(a)  Local regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall provide that an appeal from any decision of the planning board, or administrative officer charged in the regulations with enforcement of any provisions, except as provided in this section, may be taken to the board of appeal by an aggrieved party. Appeals from a decision granting or denying approval of a final plan shall be limited to elements of the approval or disapproval not contained in the decision reached by the planning board at the preliminary stage, providing that a public hearing has been held on the plan pursuant to § 45-23-42.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-23-66

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

(b)  Local regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall provide that an appeal from a decision of the board of appeal may be taken by an aggrieved party to the superior court for the county in which the municipality is situated.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 385, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 157, § 1.