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. § 3210)
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§ 3210. Eminent domain; authority; survey
(a) A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation a fee simple title
or any other interest in real property which it may determine necessary for or in
connection with an urban renewal project under this chapter. The powers conferred
upon municipalities under this section shall be considered “urban renewal project
powers” as defined in subsection 3219(b) of this title and the term “municipality,”, as used in this section, shall mean the agency, board,
commissioner or officers having such powers under subsection 3219(a) of this title. The municipality shall set out the necessary lands and cause them to be surveyed.
An urban renewal plan approved under subsection 3207(d) of this title may be considered to constitute such a survey.
(b) Unless two-thirds of the voters present and voting thereon at an annual or special
meeting duly warned for that purpose vote otherwise, nothing in this section shall
be construed to authorize the taking, by condemnation proceedings, of property of
any religious, charitable, or educational society, institution, or organization, unless
held or used by it for commercial purposes, without the written consent of the trustees
or the governing body of such society, institution, or organization. Property already
devoted to a public use may be acquired hereunder but no real property belonging to
the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be acquired without its consent. (Amended 1963, No. 2, § 3, eff. Feb. 14, 1963; 1964, No. 9 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 5, 1964.)