Vermont § 4463 - Subdivision review

§ 4463. Subdivision review

• (a) Approval of plats. Before a plat for a major subdivision is approved, a public hearing on the plat shall
  be held by the appropriate municipal panel after public notice. A bylaw may provide
  for the administrative officer to approve minor subdivisions. A copy of the notice
  shall be sent to the clerk of an adjacent municipality, in the case of a plat located
  within 500 feet of a municipal boundary, at least 15 days prior to the public hearing. (b) Plat; record. The approval of the appropriate municipal panel or administrative officer, if the
  bylaws provide for their approval of minor subdivisions, shall expire 180 days from
  that approval or certification unless, within that 180-day period, that plat shall
  have been duly filed or recorded in the office of the clerk of the municipality. After
  an approved plat or certification by the clerk is filed, no expiration of that approval
  or certification shall be applicable. (1) The bylaw may allow the administrative officer to extend the date for filing the plat
  by an additional 90 days if final local or State permits or approvals are still pending. (2) No plat showing a new street or highway may be filed or recorded in the office of
  the clerk of the municipality until it has been approved by the appropriate municipal
  panel, or administrative officer if allowed under the bylaws, pursuant to subsection
  (a) of this section, and that approval is endorsed in writing on the plat, or the
  certificate of the clerk of the municipality showing the failure of the appropriate
  municipal panel to take action within the 45-day period is attached to the plat and
  filed or recorded with the plat. After that filing or recording, the plat shall be
  a part of the official map of the municipality. (c) Acceptance of streets; improvements. Every street or highway shown on a plat filed or recorded as provided in this chapter
  shall be deemed to be a private street or highway until it has been formally accepted
  by the municipality as a public street or highway by ordinance or resolution of the
  legislative body of the municipality. No public municipal street, utility, or improvement
  may be constructed by the municipality in or on any street or highway until it has
  become a public street or highway as provided in this section. The legislative body
  shall have authority after a public hearing on the subject to name and rename all
  public streets and to number and renumber lots so as to provide for existing as well
  as future structures. (d) Beginning October 1, 2010, any application for an approval and any approval issued
  under this section shall include a statement, in content and form approved by the
  Secretary of Natural Resources, that State permits may be required and that the permittee
  should contact State agencies to determine what permits must be obtained before any
  construction may commence. (e) Whenever a proposed subdivision is adjacent to a State highway, the application for
  subdivision approval shall include a letter from the Agency of Transportation confirming
  that the Agency has reviewed the proposed subdivision and determined whether a permit
  is required under 19 V.S.A. § 1111. If the Agency determines that a permit for the proposed subdivision is required
  under 19 V.S.A. § 1111, then the letter from the Agency shall set out any conditions that the Agency proposes
  to attach to the permit required under 19 V.S.A. § 1111. (Added 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 104; amended 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § F28; 2021, No. 55, § 37; 2023, No. 47, § 7, eff. July 1, 2023.)