Authorizing local government to require an applicant to pay for an independent technical review of an application. Enabling municipalities to enact a 180 day moratorium on new towers for the purpose of allowing for the development and implementation of local regulations. No moratorium may run past July 1, 1999. The new law authorizes the Attorney General to intervene in any legal disputes moratoria may generate. The new law also requires regional planning commissions to include provisions for tower facilities and ancillary improvements in their regional plans.
New policies address such issues as co-location, dismantling, and aesthetic impacts.
Finally, H.616 instructs the Vermont Environmental Board to maintain a map depicting the location of all towers in the State. A requirement that town clerks record in the land records all municipal permits and amendments thereto relating to land, certificates of occupancy, notices of violations, as well as minutes of meetings pertaining to the same. Statements certifying that no permit is needed shall also be recorded. A requirement that recorded notices provide detailed information, including the owner of record and the tax map lot number. A requirement that within 30 days after the issuance of a permit or notice of violation, the appropriate municipal official shall deliver a notice of same to the town clerk.