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24 V.S.A. § 4017
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4017. Rights of obligees

§ 4017. Rights of obligees|An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred upon such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:  (1) By suit, action, or proceeding to compel said authority and the commissioners, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of said authority with or for the benefit of such obligee and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants or agreements of said authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon said authority by this chapter. (2) By suit, action, or proceeding, to enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of any obligee of said authority. (1961, No. 212, § 17, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4018
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4018. Powers may be conferred on obligee

§ 4018. Powers may be conferred on obligee|An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may be otherwise conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction:  (1) To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee. (2) To obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of said authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom. If such receiver be appointed, he or she may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain the same and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom and shall keep such monies in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of said authority as the court shall direct. (3) To require said authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust. (1961, No. 212, § 18, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4019
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4019. United States cooperation

§ 4019. United States cooperation|In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for, or in aid of, any housing project within its area of operation, to take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government and to these ends to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or the cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing project by such authority. (1961, No. 212, § 19, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4020
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4020. Taxation

§ 4020. Taxation|The property of an authority is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property and an authority shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any State public body thereof; provided however, that in lieu of such taxes or special assessments, the authority may agree to make payments to the State public body for improvements, services, and facilities furnished by such State public body for the benefit of the housing project, but in no event shall the payments exceed the estimated cost to such State public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be so furnished. (1961, No. 212, § 20, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4021
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4021. Governmental services and contracts

§ 4021. Governmental services and contracts|In connection with any housing project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any State public body may contract with the housing authority with respect to the sum or sums, if any, which the housing authority may agree to pay, during any year or period of years, to the State public body for the improvements, services, and facilities to be furnished by it, for the benefit of said housing project, but in no event shall the amount of such payments exceed the estimated cost to the State public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be so furnished: provided however, that the absence of a contract for such payments shall in no way relieve any State public body from the duty to furnish, for the benefit of said housing project, customary improvements and such services and facilities as such State public body furnishes customarily without a service fee. (1961, No. 212, § 21, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4022
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4022. Powers

§ 4022. Powers|For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects, located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any State public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:  (1) dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges therein, to a housing authority or the federal government; (2) cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; (3) furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (4) plan or replan, zone or rezone, any part of such State public body; make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances; any city may also change its map; (5) cause services to be furnished to the housing authority of the character which such State public body is otherwise empowered to furnish; (6) enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by such State public body of its powers relating to the repair, closing, or demolition of unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit dwellings; (7) employ, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any funds belonging to or within the control of such State public body, including funds derived from the sale of furnishings or property or facilities to a housing authority, in the purchase of the bonds or other obligations of the housing authority; and exercise all rights of any holder of such bonds or other obligations; (8) enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with a housing authority or the federal government respecting the exercise by such State public body of any of the powers herein granted; (9) do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of such housing projects; and (10) in connection with any public improvements made by a State public body exercising the powers herein granted, such State public body may incur the entire expense thereof. (1961, No. 212, § 22, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4023
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4023. Appropriation

§ 4023. Appropriation|When any housing authority which is created for any municipality becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of such housing authority during the first year thereafter and shall appropriate such amount to the authority out of any monies in the treasury of such municipality not appropriated to some other purpose. The money so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation. Any municipality located within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the authority. The housing authority, when it has money available therefore, shall make reimbursement for all loans made to it. (1961, No. 212, § 23, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4024
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4024. Exercise of authority

§ 4024. Exercise of authority|The exercise by a State public body of the powers granted in this chapter may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such State public body adopted by a majority of the members thereof present at a meeting of said governing body. Such resolution or resolutions shall take effect immediately upon passage and need not thereafter be laid over or published or posted. (1961, No. 212, § 24, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24 V.S.A. § 4025
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4025. Report

§ 4025. Report|At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other actions as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purpose of this chapter. (Amended 1961, No. 212, § 25, eff. July 11, 1961; 1967, No. 332 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 23, 1968; 2011, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. May 14, 2012.)
24 V.S.A. § 4026
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4026. Inconsistent acts

§ 4026. Inconsistent acts|As far as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with any other law, including special act or municipal charter, this chapter shall control. (Added 1966, No. 69 (Sp. Sess.), § 11, eff. March 14, 1966.)
24 V.S.A. § 4027
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 113 - Housing Authorities|§ 4027. Joint municipal housing authorities

§ 4027. Joint municipal housing authorities|The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may, pursuant to and in the manner set forth in section 4003 of this title, adopt a resolution to establish a housing authority for such municipalities. When the governing bodies of two or more towns adopt such a resolution, they shall also appoint, in the manner set forth in section 4004 of this title, five persons as the commissioners of the authority established. A housing authority established pursuant to this section shall have the same powers and responsibilities as a housing authority established for a single municipality. (Added 1977, No. 27, § 2.)
24 V.S.A. § 4301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4301. Short title

§ 4301. Short title|This chapter may be referred to as the Vermont Planning and Development Act. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 4303a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4303a. Computation of time

§ 4303a. Computation of time|Where an event is required or permitted to occur by this chapter before, on, or after a specified period of time measured from another event, in calculating the period:  (1) the first day shall not be counted; and (2) the final day shall be counted. (Added 1981, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 4304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4304. Planning and land use manual

§ 4304. Planning and land use manual|(a) The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall prepare, maintain, and distribute from time to time to all municipalities a manual setting forth:  (1) a copy of this chapter, together with all amendments thereof; (2) examples of land planning policies, and maps and documents prepared in conformance with plan requirements; (3) an explanation and illustrative examples of bylaws, capital programs, budgets, and procedures authorized in this chapter; and (4) other explanatory material and data which will aid municipalities in the preparation of plans, capital budgets, programs, and the administration of bylaws authorized in this chapter.   (b) The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall, from time to time, confer with interested persons with a view toward ensuring the maintenance of such manual in a form most useful to those regions and municipalities making use of it.(c) Sections of this manual may be cited in any plan or bylaw in the same manner as citations of this chapter, and may be incorporated by reference in any plan bylaw. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1971, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. April 11, 1972; 1975, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2013, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 27, 2014.)
24 V.S.A. § 4321
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4321. Creation of planning commissions

§ 4321. Creation of planning commissions|(a) A planning commission may be created at any time by the act of the legislative body of a municipality.(b) In any urban municipality, the legislative body may create a planning department headed by a planning director as a substitute for a planning commission, and, in that event all of the powers and duties of planning commissions set forth herein shall be exercised by such planning director, subject to such regulations as that executive body shall from time to time specify, and sections 4322 and 4323 of this title shall not apply to such director. In such event, that legislative body may further create an advisory planning council, which shall only function in an advisory capacity to the planning director in the exercise of his or her powers and duties, and shall have such other functions as that legislative body shall, by resolution, assign to such council. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 4322
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4322. Planning commission; membership

§ 4322. Planning commission; membership|A planning commission shall have not less than three nor more than nine voting members. All members may be compensated and reimbursed by the municipality for necessary and reasonable expenses. At least a majority of the members of a planning commission shall be residents of the municipality. The selectboard of a rural town, or not more than two elected or appointed officials of an urban municipality who are chosen by the legislative body of the urban municipality, shall be nonvoting ex officio members of a planning commission. If a municipality has an energy coordinator under chapter 33, subchapter 12 of this title, the energy coordinator may be a nonvoting ex officio member of the planning commission. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 116, § 3; 1973, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 1974; 1979, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 4323
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4323. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules

§ 4323. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules|(a) Members of a planning commission shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the legislative body of a municipality. The length of the term of planning commission members shall be determined by the legislative body of a municipality. Any member may be removed at any time by unanimous vote of the legislative body. Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term.(b) A planning commission shall elect a chair and a clerk and, at its organization meeting, shall adopt by majority vote of those members present and voting such other rules as it deems necessary and appropriate for the performance of its functions. A planning commission shall keep a record of its resolutions and transactions, which shall be maintained as a public record of the municipality.(c) As an alternative to appointment under subsection (a) of this section, municipalities may choose to elect planning commissioners for terms of one to four years. The proposal to elect and the length of terms to be filled shall be determined pursuant to a duly warned article at an annual or special meeting of the municipality. If a municipality chooses to elect planning commissioners:  (1) The length and spacing of terms shall be decided by vote of the municipality. (2) Elections shall occur only as terms are completed, or as vacancies occur, or as new planning commissions are created. (3) Vacancies may be filled by appointment of the legislative body only until the next meeting of the municipality, at which time the voters shall elect a commissioner to fill the unexpired term. (4) Elected commissioners may not be removed by action of the legislative body. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; 1989, No. 280 (Adj. Sess.), § 3a; 2003, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 4324
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4324. Existing commissions

§ 4324. Existing commissions|The members of any existing planning commission or body having similar powers and functions established under former laws shall continue in office until the end of their term as so established. New members shall be appointed and vacancies filled only under this chapter. Such commissions shall have, on March 23, 1968, all of the powers and duties of a planning commission created under this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 4325
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4325. Powers and duties of planning commissions

§ 4325. Powers and duties of planning commissions|Any planning commission created under this chapter may:  (1) Prepare a plan and amendments thereof for consideration by the legislative body and to review any amendments thereof initiated by others as set forth in subchapter 5 of this chapter. (2) Prepare and present to the legislative body proposed bylaws and make recommendations to the legislative body on proposed amendments to such bylaws as set forth in subchapter 6 of this chapter. (3) Administer bylaws adopted under this chapter, except to the extent that those functions are performed by a development review board. (4) Undertake capacity studies and make recommendations on matters of land development, urban renewal, transportation, economic and social development, urban beautification and design improvements, historic and scenic preservation, the conservation of energy and the development of renewable energy resources, and wetland protection. Data gathered by the planning commission that is relevant to the geographic information system established under 3 V.S.A. § 20 shall be compatible with, useful to, and shared with that system. (5) Prepare and present to the legislative body recommended building, plumbing, fire, electrical, housing, and related codes and enforcement procedures, and construction specifications for streets and related public improvements. (6) Prepare and present a recommended capital budget and program for a period of five years, as set forth in section 4440 of this title, for action by the legislative body, as set forth under section 4443 of this title. (7) Hold public meetings. (8) Require from other departments and agencies of the municipality such available information as relates to the work of the planning commission. (9) In the performance of its functions, enter upon land to make examinations and surveys. (10) Participate in a regional planning program. (11) Retain staff and consultant assistance in carrying out its duties and powers. (12) Undertake comprehensive planning, including related preliminary planning and engineering studies. (13) Perform such other acts or functions as it may deem necessary or appropriate to fulfill the duties and obligations imposed by, and the intent and purposes of, this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1979, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1985, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. July 1, 1989; 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. March 15, 1995; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 85.)
24 V.S.A. § 4326
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4326. Appropriations, reports, and records

§ 4326. Appropriations, reports, and records|Every municipality may appropriate to and expend funds for its planning commission. The planning commission shall keep a record of its business and shall make an annual report to the municipality. A planning commission may accept and utilize any funds, personal or other assistance made available by this State or federal government or any of their agencies or from private sources. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 4327
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development|§ 4327. Joint planning commissions

§ 4327. Joint planning commissions|(a) Any planning commission of a municipality which is a town having one or more municipalities contained within its area or which is one of such contained municipalities shall, upon the act of the legislative body of each municipality, be the planning commission under this chapter for such town and all such contained municipalities.(b) A planning commission acting for more than one municipality shall be the planning commission for such town and all such contained municipalities until such joint arrangement is terminated by the act of the legislative body of any participating municipality.(c) In any town containing one or more villages, any act required under this chapter to be taken by a legislative body or by the vote of a municipality shall be taken by the legislative body of the town or, as the case may be, the voters of the town, including the voters of any contained village.(d) If a contained village adopts its own plan, capital budget, or program or one or more bylaws, then any act required under this chapter for the adoption shall be taken by the legislative body or voters of the village. Nevertheless, the voters of the village shall remain as voters in the town for the adoption of town bylaws and capital budget and program, as provided in subsection (c) of this section.(e) A single planning commission, appointed by the Board of Governors of the unified towns and gores of Essex County, namely Averill, Avery's Gore, Ferdinand, Lewis, Warner's Grant, and Warren's Gore, shall serve as the planning commission for these towns and gores. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1973, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 1974; 1973, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.),§§ 3, 7 eff. July 1, 1974; 1975, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2005, No. 30, § 1; 2005, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)