Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4470a

  • Appropriate municipal panel: means a planning commission performing development review, a board of adjustment, a development review board, or a legislative body performing development review. See
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, and any other incorporated or unincorporated organization or group. See
  • Telecommunications facility: means a tower or other support structure, including antennae, that will extend 20 or more feet vertically, and related equipment, and base structures to be used primarily for communication or broadcast purposes to transmit or receive communication or broadcast signals. See

§ 4470a. Misrepresentation; material fact

An administrative officer or appropriate municipal panel may reject an application under this chapter, including an application for a telecommunications facility, that misrepresents any material fact. After notice and opportunity for hearing in compliance with 3 V.S.A. § 809, an appropriate municipal panel may award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to any party or person who may have become a party but for the false or misleading information or who has incurred attorney’s fees or costs in connection with the application. (Added 2009, No. 54, § 48, eff. June 1, 2009.)