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24 V.S.A. § 2797
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 76A - Historic Downtown Development|§ 2797. Property Assessment Fund; brownfields and redevelopment; competitive program

§ 2797. Property Assessment Fund; brownfields and redevelopment; competitive program|(a) There is created a Property Assessment Fund pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purpose of providing financing, on a competitive basis, to municipalities that demonstrate a financial need in order to determine and evaluate a full assessment of the extent and the cost of remediation of property, or in the case of an existing building, an assessment that supports a clear plan, including the associated costs of renovation to bring the building into compliance with State and local building codes.(b) The Fund shall be composed of the following:  (1) State or federal funds that may be appropriated by the General Assembly. (2) Any gifts, grants, or other contributions to the funds. (3) Proceeds from the issuance of general obligation bonds.   (c) A municipality deemed financially eligible may apply to the fund for the assessment of property and existing buildings proposed for redevelopment, provided the Department finds that the property or building:  (1) is not likely to be renovated or improved without the preliminary assessment; (2) when renovated or redeveloped, will integrate and be compatible with any applicable and approved regional development, capital, and municipal plans; is expected to create new property tax if developed by a taxable entity; and is expected to reduce pressure for development on open or undeveloped land in the local community or in the region.   (d) The Department shall distribute funds under this section in a manner that provides funding for assessment projects of various sizes in as many geographical areas of the State as possible and may require matching funds from the municipality in which an assessment project is conducted. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 49, eff. June 8, 2004.)
24 V.S.A. § 2798
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 76A - Historic Downtown Development|§ 2798. Designation decisions; nonappeal

§ 2798. Designation decisions; nonappeal|The designation decisions of the State Board under this chapter are not subject to appeal. (Added 2013, No. 59, § 9.)
24 V.S.A. § 2801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2801. Aqueducts

§ 2801. Aqueducts|(a) The selectboard of a town may procure the right to lay and maintain aqueducts and pipes across the land of any person when the public good and necessity require a new or additional supply of water for use in a town hall or watering trough on a public highway.(b) When the selectboard is unable to agree with the owner of such land as to the necessity for taking or the compensation to be paid therefor, it shall proceed to secure such right, and have the question of the necessity for taking and the damages sustained thereby determined as provided for taking land for a townhouse. The title to the land so secured shall be valid and vest in the town for the purposes herein named.(c) The title to the land so secured shall be valid and vest in the town for the purposes herein named.
24 V.S.A. § 2802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2802. Definitions

§ 2802. Definitions|The words "building" or "municipal building" as used in this chapter include wharves and docks and the lands surrounding or appurtenant thereto necessary for a highway or for parking or other public purposes connected therewith. (Added 1967, No. 313 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 2803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2803. Building committee; vote of town or district

§ 2803. Building committee; vote of town or district|A municipality may vote to place the construction of a building to be erected for public purposes under the general supervision and control of a building committee.
24 V.S.A. § 2804
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2804. Reserve funds; use

§ 2804. Reserve funds; use|(a) At an annual or special meeting duly warned, a municipality may establish a reserve fund to be under the control and direction of the legislative branch of the municipality. The reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be expended for such purposes for which established, or when authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned, for other purposes.(b) If a reserve fund is established under subsection (a) of this section to pay a school district's future school capital construction costs approved under 16 V.S.A. chapter 123, any funds raised by the district as part of its education spending to pay for those future costs shall be considered "approved school capital construction spending" in calculating excess spending under 32 V.S.A. § 5401(12). Districts shall submit to the Agency of Education annually a report of deposits into and expenditures from a school capital construction reserve fund. If the Agency of Education determines that any amount in the reserve fund has not been used for approved school capital construction within five years after deposit into the fund, then 150 percent of that amount shall be added to the district's education spending in the then-current year for purposes of calculating the excess spending penalty. The definitions in 16 V.S.A. chapter 133 shall apply to this subsection. (Amended 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 103, eff. March 11, 1998; 2005, No. 38, § 23; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
24 V.S.A. § 2805
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2805. Municipal buildings; condemnation; procedure

§ 2805. Municipal buildings; condemnation; procedure|(a) When the location of a municipal building is determined and lands and grounds are needed or when a municipality votes to purchase additional lands or when, in the exercise of any of the powers or functions authorized by its charter or bylaws, it becomes necessary for public use and benefit to take, damage, or affect lands, and the owner refuses to release or convey the same to such municipality for a reasonable price, the mayor and aldermen of such city, the selectboard of such town, or the trustees of such village or the prudential committee of such fire district shall set out the necessary lands and cause the same to be surveyed.(b) They shall appoint a time and place for hearing and give at least ten days' notice thereof before such hearing to the persons interested, either personally or by written notice left at the residence of the owner or occupant of such lands.(c) At such hearing they shall determine the damages sustained by such interested persons. The damages agreed upon or assessed shall be paid or tendered to such persons before taking possession of the lands.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking, by condemnation proceedings, of property of any religious, charitable, or educational society, institution, or organization, unless held, owned, or used by it for commercial purposes, without the written consent of the trustees or governing body of such society, institution, or organization, unless two-thirds of the voters at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose vote contrariwise.
24 V.S.A. § 2806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2806. Condemned land; notice to mortgagee; application of payment

§ 2806. Condemned land; notice to mortgagee; application of payment|When such lands are encumbered by mortgage, such municipality shall cause the same notice to be given to the mortgagee or assignee thereof as is required to be given to the owner, and the damages agreed upon or otherwise determined, as finally ascertained, shall be paid to the mortgagee or assignee. However, if the sum due on the mortgage is less than the damages awarded, the amount due on the mortgage shall be paid to the holder and the balance to the owner. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 103.)
24 V.S.A. § 2807
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2807. Procedure for taking land

§ 2807. Procedure for taking land|When the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees decide to take lands, in their order for that purpose, they shall fix a time and notify the owner or occupant thereof. Within such time he or she shall remove his or her buildings, fences, timber, wood, or trees, which, in the case of enclosed or improved lands, shall not, without the consent of the owner, be less than three months nor until compensation for damages to such lands is tendered or paid. If such obstructions are not removed within such time, the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees shall remove them at the expense of the town or village. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 104.)
24 V.S.A. § 2808
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2808. Condemnation; record of orders and proceedings

§ 2808. Condemnation; record of orders and proceedings|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. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 105.)
24 V.S.A. § 2809
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2809. Disagreement as to damages; reference

§ 2809. Disagreement as to damages; reference|When the owner of such land does not accept the damages awarded by the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees, as the case may be, they may agree with him or her to refer the question of such damages to one or more disinterested persons, whose award shall be made in writing and shall be final.
24 V.S.A. § 2810
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2810. Petition; appointment of commissioners

§ 2810. Petition; appointment of commissioners|(a) When a person having an interest in such land is dissatisfied with the action of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees in locating and setting it out or with the damages awarded therefor by them, he or she may apply by petition to the Superior Court for the county wherein such land lies within 60 days of the recording of the order of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees, and any number of persons aggrieved may join in the petition.(b) The petition with a citation shall be served on the clerk of the city, town, or village as a writ of summons requiring entry to be made therein within 21 days from the date of service.(c) The court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, who shall inquire into the necessity for locating and setting out such land and as to the amount of damages sustained by the persons interested therein. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 2811
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2811. Commissioners' notice, hearing, and report; Superior Court order

§ 2811. Commissioners' notice, hearing, and report; Superior Court order|(a) The commissioners shall give to such clerk and to the petitioners six days' notice of the time and place of hearing. When they have completed their inquiries, they shall report to the court.(b) Upon hearing, the court may accept or reject the report, in whole or in part, may make such orders as are necessary for locating and setting out such land and for the removal of obstructions thereon, may render judgment for the petitioners for such damages as they have severally sustained, may tax costs for either party, and may award execution in the premises. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 106.)
24 V.S.A. § 2812
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2812. Title to vest on payment of damages

§ 2812. Title to vest on payment of damages|When the damages finally awarded are paid to the person entitled thereto, title to such lands or the right to damage or affect lands shall vest in such city, town, or village for such purposes.
24 V.S.A. § 2813
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 77 - Construction; Condemnation|§ 2813. Armories; appropriation

§ 2813. Armories; appropriation|A municipality may appropriate sums of money towards the purchase or construction of an armory for use of the National Guard.
24 V.S.A. § 2931
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 79 - Planning|§ 2931. Validation of certain commissions

§ 2931. Validation of certain commissions|A regional planning commission in full compliance with sections 2919-2922 of this title on May 31, 1965 shall be a qualified regional planning commission under this chapter in all respects, except that it shall be limited to the financial aid which was in effect for it on May 31, 1965. (Added 1967, No. 188.)
24 V.S.A. § 2932
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 79 - Planning|§ 2932. Development Board; grants

§ 2932. Development Board; grants|The Development Board may with the approval of the Governor award a grant to an incorporated economic development district organized either on an intrastate or interstate basis for the purpose of matching federal funds made available by the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. No grant by the Development Board to a single district shall exceed $15,000.00. (Added 1967, No. 160.)
24 V.S.A. § 3028
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 81 - Zoning|§ 3028. Penalty

§ 3028. Penalty|(a) The legislative body of a municipality may provide by ordinance for the enforcement of this chapter and of any ordinance or regulation made hereunder, and may fix penalties of not more than $50.00 for each violation. Each day in which a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.(b) No action may be brought under this section unless the alleged offender has had at least seven days' notice that a violation exists. The notice shall be given by the administrative officer by hand or by certified mail with return receipt requested. The start of the seven days' notice shall be determined by the date said return receipt was signed by or on behalf of the person deemed to be in violation.(c) This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the proper municipal authorities from acting under section 3024 of this title. (Added 1967, No. 283 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 14, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3101. Bylaws and ordinances; penalties

§ 3101. Bylaws and ordinances; penalties|(a) The mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, or the trustees of an incorporated village, may, in accordance with this chapter, establish codes and regulations for the construction, maintenance, repair, and alteration of buildings and other structures within the municipality. Such codes and regulations may include provisions relating to building materials, structural design, passageways, stairways and exits, heating systems, fire protection procedures, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, but excluding electrical installations subject to regulation under 26 V.S.A. chapter 15.(b) Any code or regulation under subsection (a) of this section shall be adopted, amended, or repealed and enforced pursuant to the provisions of chapter 59 of this title.(c) When any municipality adopts or amends a building code, it shall impose requirements consistent with the current rules and standards adopted by the Commissioner of Public Safety under 20 V.S.A. chapter 173, subchapter 2.(d) Upon the adoption or amendment of any code or regulation, at least one copy shall be filed in the office of the building inspector, and the office of the municipal clerk.(e) The General Assembly may incorporate amendments to the code into the ordinance of all municipalities which have adopted the code, or designate allowable exceptions to the code.(f) On or before January 1, 1984, each municipality which has in effect a building code which is not consistent with the rules and standards adopted by the Commissioner of Labor, shall substitute for such code a code which is consistent. (Amended 1967, No. 295 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 20, 1968; 1969, No. 284 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. date, see note set out below; 1973, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.),§§ 1, 2, eff. April 2, 1974; 1981, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 3, 1982; 2003, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. April 1, 2005; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)
24 V.S.A. § 3102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3102. Building inspectors

§ 3102. Building inspectors|(a) Upon the adoption of any codes, rules, or regulations as provided in section 3101 of this title, the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, or the trustees of an incorporated village shall appoint and may remove a building inspector, and may appoint and may remove a deputy building inspector, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.(b) The building inspector and any deputy building inspector shall be a disinterested and competent person with experience in the construction of various types of buildings. (Amended 1967, No. 295 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 20, 1968; 2017, No. 74, § 107.)
24 V.S.A. § 3103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3103. Appointment; duties; powers

§ 3103. Appointment; duties; powers|Any such ordinance may be amended or supplemented following the procedure for adoption in section 3101 of this title. At least three copies of any ordinance, as amended or supplemented, shall be filed, as provided in section 3101 of this title, in the office of the building inspector and three copies filed in the office of the municipal clerk for use by the public. (Amended 1967, No. 295 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 20, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3104. Examination by public

§ 3104. Examination by public|At least 30 days before the adoption of any such ordinance or any amendment or supplement thereto, at least three copies of the code or regulation referred to in section 3101 of this title shall be filed in the office of the building inspector and three copies in the office of the municipal clerk for use by the public. (Added 1967, No. 295 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 20, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3105. Public hearing; notice

§ 3105. Public hearing; notice|(a) No such ordinance or amendments or supplements may become effective or be altered until after a public hearing at which interested parties and citizens may be heard.(b) Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least 15 days before the holding of the hearing. (Added 1967, No. 295 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 20, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3106. Report; prosecutions; injunctions

§ 3106. Report; prosecutions; injunctions|A building inspector shall:  (1) make a detailed report of his or her doings to the board of aldermen, selectboard, or trustees, as the case may be, at least once in six months, showing the number of certificates of permit granted, the number refused, and such other information as may be of importance relating to the discharge of his or her duties; and (2) inquire into and report to the municipal attorney or other designee of the legislative body of the municipality for prosecution, all violations of this chapter, and may apply, as building inspector, to a Superior judge for an injunction or other legal or equitable remedy in aid of his or her powers as he or she may be advised. (Amended 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
24 V.S.A. § 3107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3107. Certificate of permit; filing

§ 3107. Certificate of permit; filing|(a) Before the construction or alteration of a building, the owner, builder, or architect shall submit to the building inspector a comprehensive statement in writing of the material to be used and the mode of construction of the proposed building or alteration, with plans and specifications, if there are any. Work thereon shall not be begun until the owner has received from the inspector a certificate of permission specifying the material of which the outer walls and other covering of the roof of such building are to be composed, the street upon which, and the distance therefrom at which such building is to be placed. A copy of such certificate shall be filed in the office of the inspector under the date of its issue.(b) Such certificate shall not be granted until the inspector is satisfied that such structure when completed will be properly built, and insofar as practicable of a fireproof construction; provided, however, that in those municipalities that have adopted the provisions of chapter 81 of this title, relating to municipal zoning, the building inspector, before issuing said building certificate, shall be satisfied that by the issuance of such certificate the zoning ordinance of said municipality will not be violated.
24 V.S.A. § 3108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 83 - Building Inspectors and Regulation of Building|§ 3108. Inspector's duties

§ 3108. Inspector's duties|The inspector shall daily examine the condition of buildings undergoing alteration or erection and serve notice in writing upon the builders, owners, or architects of such structures as he or she deems to be unsafe or insecure by reason of the mode and manner of construction or materials used in the construction thereof. He or she shall order such changes in the mode or manner of construction and the materials used as he or she deems necessary for the public safety and may order work to cease.