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. § 1421)
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§ 1421. Policy
To aid in the fulfillment of the State’s role as trustee of its navigable waters and
to promote public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare, it is declared
to be in the public interest to make studies, establish policies, make plans, make
rules, encourage and promote buffers adjacent to lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers,
and streams of the State, encourage and promote protected river corridors adjacent
to rivers and streams of the State, and authorize municipal shoreland and river corridor
protection zoning bylaws for the efficient use, conservation, development, and protection
of the State’s water resources. The purposes of the rules shall be to further the
maintenance of safe and healthful conditions; prevent and control water pollution;
protect spawning grounds, fish, and aquatic life; control building sites, placement
of structures, and land uses; reduce fluvial erosion hazards; reduce property loss
and damage; preserve shore cover, natural beauty, and natural stability; and provide
for multiple use of the waters in a manner to provide for the best interests of the
citizens of the State. (Added 1969, No. 281 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 2009, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 14, 2012.)