§ 4322. Planning commission; membership
(a) 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.
(b) The legislative body 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.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:
(1) for an appointed planning commission, the legislative body may change the number of members that may be appointed to the commission; and
(2) for an elected planning commission, a municipality may vote at an annual or special meeting to change the number of members that may be elected to the commission.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection 4323(c) of this subchapter, if the number of members on an appointed or elected planning commission is reduced, the members with the nearest expiration of their term of office shall serve until the expiration of that term and then the office shall terminate. (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; 2021, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 1, 2022.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 - Municipal and County Government
Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development
§ 4304. Planning and land use manual
§ 4306. Municipal and Regional Planning Fund
§ 4307. Municipal Bylaw Modernization Grants
§ 4321. Creation of planning commissions
§ 4322. Planning commission; membership
§ 4323. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules
§ 4325. Powers and duties of planning commissions
§ 4326. Appropriations, reports, and records
§ 4327. Joint planning commissions
§ 4328. Terms of office inconsistent with charter provisions
§ 4341. Creation of regional planning commissions
§ 4341a. Performance grants for regional planning service
§ 4342. Regional planning commissions; membership
§ 4343. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules
§ 4345. Optional powers and duties of regional planning commissions
§ 4345a. Duties of regional planning commissions
§ 4345b. Intermunicipal service agreements
§ 4347. Purposes of regional plan
§ 4348. Adoption and amendment of regional plan
§ 4348a. Elements of a regional plan
§ 4348b. Readoption of regional plans
§ 4349. Regional plan; adoption by municipality
§ 4350. Review and consultation regarding municipal planning effort
§ 4351. Review by Commissioner of Housing and Community Development
§ 4352. Optional determination of energy compliance; enhanced energy planning
§ 4382. The plan for a municipality
§ 4384. Preparation of plan; hearings by planning commission
§ 4385. Adoption and amendment of plans; hearing by legislative body
§ 4402. Bylaws and regulatory implementation tools authorized
§ 4403. Nonregulatory implementation tools
§ 4404. State designation; implementation of municipal plan
§ 4410. Regulatory implementation of the municipal plan
§ 4412. Required provisions and prohibited effects
§ 4413. Limitations on municipal bylaws
§ 4414. Zoning; permissible types of regulations
§ 4417. Planned unit development
§ 4419. Unified development bylaws
§ 4420. Local Act 250 review of municipal impacts
§ 4422. Adequate public facilities; phasing
§ 4423. Transfer of development rights
§ 4427. Persons eligible to apply for permits
§ 4430. Capital budget and program
§ 4431. Purchase or acceptance of development rights
§ 4433. Advisory commissions and committees
§ 4440. Administration; finance
§ 4441. Preparation of bylaws and regulatory tools; amendment or repeal
§ 4442. Adoption of bylaws and related regulatory tools; amendment or repeal
§ 4443. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of capital budget and program
§ 4444. Public hearing notice for adoption, amendment, or repeal of bylaw and other regulatory tools
§ 4445. Availability and distribution of documents
§ 4446. Bylaws; effect of adoption
§ 4448. Appointment and powers of administrative officer
§ 4449. Zoning permit, certificate of occupancy, and municipal land use permit
§ 4450. Eligibility to apply for permits
§ 4451. Enforcement; penalties
§ 4453. Challenges to housing provisions in bylaws
§ 4454. Enforcement; limitations
§ 4460. Appropriate municipal panels
§ 4461. Development review procedures
§ 4465. Appeals of decisions of the administrative officer
§ 4470. Successive appeals; requests for reconsideration to an appropriate municipal panel
§ 4470a. Misrepresentation; material fact
§ 4471. Appeal to Environmental Division
§ 4472. Exclusivity of remedy; finality
§ 4476. Formal review of regional planning commission decisions
§ 4480. Construction of chapter