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Subchapter
003
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REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 4351)
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§ 4351. Review by Commissioner of Housing and Community Development
(a) The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall establish guidelines for
the provision of affordable housing by municipalities with plans that have not been
approved under this chapter. These guidelines shall be consistent with goals established
in section 4302 of this title.
(b) On a periodic basis, commencing in 1996, the Commissioner of Housing and Community
Development, or a designee, shall review the planning process of municipalities that
do not have approved plans, for compliance with the affordable housing criteria established
under this section and shall issue a report to the municipality and to the regional
planning commission. Each review shall include a public hearing which is noticed
at least 15 days in advance by posting in the office of the municipal clerk and at
least one public place within the municipality and by publication in a newspaper or
newspapers of general publication in the region affected. (Added 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 15a, eff. July 1, 1989; amended 1989, No. 101, § 5; 1989, No. 280 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 88; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § G5, eff. June 1, 2010.)