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Committee considers extending subdivision vesting and changing appeals path for building‑code disputes
Summary
House Bill 413 would extend the statutory vesting period for subdivision approvals from five to seven years, lengthen the time to show substantial start, and allow state‑level appeals of state building‑code disputes without first exhausting local appeal routes.
The committee received testimony on House Bill 413 on March 3. The bill, sponsored by Representative Diane Power, would (1) extend the vesting period for approved subdivision plats from five to seven years, (2) lengthen the time allowed to make preliminary substantial progress before vesting lapses, and (3) change the appeals path for state building‑code or fire‑code issues so that developers could appeal directly to the State Building Code Review Board instead of first appealing to the local board of adjustment or board of selectmen acting as the local building code board of appeals.
Sponsor testimony emphasized that longer vesting and a…
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