§ 118. Special service district
(a) By ordinance, enacted as herein provided, the Town of Hardwick may designate, establish, enlarge, and modify the boundaries of certain special service districts, in which are provided municipal services not available elsewhere in the Town. For the cost of providing such municipal services, including the cost of financing capital improvements relating to such services, the Town may assess, levy, and collect annually a special benefit tax upon all property within such special service district.
(b) No such special service district may be designated, established, enlarged, or modified without the approval of the residents in said district as existing or proposed, expressed by the affirmative vote of a majority of those residents within said district present and voting at a special meeting thereof.
(c) Regular water and sewer charges, fees, and rates shall not be considered a special benefit tax within the meaning of this section, and shall be assessed and collected as provided by general law.
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick
App § 101. Corporate existence retained
App § 102. General law, application
App § 105. Reservation of powers to the Town
App § 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof
App § 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard
App § 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition
App § 110. Non-applicability of zoning and subdivision
App § 111. Applicability of referendum and initiative
App § 112. Authority of police officers
App § 115. Change of form of government
App § 116. Intergovernmental relations
App § 118. Special service district
App § 303. Terms of office; Selectboard members
App § 304. Other elective offices
App § 307. Vacancies and appointments
App § 308. Bonding of officers
App § 310. Town Clerk and Treasurer
App § 311. Recall of elected officials
App § 504. Jurisdiction over offices and employees
App § 701. Appointed by Selectboard
App § 702. Manager nonpartisan
App § 704. Duties of the manager
App § 902. Water supply; duties of Selectboard members
App § 903. Sewage collection and disposal; duties of Selectboard
App § 904. Electric Department commissioners
App § 905. Fire Department; appointments
App § 906. Police Department; appointments
App § 907. Fire and Police Departments; general provisions
App § 908. Cemetery Commission
App § 1101. Application of general laws
App § 1104. Postponement and combining of Town meeting
App § 1105. Voting question by Australian ballot
App § 1106. Annual meeting; date and time
App § 1301. Applicability of State law to zoning and planning
App § 1502. Preparation and submission of budget
App § 1505. Amount to be raised by taxation
App § 1506. Budget limitations—borrowing
App § 1507. Transfers of appropriations