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24 V.S.A. § 1984
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 59 - Adoption and Enforcement of Ordinances and Rules|§ 1984. Conflict of interest prohibition

§ 1984. Conflict of interest prohibition|(a)(1) Each town, city, and incorporated village, by majority vote of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose, shall adopt a conflict of interest prohibition for its elected and appointed officials, which shall contain:   (A) A definition of "conflict of interest." (B) A list of the elected and appointed officials covered by such prohibition. (C) A method to determine whether a conflict of interest exists. (D) Actions that must be taken if a conflict of interest is determined to exist. (E) A method of enforcement against individuals violating such prohibition.  (2) The requirement set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply if, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 2291(20) of this title, the municipality has established a conflict of interest policy that is in substantial compliance with subdivision (1).   (b)(1) Unless the prohibition adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section contains a different definition of "conflict of interest," for the purposes of a prohibition adopted under this section, "conflict of interest" means a direct personal or pecuniary interest of a public official, or the official's spouse, household member, business associate, employer, or employee, in the outcome of a cause, proceeding, application, or any other matter pending before the official or before the agency or public body in which the official holds office or is employed.  (2) "Conflict of interest" does not arise in the case of votes or decisions on matters in which the public official has a personal or pecuniary interest in the outcome, such as in the establishment of a tax rate, that is no greater than that of other persons generally affected by the decision. (Added 1999, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2017, No. 79, § 14, eff. July 1, 2019.)
24 V.S.A. § 2001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2001. Definition

§ 2001. Definition|The term "legislative body" of a municipality, as used in this chapter, shall mean the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, and the president and trustees of an incorporated village. The term "selectboard," as used in this chapter, shall include the mayor and board of aldermen of a city and the president and trustees of an incorporated village. The term "town" shall mean village or city.
24 V.S.A. § 2031
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2031. Jitneys; regulations; powers

§ 2031. Jitneys; regulations; powers|The legislative branch of a municipality shall have the power to make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal regulations for the operation, parking, soliciting, delivery, or fares in the jitney and taxi business in general within the municipality and to establish penalties for the breach thereof, not to exceed $100.00 for each violation thereof. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 80, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 2032
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2032. Referendum

§ 2032. Referendum|The right of a legislative branch of a municipality to make such regulations shall not take effect until they have been approved and accepted by a majority of the voters of the municipality attending a duly warned regular or special meeting called for that purpose, nor shall such regulations take effect until they are published once a week on the same day for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in such municipality or, in the absence thereof, in a newspaper circulating within the county.
24 V.S.A. § 2091
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2091. Complaint

§ 2091. Complaint|Upon complaint to the legislative body that some person, firm, or corporation, having authority to transact business in this State, is unreasonably and unnecessarily disturbing or interfering with the reception of radio or television waves used for radio or television transmission, the legislative body, after notice to such person, firm, or corporation, may investigate or cause to be investigated such complaint under such rules and regulations as the legislative body may prescribe as to service of such notice and as to the date of hearing thereon.
24 V.S.A. § 2092
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2092. Investigation; notice

§ 2092. Investigation; notice|If, upon such investigation, the source and cause of such alleged disturbance or interference is determined, after due notice as provided in section 2091 of this title, the legislative body shall give due notice in writing to the person, firm, or corporation found by such legislative body to be responsible therefor to correct or eliminate the cause of such unnecessary or unreasonable disturbance or interference, within a reasonable time thereafter to be stated in such notice. Such notice may be sent to the person, firm, or corporation affected, by registered mail addressed to the residence or place of business in this State.
24 V.S.A. § 2093
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2093. Penalty

§ 2093. Penalty|Within the time fixed in the notice, a person who refuses and neglects to correct or eliminate the cause of the unreasonable disturbance, provided the same is reasonably subject to correction at a cost not to exceed $50.00, and who, after such time, knowingly, willfully, or maliciously continues unreasonably or unnecessarily to disturb the reception of such radio or television waves, shall be fined not more than $50.00. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 81, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 2121
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2121. Injunctions

§ 2121. Injunctions|The selectboard of a town in the name and behalf of such town or the town school district therein, as the case may be, and the trustees of an incorporated village, in the name and behalf of such village, may prefer complaint for relief by injunction for the abatement of public nuisances. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of such actions.
24 V.S.A. § 2151
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2151. Child welfare

§ 2151. Child welfare|A municipality may make regulations respecting children under 16 years of age who are allowed to loiter in the streets or other public places. Such regulations shall be conducive to their welfare and to the public good. Such municipality may fix a penalty of not more than $5.00 for each violation of such regulations to be recovered against the person having the custody of such child in a civil action on this statute.
24 V.S.A. § 2181
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2181. License not required

§ 2181. License not required|Owners and renters of land shall have the right to vend or sell all products of such land at wholesale or retail, in person or by agent, in towns without obtaining licenses therefor from such towns.
24 V.S.A. § 2201a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2201a. Depositing household and commercial trash in roadside and park litter barrels

§ 2201a. Depositing household and commercial trash in roadside and park litter barrels|(a) A person shall not use trash containers which are provided for travel trash at State parks, public picnic and rest areas, and roadside turnouts as dumping places for household garbage, household trash, farm waste, or commercial waste materials or deposit such garbage, trash, or waste material on or near any spot commonly used for picnic purposes.(b) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $200.00 or may work a total of not more than 40 hours collecting trash or litter from roadsides or other public property under such supervision as the court may direct. (Added 1983, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 2203a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2203a. Municipal disposal

§ 2203a. Municipal disposal|Each town and city shall provide for the operation and maintenance of any of the following: sanitary landfills, incinerators, recycling centers, intermediate processing facilities, composting plants, or resource recovery facilities or a combination thereof as the exclusive means for disposal of solid waste, as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6602, subject to the rules and guidelines promulgated by the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. (Added 1977, No. 106, § 3; amended 1985, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
24 V.S.A. § 2203b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2203b. Recycling centers

§ 2203b. Recycling centers|(a) Whether or not a municipality provides for the operation and maintenance of a recycling center or intermediate processing facility pursuant to section 2203a of this title, the municipality may establish requirements for the management of such a center or facility.(b) [Repealed.](c) For the purposes of Titles 10, 24, and 32, recycling means the process of utilizing waste for the production of raw materials or products, but shall not include processing solid waste to produce energy or fuel products.(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to hazardous waste. (Added 1985, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1999, No. 63, § 6.)
24 V.S.A. § 2206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2206. Recycling centers

§ 2206. Recycling centers|(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.]  (Added 1971, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 23, § 124.)
24 V.S.A. § 2242
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2242. Requirement for operation or maintenance

§ 2242. Requirement for operation or maintenance|(a) A person shall not operate, establish, or maintain a salvage yard unless he or she:  (1) holds a certificate of approval for the location of the salvage yard; and (2) holds a certificate of registration issued by the Secretary to operate, establish, or maintain a salvage yard.   (b) The issuance of a certificate of registration under subsection (a) of this section shall not relieve a salvage yard from the obligation to comply with existing State and federal environmental laws and to obtain all permits required under State or federal environmental law.(c) The Secretary may require a person to obtain a salvage yard certificate of registration under this section upon a determination, based on available information, that the person has taken action to circumvent the requirements of this subchapter. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 1983, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 56, § 5; 2009, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24 V.S.A. § 2243
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2243. Administration; duties and authority

§ 2243. Administration; duties and authority|The Agency of Transportation and the Secretary of Natural Resources are designated as responsible for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter and shall have the following additional responsibilities and powers:  (1) The Agency of Transportation or the Secretary of Natural Resources may make such reasonable rules as it, he, or she deems necessary, provided such rules do not conflict with any federal laws, rules, and regulations, or the provisions of this subchapter. (2) The Agency of Transportation shall enter into agreements with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation or his or her representatives in order to designate those areas of the State that are properly zoned or used for industrial activities, and to arrange for federal cost participation. (3) The Secretary shall adopt and enforce requirements for adequate fencing and screening of salvage yards. (4) The Agency of Transportation may seek an injunction against a salvage yard that is in violation of the relevant provisions of this subchapter. The Secretary may enforce the relevant provisions of this chapter under 10 V.S.A. chapter 201. (5) The Agency of Transportation or the Secretary may issue necessary orders, findings, and directives, and do all other things reasonably necessary and proper to carry out the purpose of this subchapter. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 1983, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 31; 2009, No. 56, § 6; 2017, No. 74, § 97.)
24 V.S.A. § 2245
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2245. Incinerators, sanitary landfills, etc., excepted

§ 2245. Incinerators, sanitary landfills, etc., excepted|The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to apply to solid waste management facilities regulated under 10 V.S.A. chapter 159. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 1971, No. 36, § 2, eff. April 1, 1971; 2009, No. 56, § 7.)
24 V.S.A. § 2246
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2246. Effect of local ordinances

§ 2246. Effect of local ordinances|This subchapter shall not be construed to be in derogation of zoning ordinances or ordinances for the control of salvage yards now or hereafter established within the proper exercise of the police power granted to municipalities, if those ordinances impose stricter limitations upon salvage yards. If the limitations imposed by this subchapter are stricter, this subchapter shall control. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 2009, No. 56, § 8.)
24 V.S.A. § 2247
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2247. Salvage yard certificate of registration

§ 2247. Salvage yard certificate of registration|The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to repeal or abrogate any other provisions of law authorizing or requiring a certificate of registration to own, establish, operate, or maintain a salvage yard, but no certificate of registration shall be issued in contravention of this subchapter, or continue in force after the date on which the salvage yard for which it is issued becomes illegal under this subchapter regardless of the term for which the certificate of registration is initially issued if the salvage yard is not satisfactorily screened. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 2009, No. 56, § 9.)
24 V.S.A. § 2249
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2249. Salvage yard operator training

§ 2249. Salvage yard operator training|At least annually, the owner or operator of a salvage yard shall attend a training workshop conducted by or approved by the Agency of Natural Resources regarding the requirements of this subchapter, best management practices, existing and proposed environmental standards, and other applicable federal, State, or municipal requirements. (Added 2009, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 2251
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2251. Application for certificate of approved location

§ 2251. Application for certificate of approved location|Application for a certificate of approved location shall be made in writing to the legislative body of the municipality where the salvage yard is located or where it is proposed to be located, and, in municipalities having a zoning bylaw, subdivision regulations established under sections 4301-4498 of this title, or a municipal ordinance or rule established under sections 1971-1984 of this title, the application shall be accompanied by a certificate from the legislative body or a public body designated by the legislative body. The legislative body or its designee shall find the proposed salvage yard location is not within an established district restricted against such uses or otherwise contrary to the requirements or prohibitions of such zoning bylaw or other municipal ordinance. The application shall contain a description of the land to be included within the salvage yard, which description shall be by reference to so-called permanent boundary markers. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 1973, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 56, § 10.)
24 V.S.A. § 2252
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2252. Time of hearing

§ 2252. Time of hearing|A hearing on the application shall be held within the municipality not less than two or more than four weeks from the date of the receipt of the application by the legislative body. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given in the application and shall be published once in a newspaper having a circulation within the municipality, which publication shall be not less than seven days before the date of the hearing. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 2253
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2253. Location requirements

§ 2253. Location requirements|(a) At the time and place set for hearing, the legislative body shall hear the applicant, the owners of land abutting the facility, and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for certificate of approval for the location of the salvage yard. The legislative body shall consider the following in determining whether to grant or deny the certificate:  (1) proof of legal ownership or the right to such use of the property by the applicant; (2) the nature and development of surrounding property, such as the proximity of highways and State and town roads and the feasibility of screening the proposed salvage yard from such highways and State and town roads; the proximity of places of worship; schools; hospitals; existing, planned, or zoned residential areas; public buildings; or other places of public gathering; and (3) whether or not the proposed location can be reasonably protected from affecting the public health, safety, environment, or from a nuisance condition.   (b)(1) A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a salvage yard which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or primary highway systems and visible from the main traveled way thereof at any season of the year.  (2) On or after July 1, 2009, no person shall establish or initiate operation of a new salvage yard within 100 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of a State or town road or within 100 feet of a navigable water, as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422.   (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, salvage yards and scrap metal processing facilities may be operated within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate and primary highway system or within 100 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of a State or town road, provided that the area in which the salvage yard is located is zoned industrial under authority of State law, or if not zoned industrial under authority of State law, is used for industrial activities as determined by the Board with the approval of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 1973, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 56, § 11.)
24 V.S.A. § 2254
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 61 - Regulatory Provisions; Police Power of Municipalities|§ 2254. Aesthetic, environmental, and community welfare considerations

§ 2254. Aesthetic, environmental, and community welfare considerations|At the hearing regarding location of the salvage yard, the legislative body may also take into account the clean, wholesome, and attractive environment which has been declared to be of vital importance to the continued stability and development of the tourist and recreational industry of the State and the general welfare of its citizens by considering whether or not the proposed location can be reasonably protected from having an unfavorable effect thereon. In this regard the legislative body may consider collectively the type of road servicing the salvage yard or from which the salvage yard may be seen, the natural or artificial barriers protecting the salvage yard from view, the proximity of the proposed salvage yard to established tourist and recreational areas or main access routes, thereto, proximity to neighboring residences, groundwater resources, surface waters, wetlands, drinking water supplies, consistency with an adopted town plan, as well as the reasonable availability of other suitable sites for the salvage yard. (Added 1969, No. 98, § 1; amended 2009, No. 56, § 12.)