24 V.S.A. § 4382 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4382
§ 4382. The plan for a municipality
Status: reserved

(a) A plan for a municipality shall be consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title and compatible with approved plans of other municipalities in the region and with the regional plan and shall include the following:

(1) A statement of objectives, policies, and programs of the municipality to guide the future growth and development of land, public services, and facilities, and to protect the environment.

(2) A land use plan, which shall consist of a map and statement of present and prospective land uses, that:

(A) Indicates those areas proposed for forests, recreation, agriculture (using the agricultural lands identification process established in 6 V.S.A. § 8), residence, commerce, industry, public and semi-public uses, and open spaces, areas reserved for flood plain, and areas identified by the State, the regional planning commission, or the municipality that require special consideration for aquifer protection; for wetland protection; for the maintenance of forest blocks, wildlife habitat, and habitat connectors; or for other conservation purposes.

(B) Sets forth the present and prospective location, amount, intensity, and character of such land uses and the appropriate timing or sequence of land development activities in relation to the provision of necessary community facilities and service.

(C) Identifies those areas, if any, proposed for designation under chapter 76A of this title and for status under 10 V.S.A. §§ 6033 and 6034, together with, for each area proposed for designation, an explanation of how the designation would further the plan's goals and the goals of section 4302 of this title, and how the area meets the requirements for the type of designation to be sought.

(D) Indicates those areas that are important as forest blocks and habitat connectors and plans for land development in those areas to minimize forest fragmentation and promote the health, viability, and ecological function of forests. A plan may include specific policies to encourage the active management of those areas for wildlife habitat, water quality, timber production, recreation, or other values or functions identified by the municipality.

(3) A transportation plan, consisting of a map and statement of present and prospective transportation and circulation facilities showing existing and proposed highways and streets by type and character of improvement, and where pertinent, parking facilities, transit routes, terminals, bicycle paths and trails, scenic roads, airports, railroads, and port facilities, and other similar facilities or uses, with indications of priority of need.

(4) A utility and facility plan, consisting of a map and statement of present and prospective community facilities and public utilities showing existing and proposed educational, recreational and other public sites, buildings and facilities, including hospitals, libraries, power generating plants and transmission lines, water supply, sewage disposal, refuse disposal, storm drainage, and other similar facilities and activities, and recommendations to meet future needs for community facilities and services, with indications of priority of need, costs, and method of financing.

(5) A statement of policies on the preservation of rare and irreplaceable natural areas, scenic and historic features, and resources.

(6) An educational facilities plan consisting of a map and statement of present and projected uses and the local public school system.

(7) A recommended program for the implementation of the objectives of the development plan.

(8) A statement indicating how the plan relates to development trends and plans for adjacent municipalities, areas, and the region developed under this title.

(9) An energy plan, including an analysis of energy resources, needs, scarcities, costs and problems within the municipality, a statement of policy on the conservation of energy, including programs, such as thermal integrity standards for buildings, to implement that policy, a statement of policy on the development of renewable energy resources, a statement of policy on patterns and densities of land use likely to result in conservation of energy.

(10) A housing element that shall include a recommended program for public and private actions to address housing needs and targets as identified by the regional planning commission pursuant to subdivision 4348a(a)(9) of this title. The program shall use data on year-round and seasonal dwellings and include specific actions to address the housing needs of persons with low income and persons with moderate income and account for permitted residential development as described in section 4412 of this title.

(11) An economic development element that describes present economic conditions and the location, type, and scale of desired economic development, and identifies policies, projects, and programs necessary to foster economic growth.

[Subdivision (a)(12) effective until January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (a)(12) effective January 1, 2028 set out below.]

(12)(A) A flood resilience plan that:

(i) identifies flood hazard and fluvial erosion hazard areas, based on river corridor maps provided by the Secretary of Natural Resources pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1428(a) or maps recommended by the Secretary, and designates those areas to be protected, including floodplains, river corridors, land adjacent to streams, wetlands, and upland forests, to reduce the risk of flood damage to infrastructure and improved property; and

(ii) recommends policies and strategies to protect the areas identified and designated under subdivision (12)(A)(i) of this subsection and to mitigate risks to public safety, critical infrastructure, historic structures, and municipal investments.

(B) A flood resilience plan may reference an existing local hazard mitigation plan approved under 44 C.F.R. § 201.6.

[Subdivision (a)(12) effective January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (a)(12) effective until January 1, 2028 set out above.]

(12)(A) A flood resilience plan that:

(i) identifies flood hazard and fluvial erosion hazard areas, based on river corridor maps provided by the Secretary of Natural Resources pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1428(a) or maps recommended by the Secretary, and designates those areas to be protected, including floodplains, river corridors, land adjacent to streams, wetlands, and upland forests, to reduce the risk of flood damage to infrastructure and improved property; and

(ii) recommends policies and strategies to protect the areas identified and designated under subdivision (12)(A)(i) of this subsection and to mitigate risks to public safety, critical infrastructure, historic structures, and municipal investments. These strategies shall include adoption and implementation of the State Flood Hazard Area Standards.

(B) A flood resilience plan may reference an existing local hazard mitigation plan approved under 44 C.F.R. § 201.6.

(b) The maps called for by this section may be incorporated on one or more maps, and may be referred to in each separate statement called for by this section.

(c) Where appropriate, and to further the purposes of subsection 4302(b) of this title, a municipal plan shall be based upon inventories, studies, and analyses of current trends and shall consider the probable social and economic consequences of the proposed plan. Such studies may consider or contain, but not be limited to:

(1) population characteristics and distribution, including income and employment;

(2) the existing and projected housing needs by amount, type, and location for all economic groups within the municipality and the region;

(3) existing and estimated patterns and rates of growth in the various land use classifications, and desired patterns and rates of growth in terms of the community's ability to finance and provide public facilities and services.

(d) Where appropriate, a municipal plan may provide for the use of “transit passes” or other evidence of reduced demand for parking spaces in lieu of parking spaces.
24 V.S.A. § 4454 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4454
§ 4454. Enforcement; limitations
Status: in_force

(a) An action, injunction, or other enforcement proceeding relating to the failure to obtain or comply with the terms and conditions of any required municipal land use permit may be instituted under section 1974a, 4451, or 4452 of this title against the alleged offender if the action, injunction, or other enforcement proceeding is instituted within 15 years from the date the alleged violation first occurred and not thereafter, except that the 15-year limitation for instituting an action, injunction, or enforcement proceeding shall not apply to any action, injunction, or enforcement proceeding instituted for a violation of chapter 61, subchapter 10. The burden of proving the date the alleged violation first occurred shall be on the person against whom the enforcement action is instituted.

(b) No action, injunction, or other enforcement proceeding may be instituted to enforce an alleged violation of a municipal land use permit that received final approval from the applicable board, commissioner, or officer of the municipality after July 1, 1998, unless the municipal land use permit or a notice of the permit generally in the form provided for in subsection 1154(c) of this title was recorded in the land records of the municipality as required by subsection 4449(c) of this title.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent any action, injunction, or other enforcement proceeding by a municipality under any other authority it may have, including a municipality's authority under Title 18, relating to the authority to abate or remove public health risks or hazards.

(d)(1) As used in this section, “person” means any of the following:

(A) An individual, partnership, corporation, association, unincorporated organization, trust, or other legal or commercial entity, including a joint venture or affiliated ownership.

(B) A municipality or State agency.

(C) Individuals and entities affiliated with each other for profit, consideration, or any other beneficial interest derived from real estate.

(2) The following individuals and entities shall be presumed not to be affiliated with a person for the purpose of profit, consideration, or other beneficial interest within the meaning of this section, unless there is substantial evidence of an intent to evade the purposes of this section:

(A) A stockholder in a corporation shall be presumed not to be affiliated with a person solely on the basis of being a stockholder if the stockholder owns, controls, or has a beneficial interest in less than five percent of the outstanding shares in the corporation.

(B) An individual shall be presumed not to be affiliated with a person solely for actions taken as an agent of another within the normal scope of duties of a court-appointed guardian, licensed attorney, real estate broker or salesperson, engineer, or land surveyor, unless the compensation received or beneficial interest obtained as a result of these duties indicates more than an agency relationship.

(C) A seller or chartered lending institution shall be presumed not to be affiliated with a person solely for financing all or a portion of the purchase price at rates not substantially higher than prevailing lending rates in the community.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 207
App. § 3-207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have power to make and alter from time to time, all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and decency in said parks and for said Recreational Program and to fix penalties for disobedience thereof; which rules and regulations shall have the force of ordinances of the City of Burlington; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be of any effect unless it shall have been first published in full in one or more of the daily newspapers published in Burlington, and also printed and made available for inspection at the office of the Superintendent. Any member of the Police Department may arrest, without warrant, in any such park or places, any person who has broken any park or recreational rule or committed any other offense in a park or place of public recreational activity.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 144 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 144
App. § 3-144. Chief Administrative Officer to keep record of notes and bonds issued
Status: in_force

The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and the denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon; and shall also keep a record of payments thereon of principal and interest; and if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve the same.
24 V.S.A. § 1312 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1312
§ 1312. Damages in laying out street; appeal
Status: in_force

The trustees of an incorporated village may lay out a street, lane, or walk within its limits, and may appraise the damages. An appeal may be taken by landowners as provided when land is taken for highways.
24 V.S.A. § 2808 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2808
§ 2808. Condemnation; record of orders and proceedings
Status: in_force

Orders and proceedings of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, and trustees, under the provisions of sections 2805-2807 of this title, with the survey of the lands taken, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city, town, or village in which the land lies.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 6
App. § 801-6. Government and organization
Status: in_force

(a) The officers of the Authority and their election or designation shall be as follows:

(1) Board of Commissioners. The purposes, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of Commissioners, consisting of one commissioner from each municipality that is a member of this Authority and two commissioners from the City of Burlington. The commissioners shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the legislative body of the member municipality. Any vacancies on the Board of Commissioners shall be filled by the legislative body of the respective member municipality, but in the event that the legislative body fails to appoint a commissioner within two months from the date of the occurrence of the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Commissioners. Commissioners shall serve without pay.

(2) Terms of office. Each commissioner shall serve for a term of three years ending June 30 or until his or her successor is duly appointed and has qualified.

(b) Officers. The Board of Commissioners annually shall elect from among its members a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary, and such other officers that are necessary for the conduct of its business.

(c) Meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The frequency and method of calling regular and special meetings of the Board of Commissioners, procedures for the transaction of business, and other necessary matters shall be in accordance with bylaws adopted and amended from time to time by a majority of the commissioners.

(d) Administrative personnel. The Board of Commissioners may appoint a Transit Director, and such other personnel as is necessary for the conduct of the business of the Authority, and the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and delegate to them such responsibilities for the management and control of the operations of the Authority, as its interest may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 16
App. § 171-16. The Town Manager
Status: in_force

(a) Appointment. The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager.

(b) Qualifications. The Town Manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative skills, based on education, training, and experience relative to the duties of the Town Manager, and without reference to political belief or personal relationships.

(c) Term of appointment. The Town Manager may be appointed for an indefinite term.

(d) Residency. The person appointed as Town Manager need not be a resident of the Town.

(e) Conditions of employment; compensation. The conditions of employment and compensation shall be a matter to be determined at the time of appointment, and annually thereafter by the Selectboard on the Manager's anniversary date, after negotiations in executive session between the Manager or manager candidate and the Selectboard.

(f) Oath and bond. Before entering into the duties of office, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the impartial and faithful performance thereof, with a certificate to that effect to be filed with the Town Clerk. The Manager shall execute a bond in favor of the town for the faithful performance of his or her duties in a sum determined by the Selectboard. The Town shall pay the premium for the surety.

(g) Acting Town Manager; vacancy in the office.

(1) In the event that the Town Manager shall be absent from the Town for a period exceeding two consecutive weeks, he or she shall designate an acting Manager who shall exercise the duties of Manager. The Manager may overrule the actions of the acting Manager.

(2) In the event that illness or injury renders a Manager unable to discharge his or her duties, or in the event that the Manager is suspended or placed on administrative leave, the Selectboard shall declare a vacancy in the office and appoint an acting Manager to serve until such time as the Manager is able to assume regular duties or a new Manager is selected.

(3) An acting Manager appointed to fill a declared vacancy in the office shall have all the powers and perform all duties of the Manager and shall be compensated at a rate of pay not inconsistent with the responsibilities of the position. An acting Manager shall not serve for more than 180 days.

(4) In no case shall a Selectboard member act as Town Manager.

(h) Responsibilities of the Town Manager and authority.

(1) General authority. The Town Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the Town. He or she shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the administration and general supervision of all business affairs and property placed in his or her charge pursuant to this charter, State statute, or otherwise.

(2) Limits to authority in general.

(A) The authority of the Manager shall in no way extend to:

(i) the calling or administration of elections.

(ii) the assessment of taxes or property valuation judgments.

(iii) judicial or legislative functions of the Selectboard, or other legal bodies, boards, and commissions.

(iv) direct supervision of the Town Clerk in statutory duties except as otherwise provided by this charter.

(v) where general State law places the appointment or dismissal of an official in the control of some other official than the Town Manager, with the exception of the administrative officer (Zoning Administrator), including a member of the Development Review Board or Planning Commission, general State law shall prevail over the provisions of this charter.

(B) The Manager may, upon request, advise or counsel officials in the performance of the above duties.

(C) The Town Manager may not serve in any elective position in the Town of Williston. He or she may, however, serve on appointed boards and commissions relevant to Town functions in an ex officio status, as may be determined by the Selectboard.

(3) Authority and duties in particular. The Manager shall be charged with full authority and be responsible for the following:

(A) To organize, reorganize, continue, or discontinue such Town departments as the Board may determine.

(B) To direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices, and agencies of the Town except as otherwise provided by the charter or statute.

(C) To carry out the policies determined by the Selectboard and report to the Board on their disposition.

(D) To maintain an appropriate budget control system.

(E) To keep the Selectboard informed on the financial condition of the Town, including monthly and year-end reports showing in detail all receipts and expenditures for Town functions.

(F) To keep the Selectboard informed as to the future needs of the Town and make proper administrative provisions for long-term planning, in all areas within the scope of the duties of the Manager.

(G) To make such reports as the Selectboard may require, or the Manager deems appropriate, or may be required by law or ordinance regarding any and all functions under his or her supervision.

(H) To keep full and complete records of the actions of the Manager's office.

(I) To be present at all regular Selectboard meetings unless excused by the Board, and to have the right to attend and take part in all special meetings of the Selectboard and subcommittees thereof, except when the removal of the Manager is being discussed. Nothing herein shall deny the Manager any rights granted under the provisions of 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(4).

(J) To appoint, upon merit and fitness alone, and, when the Manager deems necessary for the good of the service, suspend or remove any subordinate official, employee, or agent, including the Town Treasurer, Assistant Town Treasurer, and administrative officer (Zoning Administrator), under the Manager's supervision as provided for in this charter. The Library Director shall be appointed or removed by the Manager with the advice and consent of a majority of the Library Board of Trustees. All appointments may be without definite terms, except as provided in section 19 of this charter, unless for provisional, temporary, or emergency service, in which case terms shall not exceed the maximum periods prescribed by the personnel rules and regulations. The Manager may authorize the head of a department or of an office responsible to the Manager to appoint and remove subordinates in such office or department.

(K) To ensure the proper and equitable administration of the Town's personnel system.

(L) To fix the compensation of Town employees as provided in this charter.

(M) To remain ultimately responsible to the Selectboard for all administrative actions under his or her jurisdiction, although he or she may hold subordinate employees' offices or agents responsible for the faithful discharge of their duties.

(N) To draft an annual budget document and capital expenditure plan.

(O) To examine or cause to be examined, with or without notice, the affairs of any department under his or her control, or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof. For this purpose, the Manager shall have access to all books, papers, files, reports, or records of all departments that may be necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties.

(P) To ensure the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety of persons and property and see to the enforcement of this charter, ordinances, and State and federal laws as applicable.

(Q) To be the general purchasing agent for the Town.

(R) To have charge and supervision of all Town buildings, properties, and facilities; all repairs thereon; and all construction by the Town unless otherwise voted.

(S) To supervise and expend all special appropriations of the Town, unless otherwise voted by the Town or provided in this charter.

(T) To cause to be collected by the Town Treasurer or to collect all taxes due the Town, except as otherwise provided by statute.

(U) To cause duties of the municipality not committed to the care of any particular officer to be duly performed and executed.

(V) To perform such other duties consistent with his or her office as may be required by a vote of the Selectboard, by law, ordinance, or mandate not inconsistent with this charter.

(4) Accountability, noninterference, and appointive power. The Town Manager shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the proper and efficient administration of the departments under his or her charge as outlined above in this charter. Neither the Selectboard, any individual member of the Board, nor any of its committees or committee members shall dictate the appointment or discharge of any Town employee by the Town Manager, or in any manner interfere with his or her exercising of judgment in the appointment and discharge of employees in the administration.

(5) Noninterference with administrative discretion and supervision. Except for the purposes of formal inquiries or investigations made under this charter, the Selectboard and its members shall deal with the administration, Town officers, and employees who are subject to the Manager's direction and supervision, solely through the Town Manager. Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall give orders to or request any action publicly or privately of any Town employee. Communications for the purposes of information and background shall be considered proper when approved by the Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 40
App. § 401-40. Places of meetings
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 901
App. § 217-901. Grand list
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Derby, in making their assessments of real estate in said Town, to designate, in the list by them made, the real estate situated within the Village of Derby Line; and in case any piece or parcel of real estate is situated partly within and partly without the limits of said Village, said listers shall designate in said list the appraised value of said real estate that lies within said limits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 509
App. § 103-509. Annual budget
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall submit each year an operating budget of anticipated expenditures and revenues to the Select Board for approval for the next fiscal year. In the event the Select Board does not approve the budget as submitted, the Select Board shall return the budget forthwith to the Town Manager with its recommendations for the Town Manager's reconsideration. Appropriations other than from contributions, grants, and income shall be raised solely through District taxes, which shall be assessed and collected as a tax on property as provided for in section 515 of this charter. The Select Board may borrow money in anticipation of District taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 506
App. § 414-506. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 304
App. § 19-304. General powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) General powers. All powers of the City shall be vested in the Council, except as otherwise provided by law or this charter, and the Council shall provide for the exercise thereof for the performance of all duties and obligations imposed on the City by law.

(b) Additional powers. In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the City, by the action of the Council or, if specifically required by law or this charter, by the action of its voters, has the following powers and rights, including:

(1) To acquire property within or outside its corporate limits for any lawful purpose, including urban renewal, and by any lawful means, including condemnation, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift device, lease, or other means of transfer, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property, as its interest may require, in the manner provided by general law.

(A) In addition to and not in limitation of the powers set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, the power to acquire lands for the purpose of eventual rental, lease, or resale to industrial or to commercial users or purchasers, or for the purpose of erecting thereon and with the further right and power by the City to erect thereon one or more speculative industrial or commercial buildings and to rent, sell, or lease the same to others, with or without option to purchase, as the City Council may find to be necessary in the public interest and to issue its bonds or other evidence of debt therefor in an amount as the City Council shall establish by a majority of the entire Council. However, no such indebtedness shall be authorized unless the City Council shall determine first that the value of such lands and buildings together with the amount of the sale agreement if sold or the rents accruing therefrom if rented and the purchase option (if any) thereto appertaining will be reasonably sufficient from time to time to cover the payment of bonds or other debt outstanding issued to defray the cost of any such lands or buildings; and provided further no such expenditure shall be made or indebtedness incurred unless authorized by a majority vote of the legal voters voting on such question at an annual or at a special meeting duly warned and held for that purpose.

(B) All monies received from the sale, rental, or lease of any such lands and buildings shall be kept in a separate fund to be used solely to pay any such expenditure or indebtedness as the same becomes due and payable. In the event the amount in the fund shall have become more than sufficient to meet such expenditures or indebtedness, the City Council may transfer any surplus to the General Fund of the City.

(C) Any speculative commercial or industrial building or urban renewal improvement authorized herein shall be exempt from local, county, and State taxes.

(2) To adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances relating to the construction of improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, street lighting, and storm drains; to the installation of curbs, sidewalks, street lighting, and storm drains; in a manner specified under the ordinance as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit, to the assessment of part or all of the expenses of such improvements against property owners benefited thereby in proportion to respective frontage upon highways or to respective values of property or by such standard, as determined from time to time by the City Council, and to provide for violation or nonperformance.

(3) To adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce civil and criminal ordinances relating to the regulation or prohibition of any condition, activity, enterprise, public nuisance, or matter concerning the promotion of public health, safety, and welfare, as permitted by the general law of the State.

(4) To adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce in accordance with the general laws of the State ordinances relating to the regulation or prohibition of the possession and use of dangerous objects and substances; the discharge of firearms and air rifles; and the possession and use of other weapons and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury.

(5) To adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances relating to the licensing of any activity or enterprise, as permitted by the general law of the State.

(6) To adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce personnel and other policies relating to any activity or enterprise that does not require adoption of an ordinance under this charter.

(7) To provide for resident participation in appropriate departments.

(8) To fix, demand, impose, and enforce such items, conditions, and regulations for the excavation of any street or highway by any person, as shall be just and reasonably related to the City's reconstruction and maintenance costs, including any sum or sums of money to be paid to the City for the damages resulting from excavation of any street or highway, or for the purpose of therein erecting and maintaining any poles, wires, or any other apparatus in or under the surface of the street, and to prohibit the use of any street by any such person until such terms have been complied with.

(9) To be responsible for the financial affairs of the City.

(10) To appoint and, when deemed necessary for the good of the service, suspend or remove the following, who shall hold office at the will of the City Council:

(A) a City Treasurer;

(B) a City Attorney or firm;

(C) an Auditor or firm; and

(D) a Health Officer and his or her deputies.

(11) In consultation with the City Manager, to establish, alter, and abolish City departments for the purpose of budgeting and managing all operations of the City.

(12) To serve as, and exercise the powers of, the local Board of Health, the local Liquor Control Board, and the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners and serve as members of the Board of Civil Authority.
24 V.S.A. § 5203 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 131 / Section 5203
§ 5203. Procedure
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may levy an impact fee on any new development within its borders provided that it has:

(1) been confirmed under section 4350 of this title and, after July 1, 1992, adopted a capital budget and program pursuant to chapter 117 of this title. The plan or capital budget and program may include:

(A) indication of locations proposed for development with a potential to create the need for new capital projects;

(B) standards for level of service for the capital projects to be fully or partially funded with impact fees;

(C) proposed locations and project lists, cost estimates, and funding sources;

(D) timing or sequence of development in the identified locations; and

(2) developed a reasonable formula that will be used to assess a developer's impact fee. The formula shall reflect the level of service for the capital project to be funded and a means of assessing the impact associated with the development such as square footage or number of bedrooms. The level of service shall be either:

(A) an existing level of service;

(B) a State or federal standard; or

(C) a standard adopted as part of a town plan or capital budget.

(b) The amount of an impact fee used to fund a capital project shall be determined according to a formula developed under subsection (a) of this section. The fee shall be equal to or less than the portion of the capital cost of a capital project that will benefit or is attributable to the development and shall not include costs attributable to the operation, administration, or maintenance of a capital project. The municipality may require a fee for the entire cost of a capital project that will initially be used only by the beneficiaries of the development so assessed. In this case, if the project will be used by beneficiaries of future development the municipality shall establish a formula consistent with the formula developed under subsection (a) of this section to require that beneficiaries of future development pay an impact fee to the owners of the development on which the impact fee has already been levied.

(c) In determining the amount of a fee that will be used to fund a capital project, the municipality may account for:

(1) the cost of the existing or proposed facility;

(2) the means, including State or federal grants and fees paid by other developers, by which the facility has been or will be financed;

(3) the extent, if any, to which impact fees should be offset to account for other taxes or fees paid by the developer that will cover the cost of the capital project;

(4) extraordinary costs incurred by the municipality in serving the new development;

(5) the time-price differential inherent in fair comparisons of amounts paid at different times.

(d) In determining the amount of the impact fee to compensate the municipality for expenses incurred as a result of construction, the municipality shall project the expenses that will be incurred. If the actual expense incurred is less than the fee collected from the developer, the municipality shall refund the unexpended portion of the fee within one year of the termination of construction of the project.

(e) The municipality shall provide an annual accounting for each impact fee showing the source, amount of each fee collected, and project that was funded with the fee. The municipality must spend the fee on the capital project, for which the fee was intended, within six years of when the fee was paid. If it fails to do this, the owner of the property at the expiration of the six-year period may apply for and receive a refund of his or her proportionate share of that fee during the year following the date on which the right to claim the refund began.

(f) The municipality shall establish the formula and procedure for levying an impact fee by an ordinance or bylaw adopted under chapter 59 or 117 of this title. Such ordinance or bylaw shall include a provision for administrative appeal of the impact fee assessed.
24 V.S.A. § 3634 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 102 / Section 3634
§ 3634. Permit
Status: in_force

An ordinance under this chapter shall require a permit for the installation or replacement of sewage systems.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 212 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 212
App. § 407-212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors
Status: in_force

Each member municipality shall pay to its representatives to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement or expenses as it shall determine reasonable.
24 V.S.A. § 3813 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3813
§ 3813. When fence is on a town line; division
Status: in_force

When the line on which a division fence is to be made or maintained is the line between two towns, and the parties do not agree upon the division, the same shall be determined by a board of fence viewers consisting of one or more from each of the towns. Such board of fence viewers shall give notice to the parties, make the division, and make a certificate as provided in section 3811 of this title. Such certificate shall be valid against the parties, their heirs, and assigns, if recorded in the office of the town clerk in each of the towns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 808 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 808
App. § 203-808. Assessment of sewer service fee
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village of Alburgh may, on due notice and after hearing, assess against the property connected with the system in such Village a service fee to be used by said Village for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the sewage system, which shall not exceed such limit for each owner or tenant occupying the property or any portion thereof as the Village shall from time to time determine by a majority vote at any annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 302
App. § 123-302. Elective officers
Status: repealed

(a) The officers elected and their compensation fixed by the Town at its annual meeting shall be:

(1) five Selectboard members;

(2) Town Meeting Moderator;

(3)-(4) [Repealed.]

(5) Town Clerk and Treasurer;

(6)-(7) [Repealed.]

(8) cemetery trustees;

(9) library trustees;

(10) Fire Department officers;

(11) a First Constable, and a Second Constable, if needed;

(12) [Repealed.]

(13) a Tree Warden;

(14) [Repealed.]

(15) one or more grand jurors.

(b) All elected officers shall be chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Town and shall hold office for the terms hereafter specified and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) All Selectboard members shall be elected by Australian ballot.

(d) When an elected officer specified in subsection (a) of this section resigns, makes another Town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, the office shall become vacant and the Selectboard shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. The person elected shall at the annual meeting serve until the predecessor's term expires. Incapacity shall include the failure of a Selectboard member to attend 50 percent of the meetings of the Board in any calendar year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 402
App. § 111-402. Water rents
Status: in_force

All water rents with the charges for making water connections and piping shall be chargeable to and may be collected of the owners of property supplied with the same, and such owners and all such rents with charges for making water connections and piping shall be a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so supplied and may be collected in the same manner as any tax assessed by said corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 40
App. § 7-40. City Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The Council may, when the City so votes at any annual meeting, appoint a City Manager who shall be the administrative head of the municipal government under the direction and supervision of the Council, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Council. The duties of the City Manager shall be:

(1) to see that the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed;

(2) to attend all meetings of the Council at which his or her attendance may be required by that body;

(3) to recommend for adoption to the Council such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient;

(4) to appoint, excepting as otherwise provided for by this act, all officers and employees of the municipality, and to perform the duties of such officers and employees as the Council may designate; (5) to prepare and

(5) to prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body, or as he or she may deem advisable to submit;

(6) to keep the Council fully advised of the financial condition of the municipality and its future needs;

(7) to prepare and submit to the Council a tentative budget for the next fiscal year;

(8) and to perform such other duties as the Council may determine by ordinance or resolution.

(b) The City Manager shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the Council. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, he or she shall take the official oath required of other officers by this charter and shall execute a bond in favor of the municipality for the faithful performance of his or her duties in such sum as may be fixed by the Council. The City Manager need not be a voter in or a resident of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 2.02
App. § 9-2.2. Special City meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall call a special meeting of all the legal voters of the City, when petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the municipality, but only for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the Board of Aldermen.

(b) The Mayor shall call a special City meeting for any purpose upon being petitioned to do so by two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen voting and present at a regular meeting, or by two-thirds of the members of the Board of School Commissioners, voting and present at a regular meeting.

(c) Also, the Mayor may, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, call a special meeting for any purpose when he or she feels such a meeting is necessary for the public good.

(d) At such special meetings those persons whose names are on the checklist used for the last City election shall be entitled to vote; and also such persons as were or have become entitled by law to have their names on the checklist and whose names have been added thereto, by the Board of Civil Authority since said City election.

(e) The questions at any such special meeting shall be decided by ballot. There shall be separate polling places in each ward, for every such special meeting and the ward officers hereinbefore named shall act at such meeting in the same manner and have the same powers as at City or ward elections. For all such meetings it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to prepare and distribute suitable ballots in the same manner provided for city and ward elections.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 241 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 241
App. § 3-241. Decisions regarding assessments to be recorded
Status: in_force

In making assessments as aforesaid, the City Council shall set forth in its decision touching the laying out, altering, or resurveying of any street or highway in said City a full description of all assessments by it made and of the lands so assessed, and shall cause such decision to be recorded in full by the Chief Administrative Officer in the records of streets and highways in the Chief Administrative Officer's office; when said decision is so recorded, the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the lands assessed, until the same shall be paid, or said lien is otherwise discharged by operation of law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 504 / Section 1
App. § 504-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the Bolton Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in the Town of Bolton land records.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1712 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1712
App. § 269-1712. Provisions
Status: in_force

The territorial limits of the Village may be enlarged in the manner provided by the general laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1502
App. § 13-1502. Penalty
Status: in_force

A late charge of eight percent will be added to any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 1501 of this subchapter. In addition, interest at the rate of one percent per month will be added to any tax not paid on or before its due date, for each month or fraction thereof after the date on which the tax payment was due.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1112
App. § 131-1112. Village of Plainfield; abolished
Status: in_force

[Transitional provisions related to the abolishment of the Village of Plainfield.]
24 V.S.A. § 2501 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2501
§ 2501. Laying out parks
Status: in_force

(a) A fifth or 50 or more of the freeholders of a town, desiring to have a public park or a public square laid in such town for the erection of a soldiers' monument or for other public purpose, may apply by petition in writing to the selectboard of the town requesting them to lay out such park or square.

(b) The selectboard shall thereupon examine the premises and appoint a time and place for hearing parties interested, and shall proceed in setting out land, awarding damages, and in all other particulars, as in laying out a highway upon petition of three freeholders.

(c) Persons aggrieved by the action of the selectboard shall have the same remedies as are provided for persons aggrieved by the action of selectboard in the laying out of a highway.
24 V.S.A. § 4302 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4302
§ 4302. Purpose; goals
Status: in_force

(a) General purposes. It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to encourage the appropriate development of all lands in this State by the action of its constituent municipalities and regions, with the aid and assistance of the State, in a manner which will promote the public health, safety against fire, floods, explosions, and other dangers; to promote prosperity, comfort, access to adequate light and air, convenience, efficiency, economy, and general welfare; to enable the mitigation of the burden of property taxes on agricultural, forest, and other open lands; to encourage appropriate architectural design; to encourage the development of renewable resources; to protect residential, agricultural, and other areas from undue concentrations of population and overcrowding of land and buildings, from traffic congestion, from inadequate parking and the invasion of through traffic, and from the loss of peace, quiet, and privacy; to facilitate the growth of villages, towns, and cities and of their communities and neighborhoods so as to create an optimum environment, with good civic design; to encourage development of a rich cultural environment and to foster the arts; and to provide means and methods for the municipalities and regions of this State to plan for the prevention, minimization, and future elimination of such land development problems as may presently exist or which may be foreseen and to implement those plans when and where appropriate. In implementing any regulatory power under this chapter, municipalities shall take care to protect the constitutional right of the people to acquire, possess, and protect property.

(b) It is also the intent of the Legislature that municipalities, regional planning commissions, and State agencies shall engage in a continuing planning process that will further the following goals:

(1) To establish a coordinated, comprehensive planning process and policy framework to guide decisions by municipalities, regional planning commissions, and State agencies.

(2) To encourage citizen participation at all levels of the planning process, and to assure that decisions shall be made at the most local level possible commensurate with their impact.

(3) To consider the use of resources and the consequences of growth and development for the region and the State, as well as the community in which it takes place.

(4) To encourage and assist municipalities to work creatively together to develop and implement plans.

(c) In addition, this chapter shall be used to further the following specific goals:

(1) To plan development so as to maintain the historic settlement pattern of compact village and urban centers separated by rural countryside.

(A) Intensive residential development should be encouraged primarily in downtown centers, village centers, planned growth areas, and village areas as described in section 4348a of this title, and strip development along highways should be avoided. These areas should be planned so as to accommodate a substantial majority of housing needed to reach the housing targets developed for each region pursuant to subdivision 4348a(a)(9) of this title.

(B) Economic growth should be encouraged in locally and regionally designated growth areas, employed to revitalize existing village and urban centers, or both.

(C) Public investments, including the construction or expansion of infrastructure, should reinforce the planned growth patterns of the area.

(D) Development should be undertaken in accordance with smart growth principles as defined in subdivision 2791(13) of this title.

(2) To provide a strong and diverse economy that provides satisfying and rewarding job opportunities and that maintains high environmental standards, and to expand economic opportunities in areas with high unemployment or low per capita incomes.

(3) To broaden access to educational and vocational training opportunities sufficient to ensure the full realization of the abilities of all Vermonters.

(4) To provide for safe, convenient, economic, and energy efficient transportation systems that respect the integrity of the natural environment, including public transit options and paths for pedestrians and bicyclers.

(A) Highways, air, rail, and other means of transportation should be mutually supportive, balanced, and integrated.

(5) To identify, protect, and preserve important natural and historic features of the Vermont landscape, including:

(A) significant natural and fragile areas;

(B) outstanding water resources, including lakes, rivers, aquifers, shorelands, and wetlands;

(C) significant scenic roads, waterways, and views;

(D) important historic structures, sites, or districts, archaeological sites, and archaeologically sensitive areas.

(6) To maintain and improve the quality of air, water, wildlife, forests, and other land resources.

(A) Vermont's air, water, wildlife, mineral, and land resources should be planned for use and development according to the principles set forth in 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a).

(B) Vermont's water quality should be maintained and improved according to the policies and actions developed in the basin plans established by the Secretary of Natural Resources under 10 V.S.A. § 1253.

(C) Vermont's forestlands should be managed so as to maintain and improve forest blocks and habitat connectors.

(7) To make efficient use of energy, provide for the development of renewable energy resources, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

(A) General strategies for achieving these goals include increasing the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings; identifying areas suitable for renewable energy generation; encouraging the use and development of renewable or lower emission energy sources for electricity, heat, and transportation; and reducing transportation energy demand and single occupancy vehicle use.

(B) Specific strategies and recommendations for achieving these goals are identified in the State energy plans prepared under 30 V.S.A. §§ 202 and 202b.

(8) To maintain and enhance recreational opportunities for Vermont residents and visitors.

(A) Growth should not significantly diminish the value and availability of outdoor recreational activities.

(B) Public access to noncommercial outdoor recreational opportunities, such as lakes and hiking trails, should be identified, provided, and protected wherever appropriate.

(9) To encourage and strengthen agricultural and forest industries.

(A) Strategies to protect long-term viability of agricultural and forestlands should be encouraged and should include maintaining low overall density.

(B) The manufacture and marketing of value-added agricultural and forest products should be encouraged.

(C) The use of locally-grown food products should be encouraged.

(D) Sound forest and agricultural management practices should be encouraged.

(E) Public investment should be planned so as to minimize development pressure on agricultural and forest land.

(10) To provide for the wise and efficient use of Vermont's natural resources and to facilitate the appropriate extraction of earth resources and the proper restoration and preservation of the aesthetic qualities of the area.

(11) To ensure the availability of safe and affordable housing for all Vermonters.

(A) Housing should be encouraged to meet the needs of a diversity of social and income groups in each Vermont community, particularly for those citizens of low and moderate income, and consistent with housing targets provided for in subdivision 4348a(a)(9) of this title.

(B) New and rehabilitated housing should be safe, sanitary, located conveniently to employment and commercial centers, and coordinated with the provision of necessary public facilities and utilities.

(C) Sites for multifamily and manufactured housing should be readily available in locations similar to those generally used for single-family dwellings.

(D) Accessory dwelling units within or attached to single-family residences that provide affordable housing in close proximity to cost-effective care and supervision for relatives, elders, or persons who have a disability should be allowed.

(12) To plan for, finance, and provide an efficient system of public facilities and services to meet future needs.

(A) Public facilities and services should include fire and police protection, emergency medical services, schools, water supply, and sewage and solid waste disposal.

(B) The rate of growth should not exceed the ability of the community and the area to provide facilities and services.

(13) To ensure the availability of safe and affordable child care and to integrate child care issues into the planning process, including child care financing, infrastructure, business assistance for child care providers, and child care work force development.

[Subdivision (c)(14) effective until January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (c)(14) effective January 1, 2028 set out below.]

(14) To encourage flood resilient communities.

(A) New development in identified flood hazard and river corridor protection areas should be avoided. If new development is to be built in such areas, it should not exacerbate flooding and fluvial erosion.

(B) The protection and restoration of floodplains and upland forested areas that attenuate and moderate flooding and fluvial erosion should be encouraged.

(C) Flood emergency preparedness and response planning should be encouraged.

[Subdivision (c)(14) effective January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (c)(14) effective until January 1, 2028 set out above.]

(14) To encourage flood resilient communities.

(A) New development in identified flood hazard, fluvial erosion, and river corridor protection areas should be avoided. If new development is to be built in such areas, it should not exacerbate flooding and fluvial erosion and should meet or exceed the statewide minimum flood hazard area standards established by rule by the Agency of Natural Resources.

(B) The protection and restoration of floodplains and upland forested areas that attenuate and moderate flooding and fluvial erosion should be encouraged.

(C) Flood emergency preparedness and response planning should be encouraged.

(15) To equitably distribute environmental benefits and burdens as described in 3 V.S.A. chapter 72.

(d) All plans and regulations prepared under the authority of this chapter shall be based upon surveys of existing conditions and probable future trends, and shall be made in the light of present and future growth and requirements, and with reasonable consideration, for the landowner, to topography, to needs and trends of the municipality, the region and the State, to the character of each area and to its peculiar suitability for particular uses in relationship to surrounding areas, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings.

(e) Use of goals.

(1) The goals established in this section shall be employed, as provided under this chapter, to carry out the general purposes established in this section.

(2) After July 1, 1989, none of the following shall be prepared or adopted, unless consistent with the goals established in this section:

(A) all plans prepared by regional planning commissions, and all plans required of State agencies under 3 V.S.A. § 4020;

(B) measures implementing State agency plans.

(f) Standard of review.

(1) As used in this chapter, “consistent with the goals” requires substantial progress toward attainment of the goals established in this section, unless the planning body determines that a particular goal is not relevant or attainable. If such a determination is made, the planning body shall identify the goal in the plan and describe the situation, explain why the goal is not relevant or attainable, and indicate what measures should be taken to mitigate any adverse effects of not making substantial progress toward that goal. The determination of relevance or attainability shall be subject to review as part of a consistency determination under this chapter.

(2) As used in this chapter, for one plan to be “compatible with” another, the plan in question, as implemented, will not significantly reduce the desired effect of the implementation of the other plan. If a plan, as implemented, will significantly reduce the desired effect of the other plan, the plan may be considered compatible if it includes the following:

(A) a statement that identifies the ways that it will significantly reduce the desired effect of the other plan;

(B) an explanation of why any incompatible portion of the plan in question is essential to the desired effect of the plan as a whole;

(C) an explanation of why, with respect to any incompatible portion of the plan in question, there is no reasonable alternative way to achieve the desired effect of the plan; and

(D) an explanation of how any incompatible portion of the plan in question has been structured to mitigate its detrimental effects on the implementation of the other plan.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 8
App. § 171-8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall have the sole authority for the setting of all fees, charges, user fees, or fees for services related to Town government, except those prescribed by State statute relating to the office of the Town Clerk.

(b) The Selectboard shall have the authority to license or issue permits for any function or activity taking place or occurring within the boundaries of the Town over which jurisdiction is established by statute, ordinance, or this charter.

(c) All licenses required by the Town shall be authorized by passage or amendment of a license ordinance.

(d) No officer of the Town shall collect fees or perquisites for his or her own use, and all fees or charges shall accrue to the General Fund or to a special fund as established by the voters pursuant to a duly warned article at Town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 14
App. § 101-14. Moderator
Status: in_force

A Moderator shall be elected for a term of one year and shall perform all duties required by this charter and, to the extent not in conflict with this charter, all duties required by the laws of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 801
App. § 247-801. Voters
Status: in_force

All persons qualified to vote in a Town meeting of the Town of Newbury residing within the corporate limits, hereinbefore described, shall be legal voters of the said corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 507 / Section 4
App. § 507-4. Prudential Committee; powers
Status: in_force

The Prudential Committee:

(1) shall, with the Collector, have the same power in assessing, levying, and collecting the tax as town officers have in assessing and collecting town taxes, including collection of interest and overdue taxes;

(2) may expend sums for acquiring, constructing, and maintaining sewers and sewage treatment works, waterworks, water companies, and all equipment and real estate used in connection with the District as the District shall vote;

(3) may use and occupy portions of the town highway within the District as may be necessary for the construction, installation, and maintenance of the facilities as long as those portions of town highways used are returned to existing or better condition and construction will not leave roads impassable for municipal services or emergency vehicles.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 303
App. § 143-303. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town's personnel regulations, this charter, or the general law of this State and shall fix their compensation.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law or Town personnel rules to the contrary, forthwith after the annual meeting, the Selectboard shall appoint a Collector of Delinquent Taxes who shall serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is chosen. If the Office of the Collector of Delinquent Taxes becomes vacant, the Selectboard shall forthwith fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall hold office at the will of the Selectboard and may be removed at any time by the Selectboard by majority vote. The compensation of the Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall be determined by the Selectboard. Any commissions or other amounts established by law and collected by the Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall be the property of the Town and shall be turned over to the Town Treasurer forthwith.
24 V.S.A. § 872 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 872
§ 872. Selectboard; general powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The selectboard shall have the general supervision of the affairs of the town and shall cause to be performed all duties required of towns and town school districts not committed by law to the care of any particular officer.

(b) The selectboard shall annually, on or before July 31, acknowledge receipt of and review the document made available by the Auditor of Accounts pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 163(11) regarding internal financial controls and which has been completed and provided to the selectboard by the treasurer pursuant to section 1571 of this title.

(c) The selectboard may require any other officer or employee of the town who has the authority to receive or disburse town funds to complete and provide to the selectboard a copy of the document made available by the Auditor of Accounts pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 163(11). The officer or employee shall complete and provide the document to the selectboard within 30 days of the selectboard's requirement. The selectboard shall acknowledge receipt of and review the completed document within 30 days of receiving it from the officer or employee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 20.02
App. § 9-20.2. Custody of public buildings
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Finance shall also have the care and control of all public buildings not specifically in charge of any other department of the City. They shall appoint such janitors or employ such persons as may be required for the proper care of the buildings, and may prescribe their salaries and define their duties subject to existing collective bargaining agreements.

(b) The Board of Finance may order repairs or enlargements to be made to said buildings, except when the estimated cost of any such repairs or enlargements exceeds $500.00, in such case, prior approval of the Board of Aldermen shall be required.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 10
App. § 219-10. Grand list; taxes; assessment and collection
Status: in_force

The corporation may, at any annual or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax on the grand list of the Town of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate within the same belonging to nonresidents, and the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly, and deliver the same to the Collector, who shall have the same power to collect the tax as the collector of town taxes, and may, in like manner, sell property to satisfy the same, and it shall hereafter be the duty of the listers of the Town of Enosburgh, in making out the list of the Town, to designate therein such of the ratable estate belonging to nonresidents as shall be within the limits of the Village of Enosburg Falls.
24 V.S.A. § 5057 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5057
§ 5057. Reexamination of disability beneficiary
Status: in_force

(a) Once each year, the Retirement Board or the Medical Board may require any disability beneficiary who has not reached his or her normal retirement date to undergo a medical examination, by a physician or physicians designated by the Medical Board, the examination to be made at the place of residence of the beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon. In lieu of a medical examination, the Retirement Board may request current medical records or evidence to substantiate the continued disability status.

(b) Should any disability beneficiary who has not reached his or her normal retirement date refuse to submit to such medical examination or refuse to supply current medical records or other requested medical evidence, his or her allowance may be discontinued until withdrawal of such refusal, and should refusal continue for one year, all the beneficiary's rights in and to his or her pension may be revoked by the Retirement Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 401
App. § 1-401. Appointment and qualifications
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall be appointed annually on the first day of July by the Council solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his or her actual experience in, or knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his or her office, as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his or her appointment, he or she need not be a resident of the City or State, but during his or her tenure of office he or she may reside outside the City only with the approval of the Council. The City Manager shall hold office at the will of the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 65 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 65
App. § 15-65. Damages; procedure for determining
Status: in_force

If in any case the damages caused by taking the water or by taking the land, or any right, title, or interest therein, or for entering upon and using any land as aforesaid, are not adjusted by agreement of the parties affected thereby, or if the owner disputes the necessity for such taking, the City Council shall proceed in the same manner as is provided by law for selectboards in taking lands for highway purposes and in awarding damages therefor. If any interested person or corporation is dissatisfied with the decision as to the necessity for or the extent of such taking or with the award of damages, it may apply by petition to the Addison County Court setting forth the particulars wherein said petitioner claims to be aggrieved, and any number of persons may join therein. Said petition, with a citation, shall be served on the Clerk of said City within 30 days from the filing of the award and description of the property taken and at least 12 days before the term of the Court to which the petition is returnable; the Court shall thereupon appoint three disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall inquire into the intent and necessity of such taking and as to the damages sustained by the petitioners. Said commissioners shall give at least six days' notice of the time and place of hearing to the petitioners and to the Clerk of the City of Vergennes; they shall report their findings to the Court, and, upon hearing, said Court may accept or reject said report, in whole or in part; make such orders in the premises as justice requires; render judgment for the petitioners respectively; take costs for either party; and award execution. In case final judgment is rendered for the City, or if no appeal from the decision of the commissioners is taken, the City may immediately tender the amount awarded as damages and costs and thereupon enter upon and occupy the premises so taken.
24 V.S.A. § 1687 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1687
§ 1687. Notice of orders
Status: in_force

A bank, trust company, or individual in this State holding orders or other evidences of indebtedness of a municipal corporation shall annually, on or before January 5, send written notice to the chair of the board of auditors of such corporation, stating the amount of such orders or other evidences of indebtedness and the balance due thereon as of December 31 next preceding, unless the holder of any such indebtedness is requested by such auditor to send such notice at some other date to conform to the fiscal year of such municipality.
24 V.S.A. § 3814 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3814
§ 3814. Homesteader to maintain; liability
Status: in_force

Each owner of a homestead shall be liable to make and maintain his or her portion of the division fence between his or her homestead and adjoining lands. The homestead shall be liable to attachment and levy of execution for damages and costs recovered for neglect so to do.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 1
App. § 291-1. Village boundaries; residents; Town inhabitants
Status: in_force

(a) That part of the Town of Woodstock, in the County of Windsor, beginning at a stone post standing on the easterly side of the highway leading from the Village of Woodstock to Taftsville, and distant about 70 rods from the present northeast corner of the Village; thence running south 65 degrees east 62 rods to a corner; thence south 40 degrees west 128 rods to the northeasterly corner of the creamery lot; thence the same course 301 rods to the southeast corner of R. E. Townsend's meadow; thence westerly on Townsend's land 117 and one-half rods to Harvey H. Lockwood's east line; thence north 51 and one-half degrees west 96 rods to a stone post standing on the northwesterly side of the highway near Sorrel Lucia's house; thence same course 78 rods to a corner; thence north 39 degrees east 73 rods to the north-east corner of L. B. Marble's wood shed; thence same course 304 rods to the south-west corner of Allen W. Thompson's house; thence south 65 degrees east 64 and a half rods to a stone post standing near the fair ground school house so called; thence same course 171 rods to place of beginning, shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Woodstock.

(b) The corporation hereby created may alter the boundaries and limits of the Village, with the consent of any person or persons to be included or excluded by such alteration; and a record of all such alterations shall be made in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of said Town of Woodstock. The inhabitants and territory included in the limits of the Village shall belong to the Town of territory of Woodstock, in the same manner as though this charter had not passed.
24 V.S.A. § 5124 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5124
§ 5124. Annual budget and assessments
Status: in_force

(a) Representatives to a regional transit district representing each participating municipality shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the legislative body of such municipality.

(b) A regional transit district shall elect a chair and a secretary, and, at its organization meeting, shall by a two-thirds vote of those representatives present and voting at the meeting, adopt such rules and create and fill such offices as it deems necessary or appropriate for the performance of its functions, including, without limitation, the number and qualification of members, terms of office, provisions for municipal representation and voting, and provisions for termination of membership.

(c) A regional transit district may also have other members, who may be elected or appointed in the manner the regional transit district prescribes by rule.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 702
App. § 129-702. Charter Compliance Committee
Status: in_force

(a) A Charter Compliance Committee of three members shall be created to hear allegations from the general public or citizens who feel an elected or appointed board or commission or an elected or appointed official has violated the charter. The general public or citizen must first give the elected or appointed board or commission or the elected or appointed official an opportunity to correct the alleged violation.

(b) The Town Manager and the Superintendent of Schools shall be exempt from this section. A violation of the charter by the Town Manager will be brought to the attention of the Selectboard. A violation by the Superintendent will be brought to the attention of the School Board of Trustees. If the violation is not corrected in a timely manner, the general public or citizen may take action against the appropriate board.

(c) Biennially, the elected justices of the peace for the Town of Milton shall elect five of its members to the Charter Compliance Committee.

(d) The Charter Compliance Committee shall meet within 10 days of a complaint received in writing by the Town Clerk. If the complaint is against the Town Clerk's office, the complaint shall be filed with the Clerk of the Selectboard.

(e) The Charter Compliance Committee shall act judiciously in a quasi-judicial capacity. The board, the commission, or the official must be given certain due process protection, including due notice, an opportunity to be heard, and a right to insist that the justices hear the evidence before coming to any conclusion about the nature of the complaint.

(f) After hearing all parties and reviewing the evidence presented, the Charter Compliance Committee shall issue its facts and findings in a timely manner.

(g) The Charter Compliance Committee shall verify the validity of the allegation. If it is found that a violation of the charter has occurred, the Charter Compliance Committee shall publicly notify the board, commission, or public official.

(h) The board, commission, or public official shall have an opportunity to correct the violation in a timely manner, not to exceed 60 days.

(i) If the board, commission, or public official does not correct the violation, the Charter Compliance Committee shall award one of the following:

(1) Reprimand (official, board, or commission will be told to abide by the charter).

(2) Public sanction (Public will be made aware of the violation along with the facts and findings).

(j) Any officer elected under section 202, or appointed official under section 306, of this charter may be removed from office as follows: A legal petition stating specific cause as cited by the petitioner signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting a vote on whether the elected official shall be removed from the office. The Selectboard, in the case of the Town, and the School Board of Trustees, in the case of the School District, shall call a special Town or School District meeting to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed. The officer shall be removed only if at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote and a majority of that number vote for removal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 3.01
App. § 9-3.1. Powers of the City of Rutland
Status: repealed

The powers of the City of Rutland under this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City and, except as expressly limited herein specific mention of particular powers in this charter shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers as stated herein. The City of Rutland may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with the State of Vermont or any subdivision or agency thereof, or provided it is so authorized under the general laws of the State of Vermont or by a special act, with the United States of America or any subdivision or agency thereof. The City of Rutland has the power to receive by gift, grant, devise, bequest, purchase, or condemnation any real or personal property, and to hold in fee, hold in trust, lease, or convey any such real or personal property within or without the limits of the City of Rutland as the purpose of the corporation may require; to borrow on the credit of the City in the mode and subject to the restrictions hereinafter provided; to contract, to sue, prosecute, and defend; to have, make use, and alter at pleasure a City seal; to have and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges, and immunities conferred upon towns of the State of Vermont by law or necessary to carry out its corporate functions and duties. In the exercise of any of the powers granted to the City of Rutland by this charter, the City may enact ordinances, rules, and regulations and prescribe penalties for the violation of any such ordinances, rules, and regulations; provided, however, that no such penalties shall exceed imprisonment for one year or a fine of $500.00, or both. Without in any way limiting the powers hereinafter granted, the City of Rutland shall have the power:

(1) to enact and enforce rules for its government;

(2) to enter into any agreement on behalf of the City with the United States of America, or any department, subdivision, or agency thereof, to accept grants, loans, and assistance from the United States of America or any department, subdivision, or agency thereof to make public improvements within the City or upon property of the City outside its corporate limits and to make appropriations consistent with the provisions of this charter to accomplish such purpose; provided, however, no such agreement shall be entered into unless authorized under the general laws of the State of Vermont or by a special act;

(3) to accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for public purposes;

(4) to regulate the time and manner in which examinations of public documents, land records, and other records shall be made;

(5) to acquire voting machines, so-called, and prescribe the use thereof in any or all elections held within said City;

(6) to establish and create a fund or funds available as a pension to such employees of the City of Rutland as the City Council may hereafter from time to time designate; to create and authorize such boards or officers as may be necessary to administer, control, and make expenditures from such fund or funds; to appropriate funds from which such pension and the expenses incidental to the administration thereof may be paid; to designate by ordinance a retirement age for City employees beyond which age such employees may be removed from office and permanently retired; to establish the conditions and regulations under which such City employees may or shall be removed from office and retired; to designate and establish the sums that may be paid to such City employees as pensions and conditions of payment thereof; and to make, amend, or repeal such ordinances as may be convenient or necessary to create, manage, and operate a retirement plan and pension fund for City employees;

(7) to establish a reserve or fund to compensate the City for any and all losses and damages to City property by reason of fire or other casualty and to pay to City employees or those entitled any and all compensation that may become their due under the workman's compensation laws of the State of Vermont;

(8) to establish and regulate a Police Commission and Police Department;

(9) to prevent and prohibit riots, disturbances, and disorderly assemblages;

(10) to prohibit vagrancy;

(11) to regulate and control the use of streets and public places for pedestrian and vehicular traffic and the parking of vehicles of every kind and description;

(12) to remove and impound at the expense of the owner any vehicle found parked in a public place in violation of any City ordinance and prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the owner may redeem such vehicle;

(13) to install and operate coin operated parking meters for the regulation and control of parking of vehicles;

(14) to establish and regulate a Fire Department;

(15) to regulate and prohibit conditions and activities from which damage by fire or explosion may be apprehended;

(16) to establish and regulate a Department of Public Works;

(17) to provide a supply of water for the protection of the City against fire and for the use of the inhabitants of said City, and for other purposes; to establish, increase, maintain, and repair reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, pipelines, and other necessary apparatus for and in connection with its water supply; and from time to time to increase and add to its water supply; to preserve, protect, maintain, and operate the same; and in the exercise of such powers the said City of Rutland may purchase, and take, within or without its corporate limits, lands, springs, streams, and water rights of individuals and corporations, and divert water from natural channels into its water supply, on making compensation therefore. But the City shall not take, otherwise than by gift or purchase, waters or a spring of water, which the owner or lessee or other persons having a vested right or interest therein, or in the use thereof, may reasonably require for domestic use or watering stock; no money other than funds received on account of the water works will be appropriated without a vote to that effect by the legal voters of the City;

(18) to establish, maintain, alter, and enlarge such sanitary sewers, storm drains, combined sewers, sewage disposal systems, and sewage disposal plants both within and without the City as the public health, safety, or convenience may require and to take private lands and rights, both within and without the City necessary to accomplish such purposes on making compensation for the same;

(19) to establish a municipal system for the collection, removal, and disposal of garbage and other waste material and to make proper charges for such service;

(20) to accept, establish, maintain, alter, and enlarge such highways as the public safety or convenience may require and to take private land and rights necessary to accomplish such purpose on making compensation for the same;

(21) to construct, alter, and repair sidewalks and curbing and to assess abutting property owners for one-half of the cost of such improvements;

(22) to require all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters in front of the premises owned or occupied by them all snow, ice, dirt, and rubbish, and to keep such sidewalks and gutters clean; and to require the owners or occupants of any land or premises in the City to cut and remove from the same and from the street or sidewalk in front of such land or premises all grass, brush, and weeds growing or being thereon under such regulations as shall be prescribed therefore;

(23) to fix, impose, and enforce such terms, conditions, and regulations for the use and occupancy of any highway or other public lands in the City for the transmission of material, energy, or information by any public service or utility corporation or by any persons enjoying the privileges or exercising the functions of said corporations;

(24) to construct and maintain an electric generating and distribution system;

(25) to provide for the lighting of streets and public places;

(26) to regulate the size, height, material, and manner of erection and construction of new buildings, and the repairing, alteration, or removal of buildings already constructed in said City, or in certain prescribed localities therein; and to regulate the use of streets for such purposes;

(27) to establish and regulate a Department of Buildings and to prescribe the powers and duties of the Building Inspector;

(28) to regulate by ordinance minimum health and safety standards relative to housing;

(29) to adopt and enforce codes and regulations relative to the installation and maintenance of electric wiring, plumbing, heating, and fire protection and to license and regulate artisans engaged in the installation and maintenance of such facilities;

(30) to establish and regulate a Planning Department;

(31) to establish and operate a Recreation Department and to acquire and provide land and structures for recreational purposes;

(32) to provide for and regulate the care, preservation, improvement, and use of public property;

(33) to establish and operate a Welfare Department;

(34) to retain a City Physician;

(35) to appoint a Milk Inspector and to regulate the production of milk, cream, or milk products for distribution within the City and the sale and distribution of such products within the City and to license persons engaged in these activities;

(36) to establish and operate a Department of Civil Defense and to make ordinances and regulations for the protection of the City in the event of a public emergency;

(37) to establish an Airport Department and to operate a municipal airport within or without the City;

(38) to appropriate a sum for the support and maintenance of the Rutland Free Library Association, Inc., provided that the inhabitants of the City shall at all reasonable and proper times have the free use of said library;

(39) to establish and regulate a market and to prohibit or regulate the selling of provisions and merchandise of any kind on public lands;

(40) to regulate, license, tax, or prohibit vendors, peddlers, solicitors, beggars, and transient auctioneers, except when licensed by State or federal authorities;

(41) to license and regulate the processing and sale of meat;

(42) to regulate, license, tax, or prohibit entertainments of every kind exhibited for money, including circuses, fairs, plays, motion pictures, exhibitions, and mechanical and amusement devices including coin machines;

(43) to regulate the location and manner of operation of all slaughter houses, filling stations, fuel storage depots, public garages, manufacturing establishments, junk yards, vehicle repair shops, welding shops, and other commercial activities or establishments that cause smoke, fumes, soot, dust, or noxious substances to be cast upon the public ways;

(44) to license and regulate hotels, motels, and other lodging places, restaurants, and other victualing establishments and to tax the same for revenue purposes;

(45) to license and regulate public dance halls, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and other places of amusement and to tax the same for revenue purposes;

(46) to license and regulate truckmen, taxicabs, busses, and the owners or drivers of automobiles and motor trucks furnishing transportation for hire and to regulate their fees and prescribe their duties;

(47) to permit, regulate, license, tax, or prohibit the suspending, erection, or maintenance of any sign, awning, marquee, or display in or over any street or public place or visible therefrom and whenever the public good may require to order that any such sign, awning, marquee, or display be removed;

(48) to fix, impose, and establish terms, conditions, and regulations under which persons may use or occupy public land for private purposes;

(49) to regulate the manner of subdivision and development of real estate;

(50) to abate, enjoin, and remove nuisances;

(51) to regulate or prohibit gaming of all descriptions and to order and affect the destruction of all instruments and devices used for that purpose;

(52) to prohibit and punish for prostitution;

(53) to compel the owner or occupant of any unwholesome, noisome, or offensive house or place to remedy such condition so far as may be necessary for the health, safety, or comfort of the inhabitants of the City;

(54) to require the removal from private property of trees that due to their damaged or diseased condition represent a hazard to persons or property;

(55) to prohibit and punish for cruelty and inhumane treatment to animals;

(56) to prohibit the obstruction or the encumbering of streets, sidewalks, or other public places;

(57) to prohibit or regulate the keeping or running at large of animals within the City;

(58) to license and tax the owning or keeping of any animals in addition to any license fee or tax imposed by the State of Vermont;

(59) to prohibit and punish for trespasses or willful damage to public or private property;

(60) to prohibit or regulate the use of firearms or potentially dangerous weapons and to regulate the sale and transportation of the same within the City;

(61) to prohibit or regulate the preparation and use of rockets, missiles, and fireworks of all kinds within the City;

(62) to adopt a zoning ordinance to permit, prohibit, restrict, regulate, and determine land use or development, including the following:

(A) specific use of land, water courses, and other bodies of water;

(B) dimensions, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, razing, removal, and use of structures;

(C) areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water to be occupied by uses and structures, as well as areas, courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures;

(D) density of population and intensity of use;

(63) to establish and regulate a Department of Community Development;

(64) to establish, maintain, and fund a Redevelopment Authority;

(65) to establish and regulate campaign contributions and expenditures for local elections held within the City; provided that the provisions of Title 24 relating to the procedures for adopting ordinances and permissive referendums shall apply to ordinances adopted, amended, or repealed under this subdivision.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 807 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 807
App. § 203-807. Construction of individual sewer and drain connections
Status: in_force

The owner of property abutting or adjacent to any street or alley in the Village through which a public sewer has been constructed shall construct under the direction of the trustees a suitable sewer or drain from the owner's property and properly connect the same with said public sewer. If, after 20 days' notice in writing by the trustees to the owner of the property, of the requirement the owner fails or neglects to construct or connect the sewer the trustees shall enter upon the property and make the connection, assessing for the connection the actual cost of so doing against the property and the owner of the property. The trustees shall file in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Alburgh an itemized statement of the costs of constructing and connecting the sewer, and the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien upon the property and shall be enforced and collected in the same manner as is provided in this charter for the enforcement and collection of assessments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 305
App. § 251-305. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer shall perform for the Village the same duties required by law respectively of a town treasurer and collector of town taxes and shall have the same powers, proceed in the same manner, be subject to the same liabilities, and give such bonds to the Village as the Board of Trustees may direct. A failure to give such bond within 10 days from their election or appointment will render such office vacant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 445 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 445
App. § 3-445. Same
Status: in_force

This article is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes hereof, and to this end the City shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes hereof in addition to the powers expressly conferred in this article.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 5
App. § 149-5. Ordinances
Status: repealed

(a) Town legislation. Town legislation shall be by ordinance. Ordinances and rules adopted pursuant to ordinances shall have the full force of law embodied in this charter.

(b) Legislative body.

(1) The Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of the Town with the power, between Town meetings, to adopt, amend, repeal, or enforce ordinances.

(2) Town meetings, annual or special, as constituted in this section, in addition to their other functions, shall also serve as a legislative body and may adopt, amend, or repeal an ordinance.

(A) Ordinances to be so considered by Town meeting can only be placed on the warning in such manner as authorized by this charter.

(B) The entire text or an explanation of the nature and purpose of ordinances subject to Town meeting action must be posted on the Town's website and published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation as may be directed or designated by the Selectboard, at least 30 days before the meeting.

(C) Any ordinance to be considered by Town meeting shall be reviewed by the Town Attorney or other counsel engaged by the Selectboard prior to the official warning. The Attorney shall be charged with the duty to correct the ordinance to avoid repetition, illegal, or unconstitutional provisions, and to ensure accuracy in the text and reference, along with clear and precise phraseology. The ordinance shall not be changed in its meaning and effect.

(D) The effect of Town meeting action on an ordinance shall take place upon passage unless otherwise provided in the body of the ordinance.

(E) [Repealed.]

(F) Ordinances passed by Town meeting may not alter or limit any provision of this charter.

(G) Any ordinance to be passed by either Town meeting or the Selectboard must be set forth in a uniform format as follows:

(i) Ordinances shall be numbered consecutively.

(ii) If the action is an amendment, it shall be referenced and incorporated into the amended ordinance.

(iii) Ordinances shall be short titled and contain a statement of purpose.

(iv) Outline format shall match that used in the existing codification.

(c) Ordinance adoption procedure, other than zoning and subdivision bylaws.

(1) The Selectboard shall designate the category into which action an ordinance shall fall.

(2) There shall be five categories of action as follows:

(A) new legislation adoption or rejection;

(B) repeal in total of existing legislation;

(C) major amendment—changing the nature and substance of the original ordinance;

(D) minor amendment—minor adjustment in meaning, procedure, or definition; and

(E) emergency ordinance as defined herein in subsection (f) of this section.

(d) Procedure for drafting, adoption, rejection, major amendment, or repeal of ordinances.

(1) Drafting. (A) The Selectboard may appoint an ordinance committee including not more than two Selectboard members.

(B) If the Selectboard appoints an ordinance committee, ordinances of all categories, with the exception of emergency ordinances, shall be drafted by or submitted in draft form to the ordinance committee.

(2) Reporting out.

(A) If the Selectboard appoints an ordinance committee, the ordinance committee shall review any ordinance submitted to them by the Selectboard and report out to the Selectboard for first review within 90 days following submission.

(B) Ordinances reported out for first review must be reviewed beforehand by the Town Attorney or other counsel engaged by the Selectboard and signed by the Town Attorney or other counsel.

(C) Copies of ordinances providing for criminal offenses should be transmitted to the State's Attorney for review.

(3) Introduction and first review.

(A) The proposed ordinance amendment or repeal shall be introduced at a Selectboard meeting by the ordinance committee.

(B) During first review, the proposed ordinance amendment or repeal may be amended.

(C) The proposed ordinance, including any amendments, must be accepted or rejected at the completion of first review.

(D) Upon completion of first review, a date for second review and public hearing shall be fixed within not less than 14 nor more than 40 days from first review.

(4) Second review and public hearing.

(A) Notice of the date of second review must be published no later than seven days before the date of second review itself.

(B) The notice shall contain either the text of the ordinance or an explanation of the nature and purpose of the ordinance along with information as to where a citizen may obtain a copy of the full ordinance text.

(C) A public hearing shall be held at the time and place specified in the notice.

(5) Amendment during second review. Should the Selectboard decide after the public hearing to substantively amend the text of the proposed ordinance, the process and timetable shall revert back to second review with the new public hearing to be held in not less than 14 nor more than 40 days and all notice requirements to be met in subdivision (4) of this subsection.

(6) Final action.

(A) Upon completion of the second review, the Selectboard shall act to adopt or reject the ordinance.

(B) Failure to act within 40 days following the final review shall constitute a rejection.

(7) Repeal. The repeal of any existing ordinance shall follow the procedure prescribed herein for passage of an ordinance.

(e) Minor amendments. Any proposed change to an existing ordinance that is classified by Selectboard vote to constitute a minor amendment may be adopted by the Selectboard after the completion of the first review.

(f) Emergency ordinances.

(1) Following a declaration of public emergency pursuant to section 10 of this charter, the Selectboard may adopt one or more emergency ordinances.

(2) Emergency ordinances may not levy taxes; grant, renew, or extend a franchise; regulate the rate charged by any public utility for its services; or authorize the borrowing of money.

(3) An emergency ordinance shall be exempt from the adoption procedures required for ordinances generally. However, it must be submitted in writing at a public meeting of the Selectboard in a form consistent with other ordinances.

(4) An emergency ordinance must be clearly titled as such, and contain a clear declaration of the emergency, describing it in specific terms.

(5) An emergency ordinance may be adopted, amended, or repealed upon a two-thirds vote, with at least three affirmative votes.

(6) Emergency ordinances shall be effective upon adoption unless the ordinance specifies otherwise.

(7) Any emergency ordinance shall automatically stand repealed on the 61st day following its effective date.

(8) In order for actions taken under an emergency ordinance to be binding beyond the time period of the emergency as determined by the Selectboard, the ordinance must be ratified in a manner similar to other ordinances; this shall not prevent reenactment of the ordinance if the Selectboard determines that the emergency still exists.

(9) An emergency ordinance may also be repealed in the manner specified in this section for emergency ordinance.

(g) [Repealed.]

(h) Standard codes of technical regulations.

(1) The Selectboard may adopt any standard code of technical regulations by reference in an ordinance.

(2) The procedure and requirements governing the adoption of an ordinance concerning standard codes of technical regulations shall be the same as prescribed for ordinances generally except that the requirements for distribution and filing of copies of the ordinance shall include the ordinance itself, and shall only include a citation to the technical regulations.

(i) Authentication and recording, codification, and publication.

(1) Authentication and recording. The Town Clerk shall authenticate, by signature and recording, in full, all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Selectboard.

(2) Publication of ordinances and resolutions.

(A) The Selectboard shall cause each ordinance and resolution to be published.

(B) Ordinances, resolutions, charters, and charter amendments shall be published electronically and made available in printed form for sale to the public at reasonable prices set by the Selectboard.

(C) All ordinances, codes, resolutions, and charter amendments should follow a uniform format or style.

(3) Codification.

(A) At least every 10 years, the Selectboard shall provide for the uniform codification of all ordinances, zoning bylaws, subdivision bylaws, and resolutions.

(B) When completed, the updated codification shall be published in a form convenient for general use and shall be incorporated into the Town code.

(j) Penalties.

(1) The Selectboard may provide for and authorize within an ordinance penalties for the breach of any ordinance that the general law or this charter authorized.

(2) The Town may take actions necessary to prosecute any person who violates ordinances passed under this charter. The prosecution may be through the courts.

(3) The Town may also bring an action for injunctive relief seeking a court order to require compliance with any ordinance in addition to the penalty set forth in the ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 801
App. § 5-801. Green Mount Cemetery Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The Green Mount Cemetery Commission shall have charge of all public cemeteries and burial grounds in the City with the same power and authority as similar officials in towns.

(b)(1) Commissioners of the Green Mount Cemetery shall be elected at the annual meeting of the City to comply with the charter of the Green Mount Cemetery.

(2) The City Treasurer and they shall have all the authority and carry out all the conditions made by the charter of Green Mount Cemetery.

(3) These commissioners shall be five in number, and one shall be elected at each annual meeting for a five-year term.

(c) Vacancies on the Commission shall be filled by the remaining commissioners until the next annual meeting of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 701
App. § 123-701. Appointed by Selectboard
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager upon such conditions as they may determine.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 204
App. § 113-204. Vacancies
Status: in_force

In case of a vacancy of any elected Town official, such vacancy shall be filled by the Selectboard until the next annual election. The person then elected shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. If more than one vacancy occurs on an elected board at the same time, the vacancy shall be filled by a special Town meeting called for that purpose. Separate filing shall be made for such unexpired term.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 51
App. § 405-51. Conduct of meeting
Status: in_force

At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10) shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Secretary shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under chapter 51. The Chittenden Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 303
App. § 129-303. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Selectboard to review and sign off on an official record of its proceedings that shall be open for public inspection.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved within 30 days of the meeting by a majority vote of the Selectboard. An unofficial copy shall be filed in the Town Clerk's office five days after said meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 2206 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2206
§ 2206. Recycling centers
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of Natural Resources shall develop a State plan for the establishment and operation of solid waste recycling centers sufficient to meet the need for solid waste recycling throughout the State. In developing a State plan, the Secretary may establish pilot or demonstration projects for the purpose of determining equitable regions or methods for solid waste recycling. Pursuant to such plan, the Secretary shall establish and operate or contract for the establishment and operation of a solid waste recycling center within each town, or within each administrative district created pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 4001, or within such other regions as he or she deems reasonable to efficiently utilize solid waste recycling facilities at locations determined by him or her with the approval of the legislative body of the town in which the facility is to be located. Each recycling center shall be used for the storage, processing, and sale or disposal of solid waste. The Secretary may purchase, lease, or rent land or designate land owned by the State or any agency or department thereof for use as recycling centers.

(b) The Secretary is authorized to contract in the name of the State for the service of independent contractors under bond or with an agency or department of the State or a town to operate the recycling centers or to collect solid waste and deliver it to a recycling center.

(c) The Secretary shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 to implement the provisions of this section.

(d) [Omitted.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 404
App. § 247-404. Compensation of Village officers
Status: in_force

The Village may vote to compensate any or all Village officers for their official services. The Village at its annual meeting may fix the compensation of such officers and of Village employees.

Claims for personal services, except where compensation is fixed by law or by vote of the Village, shall not be allowed to a Village officer, but the Auditor shall report claims and the nature and extent of the services at an annual or special meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 402
App. § 5-402. Powers and duties of Mayor
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the City subject to provisions in this charter related to the City Manager. The Mayor shall use the Mayor's best efforts to see that the laws and the City ordinances are enforced, and that the duties of all subordinate officers are faithfully performed. The Mayor shall take care that the finances of the City are properly managed, and shall bring before the City Council public issues relevant to the affairs of the City. The Mayor shall preside at all City Council meetings with the powers of moderator and shall have a voice and vote in City Council meetings in accordance with Council rules and procedures.

(b) The Mayor may veto any action passed by the City Council, provided it is done before the next regular Council meeting and the Mayor provides a written explanation for the veto. Any veto by the Mayor can be overridden by a vote of five or more Council members at the next regular City Council meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 165 / Section 1
App. § 165-1. Applicability of the general law
Status: in_force

(a) All provisions of the constitutional and general laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and their officers shall apply to the Town of Westminster.

(b) The Town of Westminster shall have all the powers now or hereafter conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 903
App. § 133-903. Police Department; appointments
Status: in_force

Public safety services shall be provided for the Town in a manner acceptable to the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 1201
App. § 117-1201. Severability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter are declared to be severable. If any provisions of this charter are for any reason invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-1101 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 4787 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4787
§ 4787. Loan consolidation
Status: in_force

Loans, or the outstanding balance of loans, made for the purpose of preparing engineering plans for a project may be consolidated with any subsequent loans for construction.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 5
App. § 901-5. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority.

(2) “Authority” means the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority.

(3) “Members” means those municipalities that comprise the Authority, acting through their respective legislative bodies that are committed to full participation in the shared net expenses of all services provided by the Authority, and include the Cities of Barre and Montpelier. Other municipalities may, at the Authority's discretion, contract with the Authority for provision of one or more services from time to time.

(4) “Person” means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; unincorporated association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State; federal agency; or any other legal or commercial entity.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 4.02
App. § 9-4.2. Organization and meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Aldermen elected as hereinbefore provided, shall elect one of their number President of such Board. In the event a vacancy is created on the Board of Aldermen, it shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and confirmation by the Board of Aldermen in the same manner as other officers are appointed.

(b) Regular meetings of the Board of aldermen shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month. A majority of all the Aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A smaller number may adjourn to another date. The Board may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 202
App. § 407-202. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 707 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 707
App. § 151-707. Appeals
Status: in_force

A person aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of Assessment under the provisions of section 706 of this charter may appeal in writing under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 131.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 804
App. § 251-804. Unauthorized diversion and malicious damage
Status: in_force

Any person who shall willfully, wantonly, or maliciously divert the water or part thereof of any of the ponds, springs, streams, aqueducts, water courses, or reservoirs, which shall be taken, used, or constructed by the Village, or shall corrupt the same, or make it impure, or commit any nuisance therein, or shall bathe therein, or within the limits that may be taken or prescribed by the Village pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or maliciously injure or destroy any dam, embankment, aqueduct, pipe, reservoir, conduit, hydrant, structure, pump, machinery, or other property owned, held, or used by the Village under the provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to the Village, in treble damages therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort founded on this statute. Such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the Board of Water Commissioners in the name of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 18
App. § 171-18. Local options tax
Status: repealed

The Selectboard is authorized to impose a one percent sales tax, a one percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax, and a one percent rooms tax upon sales within the Town that are subject to the State of Vermont tax on sales, meals, alcoholic beverages, and rooms. The Town tax shall be implemented in the event the State local options tax as provided for in 24 V.S.A. § 138 is repealed or the 70-percent allocation to the town is reduced. A tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Vermont Department of Taxes in accordance with State law governing the State tax on sales, meals, alcoholic beverages, and rooms. The taxes collected shall be paid to the Town pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138. The cost of administration and collection of this tax shall be paid pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138. The tax to be paid to the Town pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138 shall be paid to the Town on a quarterly basis and may be expended by the Town for municipal services only and not for education expenditures. The Town may repeal the local option taxes by Australian ballot vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 31a
App. § 3-31a. Establishment of voting precincts within wards permitted
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council may, by resolution, establish voting precincts within one or more of the several wards of the City, and from time to time amend or alter the boundaries thereof, which said precincts so established shall be designated by number.

(b)(1) In the event such precincts are so established, the ward officers previously elected shall, from the remainder of their respective terms, be the precinct officers of the first numbered precincts in their ward, whether or not they reside therein, and the City Council shall appoint additional precinct officers for each additional precinct.

(2) At the annual City meeting following the establishment of such precincts, and at each annual City meeting thereafter, precinct officers shall be chosen by the legal voters of each precinct from among the legal votes thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 1.01
App. § 147-1.1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Shelburne, within the corporate limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Shelburne.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1125 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1125
App. § 5-1125. Budget surplus and deficit
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise disposed of in the manner provided by law or set in reserve by the City Council, any surplus existing at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward as revenue in the General Fund for the next ensuing fiscal year. Any deficit existing at the end of the fiscal year shall be liquidated in the manner provided by law.
24 V.S.A. § 4468 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4468
§ 4468. Hearing on appeal
Status: in_force

The appropriate municipal panel shall set a date and place for a public hearing of an appeal under this chapter that shall be within 60 days of the filing of the notice of appeal under section 4465 of this title. The appropriate municipal panel shall give public notice of the hearing and shall mail to the appellant a copy of that notice at least 15 days prior to the hearing date. Any person or body empowered by section 4465 of this title to take an appeal with respect to that property at issue may appear and be heard in person or be represented by an agent or attorney at the hearing. Any hearing held under this section may be adjourned by the appropriate municipal panel from time to time; provided, however, that the date and place of the adjourned hearing shall be announced at the hearing. All hearings under this section shall be open to the public and the rules of evidence applicable at these hearings shall be the same as the rules of evidence applicable in contested cases in hearings before administrative agencies as set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 810.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 35.03
App. § 9-35.3. Collection of fines
Status: in_force

Violators who do not request a hearing as provided in this charter within seven days are deemed to have waived such hearing and are obligated to pay to the City Treasurer all fines and penalties as established by ordinance in the City of Rutland for the charged parking related violation. The City Treasurer is authorized to utilize all legal means at the City's disposal to collect such fines due and may treat same as any general bill owned to the City of Rutland.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 13
App. § 11-13. City Treasurer
Status: repealed

(a) The City Council shall appoint a City Treasurer. The City Treasurer shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) The City Clerk and Treasurer may be one and the same person.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 602
App. § 251-602. Highway tax rate
Status: in_force

The Village of North Bennington shall establish its own highway tax rate. The voters in said Village shall not vote for Road Commissioner at a Town meeting of the Town of Bennington.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 905 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 905
App. § 127-905. Postponement and combining of Town meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special Town meeting to the annual meeting or the November federal general election if such special meeting falls within 75 days of the annual meeting or the November federal general elections, provided that the Selectboard may not postpone such a vote if the vote is for the purpose of using or discontinuing the use of the Australian ballot system for budgets as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2680(c).

(b) If a special Town meeting falls within 45 days of a later special Town meeting called by petition, the Selectboard may warn the question to be voted at such Town meeting for the later Town meeting and may by resolution rescind the call of the earlier meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1121 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1121
App. § 5-1121. Limitations
Status: in_force

The credit of the City shall not be pledged, except in the manner herein provided, and the City Council shall not expend in any year a sum of money in excess of the revenues of the City for that year or increase the indebtedness of the City, except as provided by this charter or to meet obligations imposed by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 30
App. § 601-30. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. Membership of committees may include persons not on the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 36
App. § 173-36. Terms of office
Status: in_force

All officers under this charter shall hold their respective offices until their successors are chosen. No officer shall be qualified until ready to assume the normal duties of his or her office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 22
App. § 239-22. Village Manager
Status: in_force

The Village may at a properly warned Village meeting vote to accept a Village Manager, who shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as town managers as provided by the laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 507
App. § 414-507. Qualifications and registration of voters
Status: in_force

All legal voters of the municipalities within the District shall be legal voters of the District. The municipalities within the District shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 402
App. § 142-402. Ambulance service
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Richford may provide for an ambulance service for the Town. If so provided, the Richford Ambulance Service shall be owned and operated by the Town of Richford under the supervision of the Selectboard with the advice of an Ambulance Committee appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the Selectboard.

(b) The Richford Ambulance Service shall operate in accordance with the Richford Ambulance Service bylaws, policies, and procedures.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1506
App. § 269-1506. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

At any time within the fiscal year, the Board of Trustees may transfer funds from single budget line items to other budget line items. A budget line item will be an individual budget item listed on the budget presented and approved under section 1503.
24 V.S.A. § 5061a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5061a
§ 5061a. Accidental and occupationally-related death benefit
Status: in_force

If the Retirement Board shall find on the basis of such evidence as may come before it that a Group D member in service died prior to retirement under the System as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring at a definite time and place during the course of the member's performance of duty as an employee, and that such accident was not the result of the member's own gross negligence or willful misconduct, a retirement allowance shall be paid the member's dependent beneficiary during the beneficiary's life. The terms and conditions of such payments shall be the same as those prescribed for Group C members as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 464.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 805 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 805
App. § 203-805. Recordation and collection of sidewalk and curbing assessments
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees shall, as soon as may be after they have caused the report and assessments to be recorded in the Village Clerk's office of the Village of Alburgh, place a list of the assessments in the hands of the Village Treasurer for collection. The Village Treasurer shall forthwith notify, in writing, the owner or owners of land or buildings so assessed, their agents, or attorneys, stating the amount of the assessment. All such assessments shall be paid to the Village Treasurer within 60 days after the same have been filed for record in the office of the Clerk of the Village of Alburgh, and the assessments and any interest shall be and remain a lien upon the lands and buildings assessed until the same are fully paid.

(b) If an owner or owners of any land or buildings assessed under the provisions of this charter shall neglect or refuse to pay any such assessment, with interest, as provided in this charter, to the Village Treasurer within the time prescribed for the payment, the Village Treasurer shall issue the Village Treasurer's warrant to the Village Collector of Taxes for the collection of the assessment, which warrant shall be in the form now prescribed by law for collection of town or other taxes, and the Collector shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the lands as will satisfy the assessments and the legal fees and shall proceed in the same manner and have the same fees as a collector of taxes in a town in selling land for the payment of taxes.

(c) Whenever a description of lands or buildings is required for the purposes of making assessments under the provisions of this charter, reference to the conveyance to the owner, giving date thereof, the name of the person from whom acquired, and the volume and page of the land records in the Town Clerk's office in which the same is recorded, shall be sufficient.
24 V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 12
§ 12. Rutland
Status: in_force

The County of Rutland is formed of the towns of Benson, Brandon, Castleton, Clarendon, Chittenden, Danby, Fair Haven, Hubbardton, Ira, Killington, Mendon, Middletown Springs, Mount Holly, Mount Tabor, Pawlet, Pittsfield, Pittsford, Poultney, Proctor, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Sudbury, Tinmouth, Wallingford, Wells, West Haven, West Rutland, the City of Rutland, and so much of Lake Champlain as lies in this State west of the towns in the county adjoining the lake. The City of Rutland is the shire town.
24 V.S.A. § 4016 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4016
§ 4016. Bonds, powers, covenants
Status: in_force

In connection with the issuance of bonds, or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power:

(1) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues to which its right then exists, or may thereafter come into existence.

(2) To mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, then owned or thereafter acquired.

(3) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees and revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its right or title then exists or may thereafter come into existence or against permitting or suffering any lien on such revenues or properties; to covenant with respect to limitations on its right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any housing project or part thereof and to covenant as to what other or additional debts or obligations may be incurred by it.

(4) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such bonds in escrow or otherwise and as to the use and disposition of the proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds; to covenant against extending the time for the payment of its bonds or interest thereon and to redeem the bonds and to covenant for their redemption and to provide the terms and conditions thereof.

(5) To covenant, subject to the limitations contained in this chapter, as to the rents and fees to be charged in the operation of the housing project or projects, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by rents, fees, and other revenues and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof; to create or to authorize the creation of special funds for moneys held for construction or operating costs, debt service, reserve, or other purposes and to covenant as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds.

(6) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bond holders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.

(7) To covenant as to the use of any or all of its real or personal property; to covenant as to the maintenance of its real and personal property; the replacement thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of its insurance monies.

(8) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition, or obligation; and to covenant and prescribe as to the events of default and terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds or obligations shall become or may be declared due before maturity and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.

(9) To vest in a trustee or trustees or the holders of the bonds or any proportion of them the right to enforce the payment of the bonds, or any covenants securing or relating to the bonds; to vest in a trustee or trustees the right, in the event of a default by said authority, to take possession and use, to operate and manage any housing project or part thereof, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom and to dispose of such monies in accordance with the agreement of the authority with said trustee; to provide for the powers and duties of a trustee or trustees and to limit the liability thereof; and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion of them may enforce any covenant or right securing or relating to the bond.

(10) To exercise all or part or a combination of powers granted in this section; to make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized, of like or different character; to make such covenants and to do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or, in the absolute discretion of said authority as will tend to make the bonds more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants, acts, or things are not enumerated in this section. (1961, No. 212, § 16, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1507
App. § 123-1507. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

At any time during the fiscal year, the Manager may transfer part or all of any unused appropriation balance among the programs within a department, office, or agency. Upon written request by the Manager, the Selectboard may by resolution transfer part or all of any unused appropriation balance from one department, office, or agency to another. Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the budget of the Selectboard shall be transferred or used for any other purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 106
App. § 106-106. Finances
Status: in_force

With the exception of the funds of the Water Department and Sewer Department, and other special service funds and Highway Department funds, the funds of the Village of Bradford shall be added to the General Fund of the Town of Bradford: Highway Department funds of the Village of Bradford shall be added to the highway funds of the Town of Bradford, and Water Department funds and Sewer Department funds of the Village of Bradford shall be added to the proper special fund provided for in section 205 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 32.01
App. § 9-32.1. Duties
Status: in_force

Said Board shall annually appoint such truant officers as in its judgment may be required, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as prescribed by the general law of this State for truant officers in towns and cities, and shall have such further powers and perform such further duties as shall be prescribed by any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.11
App. § 107-2.11. Elected youth voter; authority
Status: in_force

A youth voter who is elected to a Town office shall be capable of performing all duties and exercising all powers of that office, including the formation and execution of contracts relating to the office or official duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 406
App. § 111-406. Providing water to Chester and other municipalities
Status: in_force

Said Town may sell and furnish water to any person or corporation for domestic or other purposes, except power for manufacturing and mechanical purposes, within or without said Town and lay all pipes necessary to furnish water to all such persons.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 511 / Section 2
App. § 511-2. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of Fairfax Fire District No. 1, as recorded with the Town of Fairfax, are bounded on the north by Bessette Road, the west by Highland Road, the south by Brick Church Road, and the east by VT Route 104.
24 V.S.A. § 5089 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5089
§ 5089. Planning
Status: in_force

(a) The Agency of Transportation's Public Transit Plan for the State shall be amended no less frequently than every five years. The development of the State Public Transit Plan shall include consultation with public transit providers, the metropolitan planning organization, and the regional planning commissions and their transportation advisory committees to ensure the integration of transit planning with the transportation planning initiative as well as conformance with chapter 117 of this title (municipal and regional planning and development). Regional plans, together with the Agency of Transportation's Public Transit Plan shall function to coordinate the provision of public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit regional public transit services, in order to ensure effective local, regional, and statewide delivery of services.

(b) Recognizing that the growing demand for new regional and commuter services must be considered within the context of the continuing need for local transit services that meet basic mobility needs, the Agency of Transportation shall consult annually with the regional planning commissions and public transit providers in advance of the award of available planning funds. The Agency shall maintain a working list of both short- and long-term planning needs, goals, and objectives that balances the needs for regional service with the need for local service. Available planning funds shall be awarded in accordance with State and federal law and as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Agency following consultation with the regional planning commissions and the public transit providers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 44
App. § 141-44. Charges for municipal services
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions and limitations of existing laws and regulations, the Selectboard of the Town of Readsboro, or other appropriate legislative body, is empowered to establish charges for the said municipal services and methods of payment and shall be further authorized and empowered to collect the same and enforce the payment thereof. All such costs required to support these special services shall be paid for by those receiving the services by a tax on their grand list to be assessed annually, or in such other manner as such Board shall determine. If by tax, such tax shall be paid and collected as other taxes and shall be a lien on their grand list.
24 V.S.A. § 1911 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 54 / Section 1911
§ 1911. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meaning:

(1) “Acquire” shall mean to purchase, to acquire by eminent domain, to hire, to lease, to construct, to reconstruct, or to replace.

(2) “Communications plant” shall mean any and all parts of any communications system owned by the municipality, whether using wires, cables, fiber optics, wireless, other technologies, or a combination thereof, and used for the purpose of transporting or storing information, in whatever forms, directions, and media, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired, and all other facilities, equipment, and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to such system. However, the term “communications plant” and any regulatory implications or any restrictions under this chapter regarding either “communications plant” or “communications service” shall not apply to facilities or portions of any communications facilities intended for use by, and solely used by, the municipality and the municipality's own officers and employees in the operation of municipal departments or systems of which such communications are merely an ancillary component.

(3) “Communications service” shall include ownership, operation, and utilization of a communications plant within or without the corporate limits of the municipality to transport or store information in any form and medium.

(4) “Improve” shall mean to acquire or construct any improvement, whether consisting of real or personal property.

(5) “Improvement” shall mean any extension, betterment, addition, alteration, reconstruction, and extraordinary repair, equipping, or reequipping of the communications plant of the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 441 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 441
App. § 3-441. Rates; payment by municipal agencies
Status: in_force

The City Council or other board or agency of the City operating the electric plant may charge the City and all departments, agencies, instrumentalities, officers, or employers thereof for any electric service furnished to them, at the rate applicable to other customers taking service under similar conditions and the revenues so derived from any such service shall be treated as all other revenues of the electric plant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, special contracts for electric services may be entered into with another department, agency, or instrumentality of the City, provided that the Public Utility Commission first reviews and approves the contract pursuant to the provisions of 30 V.S.A. § 229.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 906 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 906
App. § 13-906. Removal
Status: in_force

(a) On 90 days' notice, the Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of Council so voting. He or she may be suspended during this period, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal.

(b) Notwithstanding the above, the Council may adopt a resolution stating its intention to remove the Manager and the reasons therefore, a copy of which shall be served forthwith on the Manager who may, within 10 days, demand a public hearing. Upon or after passage of such resolution, the Council may suspend him or her from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal. If no appeal is filed, the Council may dismiss him or her. In the event of an appeal, the Council shall hold a public hearing not less than 10 days or more than 20 days from the date of appeal, after which they may dismiss him or her.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 504
App. § 407-504. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the town clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least five public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 2281 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2281
§ 2281. Injunctive relief; other remedies
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the penalty in section 2282 of this title, the legislative body may seek a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction against the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a salvage yard which is in violation of the relevant municipal requirements of this subchapter and may obtain compliance with the relevant municipal requirements of this subchapter and the terms of a certificate of approved location issued under this subchapter by complaint to the Environmental Division for the county in which the salvage yard is located.

(b) In addition to the penalty in section 2282 of this title, the Agency of Transportation may seek appropriate injunctive relief in the Superior Court to enforce the provisions of this subchapter within its regulatory authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 8
App. § 15-8. Duty of auditors
Status: in_force

(a) The accounts of the several officers shall be closed and in the hands of the auditors at least two weeks before the annual meeting; any officer failing to so report shall not be eligible to re-election to said office for the ensuing year.

(b) It shall be the duty of the auditors to audit the accounts of the Treasurer and other City officers and report the accounts so settled with the items thereof, and also the state of the treasury, to the City at its annual meeting, and said report shall be printed by the auditors at the expense of the City and circulated among the taxpayers thereof, at least one week before the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 8
App. § 601-8. Appointment
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before the last Monday in March commencing in 2005, each member municipality shall appoint its representative and an alternate to the Board of Supervisors according to each municipality's method of making appointments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 4
App. § 207-4. Meetings and warnings
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Annual meeting. The annual meeting of said corporation shall be held within said Village on the third Tuesday in May of each year at the time and place designated by the Board of Trustees in its bylaws, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, and it may be adjourned to another date.

(2) When said corporation fails to hold such meeting, a warning for a subsequent meeting shall be issued immediately and, at such meeting, all officers required by law may be elected and its business transacted.

(b) Annual business meeting. If said corporation so votes, it may thereafter start its annual business meeting at a time and place designated by the Board of Trustees in the afternoon of the day before the third Tuesday of May and may transact at that time any business not involving voting by Australian ballot or voting required by law to be by ballot. A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the following day. Public discussion of ballot issues and all other issues appearing in the warning, other than the election of candidates, shall be permitted on that preceding day.

(c) Special meeting. The Board of Trustees may, in the interests of the corporation or upon the request in writing of five percent of the voters of said corporation, call a special meeting, by directing the Clerk to warn the same, giving like notice of such meeting as is required for the holding of the annual meeting. Such meeting may be adjourned to another date.

(d) Warning. Public notice of every annual or special meeting shall be given by a warning, and the warning shall:

(1) Contain voter information, such as stating the date, time, and place of meeting.

(2) Be signed by a majority of the trustees, except for meetings required by charter to be called by the Village Clerk upon receipt of a petition, in which case the warning shall be signed only by the Clerk.

(3) Specifically indicate by separate articles what business is to be transacted by all day Australian ballot and which articles are to be transacted at the annual business meeting.

(4) Contain any articles approved by the trustees and any article requested by petition signed by at least five percent of the voters and filed with the Village Clerk at least 45 days prior to the day of meeting and posting.

(5) Be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Village at least five days before the meeting unless the warning is published in the Village report and the Village report is mailed or otherwise distributed to the voters at least 10 days before the meeting. This shall not apply to municipal informational meetings at which no voting is to take place.

(6) Be posted in two public places in such Village and in or near the Village Clerk office not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting.

(7) Not include improper influences, such as an opinion or comment by any corporation, body, officer, or other person on any matter to be voted upon.

(e) Australian ballot. At any annual or special meeting, election of officers, any article that requires balloting, and any article approved by the Board of Trustees to be determined by Australian ballot shall be among the first articles in the warning.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1304
App. § 5-1304. Special assessment; heat improvements
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the power to create an energy district of the City of Montpelier or part thereof and to incur indebtedness for or otherwise finance by any permitted means acceptable facilities for the production and delivery of heat and devices, facilities, and other measures to conserve energy or to promote efficient energy use on properties within the district. Participation by any property owner in these improvements is subject to City Council approval. Persons who participate with an eligible project or projects shall be subject to the requirements of this special assessment. The City Council shall establish the criteria and procedures for participation in this special assessment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 32
App. § 219-32. Village indebtedness
Status: in_force

Any bonds issued for the purposes herein specified shall not be taken into account in determining the amount of the indebtedness that the Village is permitted to incur.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 11
App. § 279-11. Incompatible offices
Status: in_force

In addition to incompatible offices designated by statute, no member of the Board of Trustees shall serve as Police Chief or Fire Chief.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 50
App. § 401-50. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded indebtedness or to enter into a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 284 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 284
App. § 3-284. Maintenance of Retirement Fund; Retiring Board; sources of Retirement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Retirement Fund heretofore established shall hold the assets of the retirement system. From the same there shall be available pensions to employees, appointive officers, and the Mayor of the City, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in the ordinance. The City Council is hereby given authority and power to provide in the annual budget an appropriation to the Fund, as may be necessary to meet the required demands thereunder. The Retirement Board shall consist of two members appointed by the City Council, one class A member of the system elected by the class A membership, one class B member of the system elected by the class B membership, and the Chief Administrative Officer as an ex officio member.

(b) This Fund shall be created from the following sources:

(1) The accumulated contributions deducted from the compensation of class A members as well as those contributions deducted from the compensation of class B members when class B membership contributions were required.

(2) The contributions of the City for benefits under the retirement system shall consist of a percentage of the earned compensation of members to be known as the “normal contribution” and an additional dollar amount to be known as the “accrued liability contribution.”

(3) All interest and dividends earned on the Fund.
24 V.S.A. § 2793c — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2793c
§ 2793c. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Definition. As used in this section, “growth center” means an area of land that:

(A) is within or adjoining a downtown, village center, or new town center designated under this chapter; and

(B) has clearly defined boundaries that can accommodate a majority of commercial, residential, and industrial growth anticipated by the municipality or municipalities over a 20-year period.

(2) Development and redevelopment within any growth center shall support Vermont's traditional land use pattern of compact centers separated by rural lands and shall meet the requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Requirements. To achieve the purposes and goals set forth in section 4302 of this title and conform to smart growth principles, a growth center shall meet each of the following requirements:

(1) Size. The size of the growth center shall be sufficient to accommodate a majority of the projected development within each applicant municipality over a 20-year planning period, and:

(A) shall be no larger than the area necessary to accommodate:

(i) 150 percent of the projected dwelling units in the municipality over the period; and

(ii) no more than 100 percent of the projected commercial and industrial development in the municipality;

(B) shall not encompass an excessive area of land that would involve the unnecessary extension of infrastructure to service low-density development or automobile-dependent strip development; and

(C) may include undevelopable land and land planned for green space or open space, as well as areas designed for infill and redevelopment.

(2) Location. The area of land proposed for the growth center shall be located within or shall adjoin a designated downtown, village center, or new town center. If the growth center is to be adjoining, then the applicant shall demonstrate that an existing designated downtown, village center, or new town center located within each applicant municipality reasonably cannot accommodate the growth proposed to occur in the growth center.

(3) Uses. The growth center shall support and reinforce any existing designated downtown, village center, or new town center located in the municipality or adjacent municipality by accommodating concentrated residential neighborhoods and a mix and scale of commercial, civic, and industrial uses that are consistent with the anticipated demand for those uses within the municipality and region. The growth center shall incorporate a mix of uses that typically includes or is planned to include the following: retail, office, services, and other commercial, civic, recreational, industrial, and residential uses, including affordable housing and new residential neighborhoods, within a densely developed, compact area.

(4) Density, design, and form. The municipality shall adopt municipal plan policies and implementing bylaws and ordinances applicable to the growth center that conform with design guidelines developed by the Department pursuant to subdivision (d)(3) of this section, and that:

(A) Allow net residential densities within the growth center greater than or equal to four single-family detached dwelling units per acre, exclusive of accessory dwelling units, or no fewer than the average existing density of the surrounding neighborhood, whichever is greater.

(B) Ensure that all investments contribute to a built environment that enhances the existing and planned character and supports pedestrian use.

(C) Ensure sufficient density, building heights, and building coverage or sufficient floor area ratio. A municipality may use bylaws that regulate adequately the physical form and scale of development to demonstrate compliance with this requirement.

(D) Minimize the required lot sizes, setbacks, and parking and street widths.

(E) Organize the proposed growth center development around one or more central places or focal points that will establish community identity and promote social interaction, such as prominent buildings of civic, cultural, or spiritual significance or a village green, common, or square.

(F) Prohibit linear, automobile-dependent strip development along heavily traveled roads within and extending outside the growth center.

(5) Capital budget. The applicant has adopted, in accordance with section 4430 of this title, a capital budget and program that includes existing and planned wastewater treatment, water, stormwater, and transportation infrastructure; public spaces; other infrastructure necessary to support growth center development; and a reference map.

(6) General infrastructure. The existing and planned infrastructure shall be adequate to implement the growth center and meet the municipality's 20-year growth needs. The municipality shall have adopted policies on the extension of water and wastewater lines that include a defined service area and allocation plan to support the growth center.

(7) Public spaces. The growth center shall incorporate existing or planned public spaces that promote social interaction, such as public parks, civic buildings such as a post office or municipal offices, community gardens, and other formal and informal places to gather.

(8) Transportation. Existing or planned transportation infrastructure serving the growth center shall be adequate to implement growth center development over the 20-year period, and shall conform with “complete streets” principles as described under 19 V.S.A. § 309d; shall establish multi-modal access to the downtown, village center, or new town center; shall incorporate, accommodate, and support the use of public transit systems; and shall encompass a circulation system that is conducive to pedestrian and other nonvehicular traffic. The applicable municipal plans and bylaws shall include provisions that will result in street connectivity and aim to create a comprehensive, integrated, connected network for all modes.

(9) Natural resources within growth centers. The growth center shall avoid or minimize the inclusion of important natural resources and identified flood hazard and fluvial erosion hazard areas. If an applicant includes an important natural resource or flood hazard or fluvial erosion hazard area within a proposed growth center, the applicant shall identify the resource or area, explain why the resource or area was included, describe any anticipated disturbance to the resource or area, and describe how the municipality's land use bylaws will avoid or minimize impacts to the resource or area. If impacts to the resource or area are necessary to achieve growth center goals, the applicant shall provide justification for why the disturbance cannot be avoided or minimized.

(10) Natural resources outside growth centers. Municipalities applying for growth center designation shall ensure that the approved local plan, implementing bylaws, and other programs serve to minimize conflicts of development with agricultural and forest industries; minimize the conversion and fragmentation of farmland, forestland, or significant areas of habitat connectivity; and minimize impacts on important natural resources located outside the proposed growth center.

(11) Historic resources. The growth center shall be compatible with and reinforce the character of sites that are listed or eligible for listing on the National or State Register of Historic Places, and other significant cultural and historic resources identified by local or State government in or adjacent to the growth center.

(c) Application for designation of a growth center.

(1) Before submitting a complete application to the Board, the municipal legislative body shall vote to apply for growth center designation according to the procedure established under sections 1972 and 1973 of this title.

(2) The application for designation as a growth center shall:

(A) be based on a 20-year plan for growth that is reflected in the municipal plan of the municipality involved;

(B) include regional and local growth projections and shall identify targets for 20-year growth in various sectors;

(C) include an inventory map and analysis of growth and development potential in the designated downtown, village center, or new town center that connects to the proposed growth center; and

(D) quantify the type and amount of development and land area needed to support the proposed growth center beyond what is available in the designated downtown, village center, or new town center.

(3) Each municipality involved in the application shall have a duly adopted and regionally approved municipal plan that describes the proposed growth center and a planning process that is confirmed in accordance with section 4350 of this title.

(4) Each municipality involved in the application shall have adopted bylaws and regulations under sections 4414, 4418, and 4422 of this title and nonregulatory programs that will support and implement the growth center requirements of subsection (b) of this section.

(5) Each application for designation as a growth center shall include:

(A) A description from the regional planning commission in which each applicant municipality is located of the role of the proposed growth center in the region, and the relationship between the proposed growth center and neighboring communities.

(B) Written confirmation from the applicable regional planning commission that the proposed growth center conforms with the regional plan for the region in which each applicant municipality is located.

(C) A concept plan depicting the character of the streets and public spaces within the growth center, and depicting the size and placement of buildings envisioned in the municipal plan.

(D) One or more maps that accurately delineate the boundaries of the growth center, and an official map, if one is adopted, of the growth center. The map or maps shall identify:

(i) growth center boundaries in relation to the associated designated downtown, village center, or new town center;

(ii) important natural resources, identified flood hazard and fluvial erosion hazard areas, National Register Historic Districts, National or State Register Historic Sites, and other significant cultural and natural resources identified by local or State government within the municipality;

(iii) existing slopes of 20 percent or greater; and

(iv) existing and planned public facilities, including public buildings, public spaces, wastewater and water services, roads, sidewalks, paths, transit centers, parking areas, parks, and schools within the growth center boundaries.

(d) Designation process.

(1) Preliminary application and meeting process.

(A) Before submitting an application pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, a municipality shall submit a preliminary application to the Department consisting of a draft growth center map and a brief explanation of the planning and implementation policies the municipality plans to enact prior to submitting an application under subsection (c) of this section. These planning and implementation policies will be used to guide development within the growth center and preserve the rural character of the surrounding area.

(B) The Department shall solicit comments on the preliminary application from State agencies and regional planning commissions. The Department shall evaluate the preliminary application for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, identify potential issues related to the growth center boundary and implementation tools, and make recommendations to address those issues through adjustment of the growth center boundaries and revised or alternative implementation plans.

(C) The Department shall schedule and conduct a preapplication meeting with the applicant.

(2) Regional planning commission technical planning assistance. Regional planning commissions, pursuant to section 4345a of this title, are uniquely positioned to assist municipalities with growth center planning. To this end, at the request of a municipality contemplating growth center designation, the regional planning commission shall provide technical assistance in support of that designation.

(A) Technical support shall include:

(i) preparing population, housing, and employment growth projections for a period of not less than 20 years;

(ii) mapping, including identification of development capacity, land use, existing and planned infrastructure and service areas, important natural resources and historic resources, and physical constraints to development and associated features; and

(iii) analysis of whether the geographic area of proposed growth centers will accommodate a majority of the projected growth over a 20-year period.

(B) These projections and analyses may be prepared on a municipal or regional basis.

(3) Planning manual. The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development or designee shall ensure that the planning manual prepared under section 4304 of this title provides guidelines for municipalities and regional planning commissions planning for growth center designation. The manual shall identify State resources available to assist municipalities and shall include a checklist indicating the issues that should be addressed by the municipality in planning for growth center designation.

(A) The manual shall address in appropriate detail:

(i) methodologies for conducting growth projections and analyses;

(ii) the methodology for determining the appropriate size and location of a growth center boundary;

(iii) the methodology for calculating residential density in a growth center; and

(iv) the methodology for determining the adequacy of infrastructure needed to support anticipated growth within a growth center.

(B) The planning manual shall address defining appropriate boundaries that are not unduly expansive; enacting plan policies and implementation bylaws that accommodate reasonable densities, compact settlement patterns, and an appropriate mix of uses within growth centers; planning for infrastructure, transportation facilities, and open space; avoiding or mitigating impacts to important natural resources and historic resources; and strategies for maintaining the rural character and working landscape outside growth center boundaries.

(4) Assistance by Department. The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development or designee shall provide ongoing assistance to the State Board to review applications for growth center designation, including coordinating review by State agencies on matters of agency interest and evaluating applications and associated plan policies and implementation measures for conformance with this section.

(5) Planning grants. The Vermont Municipal Planning Grant Program, pursuant to subdivision 4306(b)(2) of this title, shall make funding for activities associated with growth center planning a priority, and the Vermont Community Development Program shall make funding for activities associated with growth center planning a priority under the planning grant program.

(6) Designation decision. Within 90 days of the receipt of a completed application, after providing notice as required in the case of a proposed municipal plan or amendment to each person listed under subsection 4384(e) of this title and to the executive director of each adjacent regional planning commission, and after providing an opportunity for the public to be heard, the State Board formally shall designate a growth center if the State Board finds, in a written decision, that the growth center proposal meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. An application that complies with all of the requirements of subsection (b) of this section other than the size requirement set forth in subdivision (b)(1) may be approved by the State Board if the applicant presents compelling justification for deviating from the size requirement and provided that at least two-thirds but no fewer than seven of the members of the State Board present vote in favor of the application.

(7) Conditions of designation. The Board, as a condition of growth center designation, may require certain regulatory changes prior to the effective date of designation. In addition, the growth center designation may be modified, suspended, or revoked if the applicant fails to achieve the required regulatory changes within a specified period of time. As an option, municipalities applying for growth center designation may make certain regulatory changes effective and contingent upon formal designation.

(8) Request for reconsideration. Within 21 days of a growth center designation under subdivision (1) of this subsection, a person or entity that submitted written or oral comments to the State Board during its consideration of the application for the designated growth center may request that the State Board reconsider the designation. Any such request for reconsideration shall identify each specific finding of the State Board for which reconsideration is requested and state the reasons why each such finding should be reconsidered. The filing of such a request shall stay the effectiveness of the designation until the State Board renders its decision on the request. On receipt of such a request, the State Board shall promptly notify the applicant municipality of the request if that municipality is not the requestor. The State Board shall convene at the earliest feasible date to consider the request and shall render its decision on the request within 90 days of the date on which the request was filed.

(e) Length of Designation.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, growth center designation shall extend for 20 years. The State Board shall review a growth center designation no less frequently than every five years, after providing notice as required in the case of a proposed municipal plan or amendment under subsection 4384(e) of this title, and after providing an opportunity for the public to be heard. For each applicant, the State Board may adjust the schedule of review under this subsection so as to coincide with the review of the related and underlying designation of a downtown, village center, or new town center.

(2) The five-year review shall include, at a minimum, an updated five-year capital plan that funds infrastructure improvements necessary to implement growth center development, updated development projections, a summary of growth within and outside the growth center to date, and any changes to the municipal plan, bylaws, or maps since the original growth center application or any previous review.

(3) If, at the time of the review, the State Board determines that the growth center no longer meets the standards for designation in effect at the time the growth center initially was designated, the State Board may:

(A) require corrective action;

(B) provide technical assistance through the coordinated assistance program; or

(C) remove the growth center's designation, with that removal not affecting any of the growth center's previously awarded benefits.

(4) At any time, a municipality shall be able to apply to the State Board for amendment of a designated growth center or any related conditions or other matters, according to the procedures that apply in the case of an original application.

(f) Review by the Land Use Review Board and issuance of Act 250 findings of fact and conclusions of law. Subsequent to growth center designation by the State Board, an applicant municipality may submit a request for findings of fact and conclusions of law under specific criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a) to the Land Use Review Board for consideration in accordance with the following:

(1) In requesting findings of fact, the applicant municipality shall specify any criteria for which findings and conclusions are requested and the nature and scope of the findings that are being requested.

(2) The Land Use Review Board shall notify all landowners of land located within the proposed growth center, entities that would be accorded party status before a District Commission under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(C) and (D), and all owners of land adjoining the proposed growth center of a hearing on the issue. The Land Use Review Board may fashion alternate and more efficient means of providing adequate notice to persons potentially affected under this subdivision. Persons notified may appear at the hearing and be heard, as may any other person who has a particularized interest protected by 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 that may be affected by the decision.

(3) The Land Use Review Board shall review the request in accordance with and shall issue findings of fact and conclusions of law under the applicable criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a) which are deemed to have been satisfied by the applicant's submissions during the formal designation process, any additional submissions, as well as associated municipal plan policies, programs, and bylaws. Findings and conclusions of law shall be effective for a period of five years, unless otherwise provided. The Land Use Review Board, before issuing its findings and conclusions, may require specific changes in the proposal, or regulatory changes by the municipality, as a condition for certain findings and conclusions. These findings and conclusions shall be subject to appeal to the Environmental Division pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 220 within 30 days of issuance.

(4) During the period of time in which a growth center designation remains in effect, any findings and conclusions issued by the Land Use Review Board or any final adjudication of those findings and conclusions shall be applicable to any subsequent application for approval by a District Commission under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 and shall be binding upon the District Commission and the persons provided notice in the Land Use Review Board proceeding, according to the rules of the Land Use Review Board, provided the proposed development project is located within the designated growth center.

(5) In any application to a District Commission under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 for approval of a proposed development or subdivision to be located within the designated growth center, the District Commission shall review de novo any relevant criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a) that are not subject to findings of fact and conclusions of law issued by the Land Use Review Board pursuant to this section.

(6) The decision of the State Board pursuant to this section shall not be binding as to the criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a) in any proceeding before the Land Use Review Board or a District Commission.

(g) Review by District Commission. In addition to its other powers, in making its determinations under 10 V.S.A. § 6086, a District Commission may consider important resources within a proposed growth center that have been identified in the designation process and the anticipated impacts on those resources, and may require that reasonable mitigation be provided as an alternative to permit denial.

(h) Concurrent designation. A municipality may seek designation of a growth center concurrently with the designation of a downtown pursuant to section 2793 of this title, the designation of a village center pursuant to section 2793a of this title, or the designation of a new town center pursuant to section 2793b of this title.

(i) Benefits from designation. A growth center designated by the State Board pursuant to this section is eligible for the following development incentives and benefits:

(1) Financial incentives.

(A) A municipality may use tax increment financing for infrastructure and improvements in its designated growth center pursuant to the provisions of Title 32 and this title. A designated growth center under this section shall be presumed to have met any locational criteria established in Vermont statutes for tax increment financing. The State Board may consider project criteria established under those statutes and, as appropriate, may make recommendations as to whether any of those project criteria have been met.

(B) Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) incentives shall be provided to designated growth centers.

(2) State assistance and funding for growth centers.

(A) It is the intention of the General Assembly to give the highest priority to facilitating development and growth in designated downtowns and village centers whenever feasible. The provisions in this section and elsewhere in law that provide and establish priorities for State assistance and funding for designated growth centers are not intended to take precedence over any other provisions of law that provide State assistance and funding for designated downtowns and village centers.

(B) On or before January 15, 2007, the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretaries of Natural Resources, of Transportation, of Commerce and Community Development, and of Agriculture, Food and Markets, shall report to the General Assembly on the priorities and preferences for State assistance and funding granted in law to downtown centers, village centers, and designated growth centers, and the manner in which such priorities are applied.

(3) State infrastructure and development assistance.

(A) With respect to State grants and other State funding, priority should be given to support infrastructure and other investments in public facilities located inside a designated growth center to consist of the following:

(i) Agency of Natural Resources funding of new, expanded, upgraded, or refurbished wastewater management facilities serving a growth center in accordance with the Agency's rules regarding priority for pollution abatement, pollution prevention, and the protection of public health and water quality.

(ii) Technical and financial assistance for brownfields remediation under the Vermont brownfields initiative.

(iii) Community development block grant (CDBG) program implementation grants.

(iv) Technical, financial, and other benefits made available by statute or rule.

(B) Whenever the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services or other State officials in charge of selecting a site are planning to lease or construct buildings suitable to being located in a designated growth center after determining that the option of utilizing existing space in a downtown development district pursuant to subdivision 2794(a)(12) of this title or within a designated village center pursuant to subdivision 2793a(c)(5) of this title or within a designated new town center pursuant to subdivision 2793b(c)(2) of this title is not feasible, the option of locating in a designated growth center shall be given thorough investigation and priority in consultation with the legislative body of the municipality.

(4) State investments. The State shall:

(A) Expand the scope of the downtown transportation fund, as funds are available, to include access to downtowns with the first priority being projects located in designated downtowns, the second priority being projects located in designated village centers, and the third priority being projects located in designated growth centers.

(B) Extend priority consideration for transportation enhancement improvements located within or serving designated downtowns, village centers, and growth centers.

(C) Grant to projects located within designated growth centers priority consideration for State housing renovation and affordable housing construction assistance programs.

(5) Regulatory incentives.

(A) Master plan permit application. At any time while designation of a growth center is in effect, any person or persons who exercise ownership or control over an area encompassing all or part of the designated growth center or any municipality within which a growth center has been formally designated may apply for a master plan permit for that area or any portion of that area to the District Commission pursuant to the rules of the Land Use Review Board. Municipalities making an application under this subdivision are not required to exercise ownership of or control over the affected property. The District Commission shall be bound by any conclusions or findings of the Land Use Review Board, or any final adjudication of those findings and conclusions, pursuant to subsection (f) of this section but shall consider de novo any of the criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a) that were not subject to the final issuance of findings and conclusions by the Land Use Review Board pursuant to that subsection. In approving a master permit, the District Commission may set forth specific conditions that an applicant for an individual project permit will be required to meet.

(B) Individual project permits within a designated growth center. The District Commission shall review individual Act 250 permit applications in accordance with the specific findings of fact and conclusions of law issued by the Land Use Review Board under this section, if any, and in accordance with the conditions, findings, and conclusions of any applicable master plan permit. Any person proposing a development or subdivision within a designated growth center where no master plan permit is in effect shall be required to file an application with the District Environmental Commission for review under the criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a).
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 72 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 72
App. § 225-72. Village Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Village Clerk shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year term and shall:

(1) maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual Town meetings;

(2) maintain all Village records and an index to those records if appropriate;

(3) maintain and file all reports required by law;

(4) perform any other duties required of the Clerk by law, this charter, ordinances, or the Board of Trustees.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Village Clerk shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Clerk's duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the trustees, and the premium shall be paid by the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 4
App. § 601-4. Duration
Status: in_force

The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 109
App. § 127-109. Initiative
Status: in_force

Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than five percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date the petition is filed, unless prior to such meeting, the Selectboard shall have enacted the ordinance. The warning for the meeting shall include the text of the proposed ordinance and shall provide for a “yes” or “no” vote as to its enactment. The ordinance shall be adopted if at least 15 percent of the registered voters vote and a majority of that number vote for adoption. The ordinance shall take effect on the 30th day following adoption.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 102
App. § 1-102. General law application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City of Barre, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the City of Barre.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 902
App. § 133-902. Fire Department; appointments
Status: in_force

(a) Fire protection shall be provided by the Town of Poultney Volunteer Fire Department equipment and by the personnel of the Poultney Hose Company #1.

(b) The Fire Chief and assistant fire chiefs shall be elected annually by and shall be members of the Hose Company.
24 V.S.A. § 4422 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4422
§ 4422. Adequate public facilities; phasing
Status: in_force

Development may be phased or limited under a bylaw to avoid or mitigate any undue adverse impact on existing or planned community facilities or services. Where a capital budget and program has been adopted, the bylaw may limit or phase development based on the timing of construction or implementation of related necessary public facilities and services, in conformance with an adopted capital budget and program. A municipality also may levy impact fees in accordance with chapter 131 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 31
App. § 173-31. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

(a) If there is a specific written complaint of conflict of interest, the Selectboard shall conduct an investigation in accordance with the ordinance that states the procedure and arrive at a decision.

(b) No elected or appointed officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the Town, regardless of amount, or furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of his or her official duties, unless such contract shall have been awarded upon bids advertised for by publication. Such publication shall appear at least two times in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town; the second publication shall be at least seven days prior to the opening of such bids. No officer or employee of the Town shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the Town in which the officer or employee has a direct or indirect financial interest, aside from his or her salary as an officer or employee, greater than that of any other citizen or taxpayer in the Town. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Town Administrator from hiring the best available service provider in an emergency situation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 248 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 248
App. § 3-248. Establishment and maintenance authorized; assessments
Status: in_force

The City Council is authorized, to establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in said City; and it may assess the owners of land or buildings adjoining or abutting said streets or any portion thereof in which such sewers may be established so much of the expense of constructing such sewers as it shall adjudge such land or buildings to be benefited thereby, but in no case shall the expense of construction of any such sewer be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of any such street or any portion thereof in excess of one-fourth of such expense and the City shall pay one-half of such expense, provided that all sewer assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 76 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 76
App. § 235-76. Appeal of damage and compensation determinations
Status: in_force

When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the water commissioners so made, in any of the cases mentioned in section 75 of this charter, such person may petition the Windsor County Court for a reassessment and award of damages, and such proceeding shall be had in said Court on said petition as are provided by law for the assessment of damages for land taken for highways, except that the commissioners appointed by said Court shall notify one of said water commissioners of said Village, instead of one of the Selectboard members. Said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Village within 60 days next after said award shall be filed in the Town Clerk's office as aforesaid, and at least 12 days before the term of Court to which it is made returnable, but nothing in such proceedings shall prevent the water commissioners from entering on such land, and laying and constructing said aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances, and using said water after their award shall have been made and the amount thereof tendered by them.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.03
App. § 147-11.3. Town meeting warning and budget
Status: in_force

The budget and warning for the annual Town meeting shall be distributed to the legal voters of the Town at least 10 days before the annual meeting. Distribution shall be accomplished by posting the Town report on the Town of Shelburne website and making copies available at the Town Clerk's office. There shall be included in such distribution the Selectboard's best estimate of the tax rate for the next fiscal year based upon an estimate of the grand list furnished by the Assessor to the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 104
App. § 103-104. Recall
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of the Town may recall any of the elected Town officers listed in subchapter 2 of this charter.

(b) A recall petition, clearly stating cause, signed by at least 30 percent of the legal voters of the Town, and bearing their addresses, shall be filed with the Select Board within 15 calendar days of its issue. The Select Board upon receipt of a valid petition shall, after 60 calendar days, hold a special election, with voting by Australian Ballot, to consider the recall of an elected Town officer. When such a petition is approved by a majority of two-thirds of the ballots cast at such special election, the officer named in the petition shall thereupon cease to hold his or her office, and the office shall be considered vacant until filled by a special election to be held within 60 days.

(c) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once during his or her term of office.
24 V.S.A. § 1893 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1893
§ 1893. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of tax increment financing districts is to provide revenues for improvements that serve the district and related costs, which will stimulate development or redevelopment within the district, provide for employment opportunities, improve and broaden the tax base, or enhance the general economic vitality of the municipality, the region, or the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 5
App. § 501-5. Officers
Status: in_force

(a) Prudential Committee. The Prudential Committee shall consist of three members elected for a term of three years. The members of the Prudential Committee shall be elected to staggered terms so that only one member shall be elected annually. Vacancies in the Prudential Committee shall be filled in the same manner as provided in subdivision 306(d) of 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 129 [24A V.S.A. § 129–306] for the unexpired portion of the vacant member's term.

(b) District Clerk. The District Clerk shall keep minutes of all Fire District and Prudential Committee meetings and votes.

(c) District Treasurer. The duties of the District Treasurer shall include:

(1) accepting payment of current accounts on behalf of the Fire District;

(2) keeping accurate records of all payments made to the District;

(3) writing and signing all checks on behalf of the District;

(4) alerting the Prudential Committee of any past due accounts;

(5) keeping accurate records of all financial transactions made by the District.

(d) District Collector of Delinquent Taxes. The Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall collect all past due accounts, interest on those accounts, and penalties in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 2.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 401
App. § 203-401. Authority to adopt bylaws
Status: in_force

The Village may establish, alter, and repeal bylaws on the following subject matters:

First. Relating to its streets, sidewalks, parks, and public grounds; the cleaning, repairing, and improving of the same; and to compel persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned by them snow, ice, dirt, and garbage and other obstructions, and to keep those sidewalks and gutters clean.

Second. Relating to a watch and lighting of the streets.

Third. Relating to slaughterhouses and nuisances generally, and to compel the owner or occupant of an unwholesome, noisome, or offensive house or place to cleanse the same from time to time as may be necessary for the health or comfort of the inhabitants of the Village.

Fourth. Relating to sewers.

Fifth. Relating to a water supply for the protection of the Village against fire and for other purposes.

Sixth. To restrain animals from running at large in said Village.

Seventh. To establish and regulate markets.

Eighth. To erect and regulate location of hay scales.

Ninth. To suppress disorderly and gaming houses of all description of gaming and for the destruction of instruments and devices used for that purpose.

Tenth. To prevent immoderate driving in the streets and cruelty to animals.

Eleventh. To regulate the erection of buildings and to regulate the use of buildings in crowded localities for hazardous purposes.

Twelfth. To regulate the making, alteration, and repair of stovepipes, fireplaces, and other things from which damage by fire may be apprehended and in general to provide for the preservation of buildings from fire by precautionary measures and inspections.

Thirteenth. To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder and all other combustibles and dangerous materials.

Fourteenth. To regulate and restrain the use and sale of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, toy pistols, or other fireworks within the Village.

Fifteenth. To establish and regulate a fire department and fire and hook and ladder company or companies when necessary.

Sixteenth. To regulate the exhibitions of shows not interdicted by law.

Seventeenth. To license innkeepers and victualers, keepers of billiard and other saloons, peddlers, itinerant vendors, and auctioneers under regulations prescribed by the Village. Monies received for such licenses shall be paid into the Village treasury.

Eighteenth. To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade or ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespassers or willful injuries to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property or properties. And the Village may establish, alter, or repeal other bylaws that it may deem necessary for the well-being of the Village and for the proper regulation of the Village officers and not repugnant to the laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 167 / Section 104
App. § 167-104. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby.
24 V.S.A. § 1179 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1179
§ 1179. Reporting of fees received
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after the completion of a town's fiscal year, each town clerk shall disclose to the public the total amount of fees received as part of his or her compensation during the fiscal year immediately preceding.