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Section 677:20 – Fee Shifting and Posting of Bond.

    677:20 Fee Shifting and Posting of Bond. – I. Whenever an appeal to the superior court is initiated under this chapter, the court may in its discretion require the person or persons appealing to file a bond with sufficient surety for such a sum as shall be fixed by the court to indemnify and […]

Section 677:13 – Hearing.

    677:13 Hearing. – The court may take evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same with the referee’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. Source. 1983, 447:1. 1995, 243:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

Section 677:14 – Costs.

    677:14 Costs. – Costs shall not be allowed against the municipality unless it shall appear to the court that the zoning board of adjustment acted in bad faith or with malice or gross negligence in making the decision appealed from. Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Section 677:15 – Court Review.

    677:15 Court Review. – I. Any persons aggrieved by any decision of the planning board concerning a plat or subdivision may present to the superior court a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal or unreasonable in whole or in part and specifying the grounds upon which the same is claimed […]

Section 677:16 – Court Review.

    677:16 Court Review. – Any person aggrieved by a decision of the designated building code board of appeals may appeal the decision to the superior court for the county, and said court shall make such orders as justice may require. Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Section 677:17 – Appeal When Zoning Ordinance Exists.

    677:17 Appeal When Zoning Ordinance Exists. – Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the historic district commission shall have the right to appeal that decision to the zoning board of adjustment in accordance with the provisions of RSA 676:5 and RSA 677:1-14. Source. 1983, 447:1. 1987, 256:6, eff. […]

Section 677:18 – Appeal When no Zoning Ordinance Exists.

    677:18 Appeal When no Zoning Ordinance Exists. – In municipalities which do not have a zoning board of adjustment, motions for rehearing and appeals from decisions of the historic district commission shall be governed by the applicable provisions of RSA 677:1-14. Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

Section 677:19 – Subsequent Amendment.

    677:19 Subsequent Amendment. – Whenever an appeal to the superior court is initiated under this chapter and the court finds that the ordinance, or section thereof, upon which the board of adjustment, board of appeals, or local legislative body based its decision was invalid at the time such appeal was initiated, or that the […]

Section 677:4 – Appeal From Decision on Motion for Rehearing.

    677:4 Appeal From Decision on Motion for Rehearing. – Any person aggrieved by any order or decision of the zoning board of adjustment or any decision of the local legislative body may apply, by petition, to the superior court within 30 days after the date upon which the board voted to deny the motion […]

Section 677:5 – Priority.

    677:5 Priority. – Any hearing by the superior court upon an appeal under RSA 677:4 shall be given priority on the court calendar. Source. 1983, 447:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.