Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4321
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4321
- Legislative body: means the selectboard in the case of a town, the trustees in the case of an incorporated village, and the mayor, alderpersons, and city council members in the case of a city, and the supervisor in the case of an unorganized town or gore. See
- Municipality: means a town, a city, or an incorporated village or an unorganized town or gore. See
- Planning commission: means a planning commission for a municipality created under subchapter 2 of this chapter. See
- Urban municipality: means a city, an incorporated village, or any town that is not a rural town. See
§ 4321. Creation of planning commissions
(a) A planning commission may be created at any time by the act of the legislative body of a municipality.
(b) In any urban municipality, the legislative body may create a planning department headed by a planning director as a substitute for a planning commission, and, in that event all of the powers and duties of planning commissions set forth herein shall be exercised by such planning director, subject to such regulations as that executive body shall from time to time specify, and sections 4322 and 4323 of this title shall not apply to such director. In such event, that legislative body may further create an advisory planning council, which shall only function in an advisory capacity to the planning director in the exercise of his or her powers and duties, and shall have such other functions as that legislative body shall, by resolution, assign to such council. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968.)