Costs
Parties who appeal to the Board incur substantial cost for the lawyers and expert witnesses who attempt to persuade the Board that what they want represents good community planning and is in the overall public interest. Late in 2008 a successful appellant sought to have the Board require those who opposed it in a major hearing pay its costs of approximately $3.2 million dollars. The Board found it has the legal authority to make such an order and in its decision summarized the rules it has established that apply when it is called upon to do so. It felt its decision to deny the appellant’s request may be of interest to the public as it addresses the Board's practice dealing with motions or requests for costs and published a link to the decision on its web page.
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