Vermont § 13 - Ordinances

§ 13. Ordinances

• (a) No ordinance passed by the trustees shall be enforceable until notice thereof has
  been posted in four public places, within the bounds of the Village, for a period
  of two weeks and published twice within the period of two weeks in a newspaper printed
  in the Village, or, if no newspaper be printed, in a newspaper of general circulation
  within the Village. (b) If during the two weeks’ period a petition signed by 10 or more qualified voters of
  the Village be presented to the trustees objecting to an ordinance so passed and published
  by the trustees, the question of the approval of the ordinance shall be submitted
  to any annual or special meeting of the Village; and when approved by a majority vote
  of the meeting, and not otherwise, the ordinance so approved shall become an ordinance
  of the Village. (c) If at any time subsequent to the period of two weeks for publication, a petition signed
  by 10 or more qualified voters of the Village be presented to the trustees requesting
  the repeal of any ordinance, the question of the repeal or approval of the ordinance
  shall be submitted to a meeting of the Village duly warned for that purpose. If at
  the meeting the ordinance be approved by a majority vote of the meeting, the ordinance
  so approved shall remain an ordinance of the Village. If the ordinance so voted upon
  shall fail to be approved, the ordinance shall be deemed to be repealed and shall
  thereupon be and become null and void and of no subsequent legal effect whatsoever.
  But, fines and penalties imposed, judgments and decrees entered, prosecutions and
  legal proceedings instituted prior to the repeal of the ordinance shall not be vacated,
  set aside, or otherwise affected by the repeal. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 13.)