Vermont § 2648 - Slash removal

§ 2648. Slash removal

• (a) A person may cut or cause to be cut forest growth only if all slash adjoining the
  right-of-way of any public highway, or the boundary lines of woodlots owned by adjoining
  property owners, is treated as follows: (1) All slash shall be removed for a distance of 50 feet from the right-of-way of any
  public highway or from the boundary lines of woodlots owned by adjoining property
  owners. (2) All slash shall be removed for a distance of 100 feet from standing buildings on adjoining
  property. (b) [Repealed.] (c) If in the opinion of the town forest fire warden there is no fire hazard as a result
  of a cutting, the warden may issue, upon request, a statement relieving the operator
  of the conditions required in this section. (Added 1977, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 107, § 2; 2015, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)