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Municipal league backs limiting appeals, supports options for adopting state preemptions and record-based review
Summary
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns told the House General & Housing Committee Feb. 21 that tightening who may appeal permits and allowing municipalities to adopt certain state preemptions directly would help speed housing projects and reduce costs.
Representatives of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns told the House General & Housing Committee on Feb. 21 that streamlining appeal processes under Act 250 and municipal permitting would speed housing projects, reduce costs and help municipalities realize locally adopted plans.
The witnesses supported raising the threshold to file appeals (testimony referenced a proposed 20% threshold of population and related limits), tightening standing by requiring appellants to be an aggrieved party, and ensuring exhaustion of local administrative remedies before a case is appealed. The league…
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