The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
006
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 210)
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§ 210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land
The City Council may in its discretion, cause suitable shade trees to be planted along
and upon any street or any portion thereof, and upon any public grounds in said City;
and may cause to be assessed upon the piece or parcel of land abutting upon such street
or public grounds, and benefited by such improvement, the cost of purchasing and planting
such trees. The sum so assessed shall not be greater than the amount actually expended
for the purchase of such trees and the expense of planting, with an additional sum
of 20 percent of that amount; and any trees that may die within three years after
having been so planted shall be replaced by the City Council without additional assessment.
The City Council shall by resolution direct the amount to be assessed against each
piece or parcel of land; and such assessment shall be collected and the payment thereof
enforced, with, and in like manner as State, county, and other taxes are collected,
and the payment thereof enforced, and such assessments when collected by the Chief
Administrative Officer shall be placed in the park fund.