App § 38.1. Controlling statute
§ 38.1. Controlling statute This charter shall be adopted and amended or repealed in conformity with 17 V.S.A. § 2645 or as amended.
App § 38.2. Effect of repeal
§ 38.2. Effect of repeal (a) Such repeal shall not affect a penalty or forfeiture incurred under any of the laws repealed before this charter takes effect; however, where a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions of this charter, the provisions may be extended to any sentence or judgment pronounced after repeal. […]
App § 38.3. Effective date
§ 38.3. Effective date This charter shall take effect in conformity with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 or as amended.
App § 37.1. Interpretation
§ 37.1. Interpretation In the construction of this charter, the rules provided in 1 V.S.A chapter 3 shall be observed, unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of this charter.
App § 37.2. General law
§ 37.2. General law Except when changed or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City, all provisions of the statutes of the State relating to towns and town officers shall apply to the City and to the several officers thereof corresponding to like officers of […]
App § 36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority
§ 36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority There is hereby created an independent agency, a body corporate and political, to be known as the Rutland Redevelopment Authority, whose purposes and powers shall be as set forth in this charter.
App § 36.3. Purposes
§ 36.3. Purposes The Authority, in the exercise of the powers created and granted under section 3 of this charter, shall foster and carry out the following purposes: (1) to enhance and promote economic opportunity within the City of Rutland; (2) to plan for public and private improvements and development within the City of Rutland, […]
App § 36.4. Powers
§ 36.4. Powers In addition to the powers conferred upon municipal corporations generally under 24 V.S.A. chapter 85, the Authority is hereby granted the following powers, rights, privileges, and prerogatives. (1) To adopt, administer, and enforce ordinances relating to the power of eminent domain with the approval of the Board of Aldermen. A finding of […]
App § 36.5. Board of Commissioners, composition
§ 36.5. Board of Commissioners, composition (a) The administration, management, and supervision of the Authority shall be vested in a Board of Commissioners, except as provided otherwise herein. The Board shall consist of nine members, all of whom shall be residents of the City of Rutland for their respective terms of office. One member of […]
App § 36.6. General law; application
§ 36.6. General law; application Unless provided for to the contrary in this section, the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall be subject to and have the benefit of all general laws of the State of Vermont relating to municipal corporations, provided, however, that the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall not have […]