§ 4498. Housing budget and investment reports
§ 4498. Housing budget and investment reports The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall: (1) Create a Vermont housing budget designed to assure efficient expenditure of State funds appropriated for housing development, to encourage and enhance cooperation among housing organizations, to eliminate overlap and redundancy in housing development efforts, and to ensure appropriate geographic […]
§ 4476. Formal review of regional planning commission decisions
§ 4476. Formal review of regional planning commission decisions (a) Formal review. A request for formal review of the sufficiency of an adopted regional plan or amendment, or for formal review of the decision of a regional planning commission with respect to the confirmation of a municipal planning effort, or the decision relating to approval […]
§ 4480. Construction of chapter
§ 4480. Construction of chapter The provisions of this chapter shall not affect any act done, contract executed, or liability incurred prior to its effective date, or affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted, to enforce any right, rule, regulation, or ordinance or to punish any offense against any such repealed laws […]
§ 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 […]
§ 4482. Severability
§ 4482. Severability If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and for this purpose, the provisions of this chapter […]
§ 4483. Construction; limitation
§ 4483. Construction; limitation (a) In reviewing the procedures used in the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any plan or bylaw, no court shall invalidate the plan or bylaw or its amendment or repeal because of a failure to adhere to strict and literal requirements of this chapter concerning minor or nonessential particulars. The court […]
§ 4470a. Misrepresentation; material fact
§ 4470a. Misrepresentation; material fact An administrative officer or appropriate municipal panel may reject an application under this chapter, including an application for a telecommunications facility, that misrepresents any material fact. After notice and opportunity for hearing in compliance with 3 V.S.A. § 809, an appropriate municipal panel may award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs […]
§ 4471. Appeal to Environmental Division
§ 4471. Appeal to Environmental Division (a) Participation required. An interested person who has participated in a municipal regulatory proceeding authorized under this title may appeal a decision rendered in that proceeding by an appropriate municipal panel to the Environmental Division. Participation in a local regulatory proceeding shall consist of offering, through oral or written […]
§ 4472. Exclusivity of remedy; finality
§ 4472. Exclusivity of remedy; finality (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the exclusive remedy of an interested person with respect to any decision or act taken, or any failure to act, under this chapter or with respect to any one or more of the provisions of any plan […]
§ 4473. Purpose; limitation
§ 4473. Purpose; limitation It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for review of all questions arising out of or with respect to the implementation by a municipality of this chapter. Except as specifically provided herein, no board of adjustment or development review board may amend, alter, invalidate, or affect any development plan […]