The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 6301)
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§ 6301. Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage and assist the maintenance of the present
uses of Vermont’s agricultural, forest, and other undeveloped land and to prevent
the accelerated residential and commercial development thereof; to preserve and to
enhance Vermont’s scenic natural resources; to strengthen the base of the recreation
industry and to increase employment, income, business, and investment; to enable the
citizens of Vermont to plan its orderly growth in the face of increasing development
pressures in the interests of the public health, safety, and welfare; and to encourage
the use of conservation and preservation tools to support farm, forest, and related
enterprises, thereby strengthening Vermont’s economy to improve the quality of life
for Vermonters and to maintain the historic settlement pattern of compact village
and urban centers separated by rural countryside. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)