highway;
thence, turning and running in a northerly direction along the center line of the
Daniel Webster Highway to the point where it intersects with Main Street and
South Main Street; thence, continuing in a northerly direction along the center
line of Main pies to the intersection of Main Street and East Hollis Street

- pet:thence, running in-an-es direction-along the center line-of
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running along the center line of East Hollis Street to the intersection of Bast
Heliis-Commereial_ and Hudson Streets; thence turning onto Hudson Street_and
running westerly to Commercial Street; thence, turning northerly and running
along the center line of Commercial Street to Temple Street; thence turning
easterly and running along the center line of Temple Street to the intersection of
Amory Street; thence, turning northerly and running along the center line of
Amory Street to Union Street; thence, turning easterly and northerly along the
center line of Union Street to Bridge Street; thence, turning easterly and running
along AE center line of Bridge Street to-Femple- Street and continuing northerly to
eFSeC ailread track: conttning northerly along the
less Gtk i ee Nasa Rises Heade" Stones the center line of the
Nashua Merrimack River te and the Nashua City/Hudson town line; thence,
turning and running southerly along the Nashua City/Hudson town line to the
New Hampshire/Massachusetts border; thence, turning westerly along the New
Hampshire/Massachusetts border to the point of beginning.

H. Ward 8: Beginning at the intersection of Main Street, South Main Street and the
Daniel Webster Highway and running in a southerly, then westerly direction

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along the center line of the Daniel Webster Highway to the intersection of the F.E.
Everett Turnpike; thence, turning and running in a southerly direction along the
center line of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of the Circumferential
Highway; thence, turning and running easterly along the center line of the
Circumferential Highway to the center line of the Daniel Webster Highway;
thence, turning and running southerly along the center line of the Daniel Webster
Highway to Spit Brook Road; thence, turning westerly along the center line of
Spit Brook Road to U.S. Route 3; thence, turning south and running along the
center line of U.S. Route 3 to the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line;
thence, turning and running in a westerly direction along the New
Hampshire/Massachusetts state line to the intersection of the Brook Village Road
census tract; thence, turning north on Brook Village Road and running along the
center line of Brook Village Road to the intersection of Strawberry Bank Road;
thence, turning and running westerly along the center line of Strawberry Bank
Road to the intersection of the Strawberry Bank Road/Chadwick Circle connector;
thence, running northwesterly on the connector to Chadwick Circle; thence
turning northerly on Chadwick Circle and running along the center line to Bay
Ridge Drive; thence turning northwesterly and running along the center line of
Bay Ridge Drive to the paved walkway connecting Bay Ridge Drive and Oak Hill
Lane; thence, turing onto the paved walkway and continuing in a northerly
direction along the center line of the walkway to the intersection of Oak Hill
Lane; thence, continuing northerly and running along the center line of Oak Hill
Lane to Spit Brook Road; thence, turning westerly and running along the center
line of Spit Brook Road to the intersection of East Dunstable Road; thence,
turning and running in a northerly direction along the center line of East
Dunstable Road to Lamb Road; thence, tuming westerly and continuing along the
center line of Lamb Road to Searles Road and continuing westerly along the
center line of Searles Road to the intersection of Salmon Brook; thence, turning
northerly and continuing along the center line of Salmon Brook to the intersection
of New Searles Road; thence, turning northeasterly along the center line of New
Searles Road to the intersection of East Dunstable Road; thence, continuing
northerly along the center line of East Dunstable Road to the F.E. Everett
Turnpike; thence, turning and running in an easterly direction along the center
line of the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the intersection of Main Street, South Main
Street and the Daniel Webster Highway, Dante Webster Hichway: thence tuning
and running north along the center dine of the Daniel Webster Highway te the

point of beginning.

I, Ward 9: Beginning at the intersection of Harris Road and East Dunstable Road
and running in a southerly direction along the center line of East Dunstable Road
to New Searles Road; thence, turning southwesterly along the center line of New
Searles Road to the intersection of Salmon Brook; thence, continuing southerly
along the center line of Salmon Brook to the intersection of Searles Road; thence,
turing easterly along the center line of Searles Road to the intersection of Lamb
Road; thence, continuing westerly easterly along the center line of Lamb Road to
the intersection of East Dunstable Road; thence, continuing easterly seuthwesterly
then southerly along the center line of East Dunstable Road to the intersection of
Spit Brook Road: thence, continuing easterly along the center line on Spit Brook

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Road to the intersection of Oak Hill Lane; thence turning and running southerly
along the center line of Oak Hill Lane to its send and an intersection with a paved

center line of the walkway to its intersection with Bay Ridge Drive; ghee
continuing in a southerly and southeasterly direction and running along the center
line of Bay Ridge Drive to Chadwick Circle; thence turning in a southerly
direction and running along the center line of Chadwick Circle to the intersection
of the Strawberry Bank Road/Chadwick Circle connector; thence turning easterly
onto the connector and continuing in an easterly direction along the center line to
Strawberry Bank Road; thence, continuing along the center line of Strawberry
Bank Road to the intersection of Brook Village Road; thence tuming southerly
and running along the center line of Brook Village Road to the Massachusetts
state line; thence, turning and running in a westerly direction along the New
Hampshire/Massachusetts state line to the intersection of Winn-Read-thenee,

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MeadewRead- Salmon Brook; thence, turning northerly along the center line of
Salmon Brook to the intersection of Ridge Road; thence, turning westerly along
the center line of Ridge Road to the intersection of Cherrywood Drive; thence,
turning northerly and running along the center line of Cherrywood Drive to the
intersection of Hibiscus Way; thence turning northerly and bearing westerly along
the center line of Hibiscus Way to Forsythia Drive; thence, turning in a northerly
direction and running along the center line of Forsythia Drive to the intersection
of Conant Road; thence tuming northeasterly on Conant Road and running along
the center line of Conant Road to the intersection of Main Dunstable Road;

thence, turning and FUARINE in a northerly direction along the center-tine oF Main

Hill Drive to the voce Pir dlouia be sat ake uci ona running Hid
northwesterly direction along the center line at Fatleche Depee te the

CORNING i a se cess a ocae es cist, he Senter une oF Holbrook Drivetea
the infersection-af Yarmouth Drive: thence taeriis aad sunset eesterly
direction clong the center ine of Yarmouth Drivete the intersection of Conant
Read thence taming and running iniiertherly direction along the center treet
Cenant Read te Main Dunstable Read: thence, turning and running in a
northeasterly direction along the center line of Main Dunstable Road to
Northeastern Boulevard; thence, turning and running in a southeasterly direction
along the center line of Northeastern Boulevard to Harris Road, then continuing
easterly along Harris Road to East Dunstable Road and the point of beginning.

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office, or elected to office, at the time of passage of this ordinance shall continue in said offices
until the end of the terms for which they were elected. Any elections to fill vacancies in the
General Court shall be held on the basis of the ward lines as they existed for the election of
November 3, 2020, until the effective date of the New Hampshire General Court's redistricting
following the 2020 U.S. Census. Any State Representative or State Senator in office on the
effective date of this act does not lose his or her eligibility for that office because of the changes