I. (a) A municipal building inspector shall notify all abutters by verified mail, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21:53, upon application for a building permit to construct a small wind energy system. Abutters shall be afforded a 30-day comment period prior to the issuance of a building permit. An appeal may be made to the building code board of appeals pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:34 or to the zoning board of adjustment pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 676:5, as may be appropriate.
(b) The cost of abutter notification shall be borne by the applicant.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 674:66

  • 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.
  • governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48

(c) The building inspector shall provide notice of the application for a building permit to the local governing body.
II. The building inspector, acting as a local land use board pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 672:7, shall review an application for a small wind energy system pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 36:56 to determine whether it is a development of regional impact, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 36:55. If the building inspector determines that the proposal has the potential for regional impact, he or she shall follow the procedures set forth in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 36:57, IV.