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5 V.S.A. § 692
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 692. Proportion to federal funds

§ 692. Proportion to federal funds|In the event that funds appropriated for the purposes of this subchapter are insufficient to meet the proportion of matching funds specified in this section for the federal grant to a municipality for that project, the Secretary is authorized to execute grants to municipalities in the proportion that the total funds provided, for that fiscal year, will bear to the total of federal airport funds allocated to municipalities within the State for that fiscal year. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 693
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 693. Conditions

§ 693. Conditions|A municipality receiving grants from the State of Vermont shall meet such conditions as the Secretary:  (1) may establish with respect to maintenance and continued use of the subject airport site for aeronautical purposes; and (2) shall establish in order to require the municipality to assist the State in identifying vendors that distribute, sell, or use aircraft jet fuel in the State in connection with the airport. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 39.)
5 V.S.A. § 694
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 694. Application

§ 694. Application|Subject to the provisions of section 695 of this title, a municipality may apply to the Secretary for funds provided for the purposes of this subchapter when the municipality has received a tentative allocation of federal airport funds for a project. Upon approval of the application by the Secretary, the funds provided under terms of this subchapter will be allocated to the municipality and held for a reasonable time. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 695
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 695. Federal assistance

§ 695. Federal assistance|A municipality may petition the Secretary to serve as its agent to accept, receive, account for, and disburse all funds granted by the United States for an airport project. If the Secretary agrees to serve as agent, the municipality shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency relationship in accordance with any applicable federal or State laws or regulations. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 62, § 18.)
5 V.S.A. § 696
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 696. Payment

§ 696. Payment|Following inspection and audit of costs allowable under terms of the Federal Airport Act and amendments to that act, funds shall be payable upon application by the municipality at the times designated by the Secretary, but in no case shall the total amount of State funds granted to a municipality under provisions of this section exceed the amount approved by the Secretary under section 694 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 697
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 697. Responsibility, title, and maintenance on completion of project

§ 697. Responsibility, title, and maintenance on completion of project|Upon completion of the project, title to, responsibility for, and maintenance of the airport shall rest with the municipality. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 751
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 751. Policy of State

§ 751. Policy of State|To provide for the orderly development of air facilities in this State and to cooperate with the national government by making available sites for airports, landing fields, air navigation facilities, and landing strips necessary for defense against an attack by sea or air, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this State to assist cities and towns or groups of cities and towns in the selection and acquisition of sites for development or expansion of airports, landing fields, and landing strips. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 752
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 752. Use of appropriations

§ 752. Use of appropriations|No part of an appropriation provided for the purposes of sections 751-754 of this title shall be used for any purpose except for purchase of land or rights in land for airports, landing fields, and landing strips and for the payment of costs incidental to acquisition of land or rights in land. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 753
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 753. Matching local funds

§ 753. Matching local funds|Money from the appropriation shall be used to match, dollar for dollar, money appropriated, raised, or contributed by a local governmental unit, city or town, or by a combination of units for the purchase of lands or rights in land for airport, landing field, air navigation facilities, or landing strip purposes. Variation of the above formula for State participation shall be permitted only in case of a site urgently needed by the air force or the national guard, and then only with unanimous consent of the Governor and the Emergency Board. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 754
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 754. Title; taxation

§ 754. Title; taxation|Title to land purchased in conformity with sections 751-753 of this title shall vest entirely in the State, jointly in the State and the local governmental units, or entirely in the local governmental units as in each case is most proper. Land so acquired shall not be taxable, but when the title vests in the State or when the title is held jointly by the State and a town or towns, and the site is located in a different town or when the title vests in one or more towns and the site exists in a different town, then the holders of the title shall make an annual payment, instead of taxes, to the town in which the site is located of a sum equal to the tax otherwise assessed on the land alone. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 771
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 771. State aid for repair, maintenance, and improvement

§ 771. State aid for repair, maintenance, and improvement|The Secretary is authorized to render financial assistance in the repair, maintenance, and improvement of municipal and privately owned air navigation facilities. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 772
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 772. Lease of land for restricted landing areas

§ 772. Lease of land for restricted landing areas|For the purpose of further development of an adequate system of air navigation facilities, the Secretary is authorized to lease in the name of the State areas of land suitable to the development of restricted landing areas, together with adequate area for appurtenant buildings and access roads. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 773
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 773. Rules

§ 773. Rules|The Secretary is authorized to adopt rules governing the provisions of this subchapter. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 23, § 70.)
5 V.S.A. § 774
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 774. Funds

§ 774. Funds|Funds appropriated for purposes enumerated in section 691 of this title may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be used for the purpose of this subchapter. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 801. Establishment of air navigation facilities

§ 801. Establishment of air navigation facilities|When it is determined by the Secretary that aeronautic development and safety in this State will be furthered, the Agency is authorized to establish, acquire, own, and operate air navigational facilities including radio air navigational aids the operation of which has been discontinued by federal, municipal, or private agencies, or when the Agency has been notified by proper authorities that radio air navigational aid will be discontinued. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 802. Establishment or acquisition of radio air navigational aid

§ 802. Establishment or acquisition of radio air navigational aid|In establishing or acquiring a radio air navigational aid, the Agency shall determine the degree to which its operation will further the safety of air navigation within its effective range and the degree to which this purpose might be served by other operating aids, if any, in the vicinity. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 803. Lease and operation of radio air navigational aid

§ 803. Lease and operation of radio air navigational aid|As an alternative to acquiring and owning an existing radio air navigational aid, the Agency is authorized at its discretion to lease and operate such a facility if the purposes of safety and economy will be equally served. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 804
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 804. Acquisition of airports

§ 804. Acquisition of airports|For the purposes of establishing a permanent system of airports within the State, the Secretary, with the approval of the Governor and the General Assembly, may acquire title by agreement or condemnation to an airport which has been discontinued by the owner as an air navigational facility. The title to the airport may be acquired by lease for the purpose of continuing its use as an airport open to the public. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 805
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 805. Acquisition of areas for safe approaches

§ 805. Acquisition of areas for safe approaches|The Agency may acquire control by lease or agreement of an area extending from the end of each runway and of such dimensions as are deemed necessary to provide safe approaches. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 806. Improvements

§ 806. Improvements|After acquiring title to an airport, the Agency may make such improvements as are deemed essential to its use by the public. Improvements may include access roads or rights-of-way, buildings, grading, marking and seeding of runways, and routine airport maintenance. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 807
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 807. Lease for aircraft hangars and other structures; lease to business entities

§ 807. Lease for aircraft hangars and other structures; lease to business entities|(a) A designated area or areas on the airport may be leased to a person for the purpose of constructing aircraft hangars, repair shops, or other structures compatible with the use and operation of the airport.(b) A designated area or areas on the airport may also be leased to any business entity consistent with Federal Aviation Administration requirements. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2017, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 25, 2018.)
5 V.S.A. § 808
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 808. Maintenance of airports

§ 808. Maintenance of airports|The Secretary shall be responsible for the maintenance of the airport in a manner consistent with its anticipated type of use by the public. According to its location and traffic needs and available appropriations, the airport may be held open to the public continuously or closed for such seasons or annual periods as the Secretary deems advisable. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 809
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 15 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|§ 809. Personnel and equipment

§ 809. Personnel and equipment|Employees may be retained for management and maintenance purposes as are required for one or more State-controlled airports. Equipment for proper maintenance of airports may be purchased and suitably housed. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1001. Short title

§ 1001. Short title|This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Airport Zoning Act."  (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1002. Airport zoning commission

§ 1002. Airport zoning commission|Prior to the initial zoning of any airport hazard area under this chapter, the political subdivision or joint airport zoning board which is to adopt the regulations shall appoint a commission, to be known as the airport zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various zones to be established and the regulations to be adopted. The commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings before submitting its final report. The legislative body of the political subdivision or the joint airport zoning board shall not hold its public hearings or take other action until it has received the final report of the Commission. When a municipal planning commission or regional planning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the airport zoning commission. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1003
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1003. Joint zoning board; powers

§ 1003. Joint zoning board; powers|If an airport hazard area appertaining to an airport is located outside the territorial limits of the political subdivision which owns or controls the airport, the political subdivision owning or controlling the airport and the political subdivision within which the airport hazard area is located, by ordinance or resolution adopted, may create a joint airport zoning board, which board shall have the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard area in question as that vested by section 1004 of this title in the political subdivision within which the area is located. Each joint board shall comprise three representatives of the political subdivision(s) in which the airport is located and two representatives of the political subdivision controlling the airport. The political subdivision in which an airport hazard area is located shall have two representatives. The members of the joint board so constituted shall by majority elect a chair from their number. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1004
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1004. Zoning regulations generally

§ 1004. Zoning regulations generally|Any political subdivision having an airport hazard area within its territorial limits may adopt, administer, and enforce in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed in this chapter airport zoning regulations for an airport hazard area, which regulations may divide the area into zones. Within the zones, the subdivision may specify the land uses permitted and regulate and restrict the height to which airport hazards may be erected or allowed to grow. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1005
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1005. Incorporation in comprehensive zoning regulations

§ 1005. Incorporation in comprehensive zoning regulations|In the event that a political subdivision adopts a comprehensive zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations applicable to the same area or portion of the area may be incorporated in and made a part of the comprehensive zoning regulations, and be administered and enforced. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1006
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1006. Conflict with other regulations

§ 1006. Conflict with other regulations|In the event of conflict between any airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter and any other regulations applicable to the same area, whether the conflict be with respect to the height of an airport hazard, the use of land, or any other matter, and whether such other regulations were adopted by the political subdivision which adopted the airport zoning regulations or by some other political subdivision, the more stringent limitation or requirement shall govern and prevail. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1007
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1007. Adoption or amendment of airport zoning regulations

§ 1007. Adoption or amendment of airport zoning regulations|Airport zoning regulations shall not be adopted, amended, or changed under this chapter except by action of the legislative body of the political subdivision in question, or the joint board provided for in section 1003 of this title, after a public hearing, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least 15 days' notice of the hearing shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the political subdivision in which is located the airport hazard area to be zoned. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1008
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1008. Record and notice of regulations

§ 1008. Record and notice of regulations|The regulations, or any amendments to the regulations, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of each city and town in which any portion of the land to which the regulations apply is located. Notice that the regulations or amendments have been adopted shall be sent by registered mail to the owner of every parcel of land to any portion of which the regulations or amendments are applicable. For the purposes of this provision, the person to whom the land was assessed in the last preceding annual tax levy shall be addressed in the same manner as the notice of the tax, unless a different owner or a different address is known to be the correct one. The notice shall also be given by posting in one or more public places in each city and town in which any portion of the land subject to the regulation is located, a map of the area subject to the regulations with sufficient explanation to give the public and the owners of land reasonable notice of the adoption of the regulations or amendments. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1009
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1009. Nature of regulations

§ 1009. Nature of regulations|All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable and none shall impose any requirement or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In determining what regulations it may adopt, each political subdivision and joint airport zoning board shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain within the airport hazard area, the character of the neighborhood, and the uses to which the property to be zoned is to be put and adaptable. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1010
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1010. Existing nonconforming use

§ 1010. Existing nonconforming use|Airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall not require the removal, lowering, or other change or alteration or prohibit the repair or replacement of any airport hazard not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in section 1013 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1011
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1011. Permits as to structures

§ 1011. Permits as to structures|Airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter may require that a permit be obtained before any new structure or use may be constructed or established and before any existing use or structure may be substantially changed, altered, or repaired. The permit shall be issued if the structure, as erected or altered, conforms with the regulations, or will not constitute a greater hazard than the structure which is replaced or altered. In any event, however, all regulations shall provide that before any nonconforming airport hazard may be replaced, substantially altered, repaired, rebuilt, allowed to grow higher, or replanted, a permit must be secured from the administrative agency authorized to administer and enforce the regulations, authorizing the replacement, change, or repair. A permit shall not be granted that would allow the establishment or creation of an airport hazard or permit a nonconforming airport hazard or use to be made or become higher or become a greater hazard to air navigation than it was when the applicable regulation was adopted or than it is when the application for a permit is made. Except as provided in this chapter, all applications for permits shall be granted. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
5 V.S.A. § 1012
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation|Chapter 17 - Airport Zoning|§ 1012. Variance from regulations

§ 1012. Variance from regulations|A person desiring to use his or her property in violation of airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter may apply to the Board of Adjustment for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. The variances shall be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest but do substantial justice and be in accordance with the spirit of the regulations and this chapter. However, any variance may be allowed subject to any reasonable conditions that the board of adjustment may deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)