Vermont Statutes
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.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 24 - Municipal and County Government

Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development

§ 4301. Short title

§ 4302. Purpose; goals

§ 4303. Definitions

§ 4303a. Computation of time

§ 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

§ 4324. Existing commissions

§ 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

§ 4346. Appropriations

§ 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

§ 4362. Appropriations

§ 4381. Authorization

§ 4382. The plan for a municipality

§ 4384. Preparation of plan; hearings by planning commission

§ 4385. Adoption and amendment of plans; hearing by legislative body

§ 4387. Readoption of plans

§ 4401. Purpose and authority

§ 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

§ 4411. Zoning bylaws

§ 4412. Required provisions and prohibited effects

§ 4413. Limitations on municipal bylaws

§ 4414. Zoning; permissible types of regulations

§ 4415. Interim bylaws

§ 4416. Site plan review

§ 4417. Planned unit development

§ 4418. Subdivision bylaws

§ 4419. Unified development bylaws

§ 4420. Local Act 250 review of municipal impacts

§ 4421. Official map

§ 4422. Adequate public facilities; phasing

§ 4423. Transfer of development rights

§ 4424. Shorelands; river corridor protection areas; flood or hazard area; special or freestanding bylaws

§ 4427. Persons eligible to apply for permits

§ 4430. Capital budget and program

§ 4431. Purchase or acceptance of development rights

§ 4432. Supporting plans

§ 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

§ 4447. Clerk’s certificate

§ 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

§ 4452. Enforcement; remedies

§ 4453. Challenges to housing provisions in bylaws

§ 4454. Enforcement; limitations

§ 4455. Revocation

§ 4460. Appropriate municipal panels

§ 4461. Development review procedures

§ 4462. Combined review

§ 4463. Subdivision review

§ 4464. Hearing and notice requirements; decisions and conditions; administrative review; role of advisory commissions in development review

§ 4465. Appeals of decisions of the administrative officer

§ 4466. Notice of appeal

§ 4468. Hearing on appeal

§ 4469. Appeal; variances

§ 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

§ 4473. Purpose; limitation

§ 4474. Clerk’s certificate

§ 4476. Formal review of regional planning commission decisions

§ 4480. Construction of chapter

§ 4481. Saving clause

§ 4482. Severability

§ 4483. Construction; limitation

§ 4498. Housing budget and investment reports