Formula Development Corp. v. Town of Chester

I concur in the result the majority reaches. I disagree with a portion of the majority’s analysis, however, and offer the following in its stead.

I agree with the majority that this case requires that we examine the interplay between RSA 79-A:7, IV and V (2003).

*183“The starting point in any statutory interpretation case is the language of the statute itself.” Pennelli v. Town of Pelham, 148 N.H. 365, 366 (2002) (quotation omitted). We first look to the plain and ordinary meaning of the words used. Id.

RSA 79-A:7, IV provides, in pertinent part:

For purposes of this section land use shall be…