Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 750
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 750
- Discontinued: means a previously designated town highway which through the process of discontinuance all public rights are reconveyed to the adjoining landowners. See
- highway: includes rights-of-way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guardrails, areas to accommodate utilities authorized by law to locate within highway limits, areas used to mitigate the environmental impacts of highway construction, vegetation, scenic enhancements, and structures. See
- Lay out: means the legal procedure establishing the alignment or right-of-way of a highway. See
- Selectboard: includes village trustees and city councils. See
- Town: includes incorporated villages and cities. See
§ 750. Petition
When the selectboard does not lay out, alter, or discontinue a highway, or when a highway is laid out by the selectboard and is not built and opened for use within three years, or if discontinued by the selectboard before it is built and opened, persons who are either voters or landowners, and whose number is at least five percent of the voters, of the town may apply for relief by petition in writing to the Superior Court for the same county, or in either county when the highway or bridge is in two counties, for any of these purposes. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)