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1 S.219
2 Introduced by Senator Hardy
3 Referred to Committee on
4 Date:
5 Subject: Municipal and county government; land use; municipal zoning; air
6 space navigation
7 Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to clarify the
8 municipal authority over restricted landing areas through zoning.
9 An act relating to municipal regulation of private airstrips
10 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
11 Sec. 1. 24 V.S.A. § 4411 is amended to read:
12 § 4411. ZONING BYLAWS
13 (a) A municipality may regulate land development in conformance with its
14 adopted municipal plan and for the purposes set forth in section 4302 of this
15 title to govern the use of land and the placement, spacing, and size of structures
16 and other factors specified in the bylaws related to public health, safety, or
17 welfare. Zoning bylaws may permit, prohibit, restrict, regulate, and determine
18 land development, including the following:
19 (1) specific uses of land and shoreland facilities;
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1 (2) dimensions, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance,
2 alteration, razing, removal, and use of structures;
3 (3) areas and dimensions of land to be occupied by uses and structures,
4 as well as areas, courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left
5 unoccupied by uses and structures;
6 (4) timing or sequence of growth, density of population, and intensity of
7 use;
8 (5) uses within a river corridor and buffer, as those terms are defined in
9 10 V.S.A. §§ 1422 and 1427; and
10 (6) location, construction, repair, maintenance, and alteration of
11 restricted landing areas as defined in 5 V.S.A. § 202.
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13 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE
14 This act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 24-4411