Mohr v. Village of Manchester

This appeal concerns appellants’ right to contest the Manchester Village Planning Commission’s approval of the Mohrs’ application to erect a structure on their property. Appellants Frank Harrigan and the Stewarts, adjoining landowners, claim that the trial court erred by failing to grant them their statutory right to intervene as interested persons, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4471. Section 4471 provides that “[a]n interested person may appeal a decision of a board of adjustment to the superior court” and mandates that notice be sent “to every interested person appearing and having been heard at…