§ 111. Ordinances
(a) Village legislation shall be by ordinance adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 59.
(b) The Village Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Village Clerk’s office a book of ordinances
that shall contain each Village ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances
according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate
any Village ordinance lawfully passed.
(c) An ordinance adopted by the Board in the manner set forth shall be subject to its
repeal by a Village meeting if a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the
voters is filed with the Village Clerk on or before the effective date of the ordinance.
The Clerk shall warn a Village meeting to be held within 45 days of the filing, to
consider the question of repeal of the ordinance. Until the vote and question of
repeal is held, the ordinance shall not become effective. If a majority of the votes
cast shall be in favor of repealing the ordinance, the same shall be repealed and
no further action shall be taken. If a majority of the votes cast shall be opposed
to repeal, the ordinance shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the day following
such a vote.
(d) To meet a real public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the public peace,
the trustees may adopt one or more emergency ordinances that may be adopted or rejected
at the meeting at which they are introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least
four trustees shall be required for adoption. Every emergency ordinance shall be
repealed as of the 61st day following the day of adoption, but the ordinance may be
reenacted if the emergency still exists.
(e) A Village ordinance may provide for any or all of the following:
(1) the general penalty for violation of an ordinance shall be a fine in an amount not
to exceed the sum of $500.00 for a single offense;
(2) each week a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense, the fine not
to exceed $100.00 per day for each day the violation continues;
(3) the Village may seek to enjoin the offense by applying to the Superior Court, in addition
to the penalty of a fine;
(4) the trustees may authorize the Village Attorney to bring an action in the name of
the Village of Hyde Park for any relief that the trustees may deem appropriate for
the enforcement of any Village ordinance.
(f) All valid Village ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and regulations that are in force
when this charter becomes effective shall remain in full force and effect, excepting
only those ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and regulations that are inconsistent
with this charter. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)