§ 4418. Subdivision bylaws
In order to guide community settlement patterns and to ensure the efficient extension of services, utilities, and facilities as land is developed, a municipality may regulate the division of a lot or parcel of land into two or more lots or other division of land for sale, development, or lease. Subdivision bylaws shall establish standards and procedures for approval, modification, or disapproval of plats of land and approval or modification of plats previously filed in the office of the municipal clerk or land records.
(1) Subdivision bylaws shall be administered in accordance with the requirements of subchapter 10 of this chapter, and shall contain:
(A) Procedures and requirements for the design, submission, and processing of plats, any drawing and plans, and any other documentation required for review of subdivisions.
(B) Standards for the design and layout of streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, streetlights, fire hydrants, landscaping, water, sewage and stormwater management facilities, public and private utilities, and other necessary improvements as may be specified in a municipal plan. Standards in accordance with subdivision 4412(3) of this title shall be required for lots without frontage on or access to public roads or public waters.
(C) Standards for the design and configuration of parcel boundaries and location of associated improvements necessary to implement the municipal plan and achieve the desired settlement pattern for the neighborhood, area, or district in which the subdivision is located.
(D) Standards for the protection of natural resources and cultural features and the preservation of open space, as appropriate in the municipality.
(2) Subdivision bylaws may include:
(A) Provisions allowing the appropriate municipal panel to waive or modify, subject to appropriate conditions, the provision of any or all improvements and requirements as in its judgment of the special circumstances of a particular plat or plats are not requisite in the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare, or are inappropriate because of inadequacy or lack of connecting facilities adjacent or in proximity to the subdivision.
(B) Procedures for conceptual, preliminary, partial, and other reviews preceding submission of a subdivision plat, including any administrative reviews.
(C) Specific development standards to promote the conservation of energy or to permit the utilization of renewable energy resources, or both.
(D) State standards and criteria under 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a). (Added 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 95.)
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