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Committee pauses changes to municipal‑appeal standing, asks broader study group to address appeals across permitting systems
Summary
After extensive testimony from judges, advocacy groups and municipal representatives, the committee agreed to remove proposed changes to municipal appeal standing (sections 14–17) from the draft and to rely on a charged study group to recommend reforms that could cover municipal appeals, Act 250 and ANR permit appeals.
The committee spent a substantial portion of the May 14 meeting on proposed changes to who may appeal municipal land‑use permits. The draft language would have altered the definition of an "interested person" and added a new "person aggrieved" standard that included locational limits such as owning or occupying property in the "immediate neighborhood."
Chief Superior Judge Tom Zonay cautioned that the new language would broaden who can appeal municipal decisions and that the courts would need time to sort out the…
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