Vermont § 805 - Sewers and drains

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 805 — Sewers and drains, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 805. Sewers and drains

  • (a) The Trustees shall have the care and supervision of the public sewers and drains of
    the Village and shall see that the same are properly constructed and maintained, and
    that the sewers or drains from abutting or adjacent property are properly connected
    with the public sewer or drain. (b) Whenever a Sewer Commissioner is appointed by them, as in this charter provided, the
    Trustees may delegate to the Commissioner the performance of such of the foregoing
    duties as they may see fit. (c) If in the judgment of the Board of Trustees the public good and necessity and convenience
    of individuals shall require the construction of a sewer system in the Village or
    a sewer main through the principal streets thereof, the Trustees are hereby authorized
    and empowered to lay out and construct such sewer system or sewer main and may from
    time to time extend the same as the public good and the necessity and convenience
    of individuals shall require, and when constructed, the same shall be under the care
    and control of the Board of Trustees or the Sewer Commissioner as herein provided.
    The Trustees are also authorized and empowered to lay out and construct the sewer
    main or parts of the system through lands of individuals or corporations, whenever,
    in the judgment of the Board, the public good shall so require, provided compensation
    for damages sustained by private individuals is made to them by the Village. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)

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