Section App 202.01 - Definitions(a) "Appearance" means a written notification to the council that a party's representative intends to actively participate in a hearing.(b) "Hearing" means "adjudicative proceeding" as defined by RSA 541-A1, I, namely, "the procedure to be followed in contested cases, as set forth in RSA 541-A:31 through RSA 541-A:36." The term does not include public comment hearings under App 214.(c) "Motion" means a request to the presiding officer for an order or ruling directing some act to be done in favor of the party making the motion, including a statement of justification or reasons for the request.(d) "Natural person" means a human being.(e) "Party" means "party" as defined by RSA 541-A1, XII, namely, "each person or board named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as a right to be admitted as a party."(f) "Person" means "person" as defined by RSA 541-A:1, XIII, namely, "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other than a board."(g) "Presiding officer" means presiding officer as defined in RSA 541-A:1, XIV, namely, "that individual to whom the board has delegated the authority to preside over a proceeding, if any; otherwise it shall mean the head of the board."(h) "Proof by a preponderance of the evidence" means a demonstration by admissible evidence that fact or legal conclusion is more probable than not to be true.N.H. Admin. Code § App 202.01