Vermont § 24 - Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard

§ 24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard

• (a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, it shall cause the ordinance to
  be entered in the official record kept of the Board’s proceedings, and, thereafter,
  the Board shall adopt the ordinance subject to final approval after the public hearing
  as hereafter set forth. The ordinance shall then be published in a newspaper of general
  circulation of the Town together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing
  to consider the ordinance for final passage, such publication to be on a day at least
  one week and not more than two weeks prior to the date of the hearing. (b) At the public hearing or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time
  to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, unless the Selectboard
  elects to read the ordinance by title, and after such reading, all persons interested
  shall be given an opportunity to be heard. (c) After the public hearing, the Selectboard may finally adopt the ordinance, with or
  without amendment. If the Board amends the ordinance prior to passage, it shall cause
  the amended ordinance to be entered into the official record of Board proceedings
  and shall also cause the amended sections of the ordinance, as finally passed, to
  be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on a day not more than
  14 days after adoption. Any published notice shall explain citizens’ rights to petition
  for a vote on the ordinance at an annual or special meeting pursuant to Title 24 of
  the Vermont Statutes Annotated. (d) Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise stated. If a
  referendum petition is filed within 40 days of adoption, the ordinance shall not become
  effective until after the question of repeal is voted. (e) The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk’s office a book of ordinances
  that shall contain each Town ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances
  according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate
  a Town ordinance lawfully passed. (f) A Town ordinance may provide: (1) that any professional fees or costs incurred by the Town in the enforcement of any
  ordinance shall be charged to the violator; those charges shall constitute a lien
  against real property or a levy against personal property and shall be enforced within
  the time and in the manner provided for the collection of taxes or personal property;
  and (2) that the Selectboard may authorize the Town Attorney to bring action in the name of
  the Town of Woodford for any relief that the Selectboard may deem appropriate for
  the enforcement of any Town ordinance. (Added 2013, No. M-8, § 2, eff. May 23, 2013.)