Weeks Restaurant Corp. v. City of Dover

Planning boards are creatures of the legislature and it follows that the powers of such boards and the rights of the parties thereunder are necessarily limited by the provisions of RSA ch. 36 which authorizes planning boards. See Levasseur v. Board of Selectmen, 116 N.H. 340, 358 A.2d 665 (1976).

RSA 36:23 (Supp. 1977) reads in pertinent part as follows: “No plat shall be approved or disapproved by the planning board without affording a hearing thereon. The applicant and abutters shall be notified of said hearing... by certified or registered mail.” (Emphasis added.) “Any persons aggrieved by…