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.
Subchapter
013
:
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; TAKING PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 5, § 1303)
-
§ 1303. Special assessments; streets, sidewalks, heat production, and distribution improvements
The City Council, in laying out or establishing new streets, highways, or facilities
for the production and distribution of heat, and in making, altering, or repairing
sidewalks, and in grading and paving streets and highways, either at the time of laying
out or after completion, shall have the power and may upon notice to the owners of
adjoining lands assess the owners of such lands so much of the expense of making such
new street or sidewalk or street improvements, or heat improvements, including land
damage for new streets, as the City Council shall adjudge such lands to be benefited
thereby. (Amended 2011, No. M-6, § 6, eff. May 6, 2011; 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)