App § 1.1. Corporate existence retained

§ 1.1. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Shelburne, within the corporate limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Shelburne.

App § 1.2. General law; application

§ 1.2. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the Town of Shelburne, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Shelburne. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May […]

App § 1.3. Powers of the Town

§ 1.3. Powers of the Town (a) The Town 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; it may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of […]

App § 1.4. Additional powers

§ 1.4. Additional powers The general grant of authority in section 1.3 of this charter shall include the following: (1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installation of local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, sewers, drainage systems, water systems, and streets; requiring the installation of any or all of such improvements in a […]

App § 1.5. Reservation of powers to the Town

§ 1.5. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Shelburne and the Selectboard of said Town by general or special enactments in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions […]

App § 1.6. Ordinances

§ 1.6. Ordinances (a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach of any ordinance authorized by general law or this charter; may prosecute civilly or criminally any person violating the same through the Town, police officers, or any other public officer authorized by law so to do, who for such purposes shall be informing […]