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: 24 V.S.A. § 3206)
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§ 3206. Finding of necessity by local governing body
No municipality shall exercise the authority hereafter conferred upon municipalities
by this chapter until after it has voted by a majority of the voters present and voting
on the question at a regular or special meeting duly warned for such purpose to adopt
a resolution finding that: (1) one or more slum or blighted areas exist in such municipality;
and (2) the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof,
of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals,
or welfare of the residents of such municipality.