Vermont Statutes
Chapter 117 - Municipal and Regional Planning and Development
§ 4481. Saving clause

§ 4481. Saving clause
The amendment of this chapter and the repeal of prior enabling laws relating to zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, or bylaws or any ordinance or regulation similar to a bylaw authorized by this chapter shall not invalidate any zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, or bylaw or any such ordinance or regulation enacted under those prior enabling laws, except as follows. Effective September 1, 2005, the provisions of sections 4412 and 4413 of this title, and the provisions of subchapters 9, 10, and 11 of this chapter and the related definitions in section 4303 of this title, shall control over any inconsistent municipal regulations, ordinances, or bylaws. With respect to other provisions of this chapter, any previously enacted zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, bylaw, or such similar ordinance or regulation shall be amended to conform with the provisions of this chapter by September 1, 2011. (Added 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 109.)

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