Vermont Statutes
Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington
App § 103. Powers of the City

§ 103. Powers of the City
(a) The City shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted, and it may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter.
(b) The City may acquire real and personal property within or without its corporate limits for any City purpose, including storm water collection and disposal; waste water collection and disposal; solid waste collection and disposal; provision of public water supply; provision of public parks and recreation facilities; provision of municipal facilities for office, fire protection, and police protection; provision of public libraries; provision of public parking areas; provision of sidewalks, bicycle paths, and green strips; provision of public roadways; provision of public view zones and open spaces; and such other purposes as are addressed under the general laws of the State of Vermont. The City may acquire such property in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require.
(c) In this charter, mention of a particular power shall not be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the City would have if the particular power were not mentioned.

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters

Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington

App § 101. Corporate existence retained

App § 102. General law application

App § 103. Powers of the City

App § 104. Ordinances; subjects

App § 105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption

App § 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing

App § 107. Further consideration; final passage

App § 108. Effective date

App § 109. Filing

App § 110. Annual City report

App § 111. Reservation of powers to the City

App § 301. Officers; general provisions

App § 302. City Council; number; terms of office; election

App § 303. Organization

App § 304. Vacancies

App § 305. Meetings

App § 306. Records of proceedings

App § 307. Appointments

App § 308. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees

App § 309. Compensation of Council members; appointees

App § 310. Powers and duties

App § 501. Application of general laws

App § 502. Time of holding

App § 503. Special City and School District meetings

App § 504. Polling places

App § 505. Rescission of ordinances

App § 506. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting

App § 701. Planning Commission

App § 702. Powers and duties

App § 901. Appointment

App § 902. Qualifications

App § 903. Oath; bond

App § 904. Powers and duties

App § 905. Compensation

App § 906. Removal

App § 1101. Membership

App § 1102. Powers and duties

App § 1301. Fiscal year

App § 1302. Preparation and submission

App § 1303. City and School District annual meeting warning and budget

App § 1304. Amount to be raised by taxation

App § 1305. Appropriation

App § 1306. Departmental budget

App § 1307. Transfers of appropriations

App § 1501. Taxes on real and personal property

App § 1502. Penalty

App § 1503. Waiver of penalty

App § 1504. Business inventory and business personal property

App § 1505. Tax stabilization agreements

App § 1506. Sales, rooms, meals, and alcoholic beverages tax

App § 1701. Appointment and removal

App § 1702. Personnel rules and regulations

App § 1703. Ethical guideline

App § 1901. Department of Assessment

App § 1902. Powers and duties

App § 1904. Appraisal of unimproved land approved for commercial or industrial development

App § 2001. Continuation of prior law

App § 2002. Operations

App § 2003. Accounts

App § 2004. Board of Water Commissioners

App § 2101. Authority to amend