The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
005
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ORDINANCES
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 4, § 505)
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§ 505. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting
(a) Voters of the City may at any time petition for the enactment of any proposed lawful
ordinance by filing the petition, including the text of the ordinance, with the City
Clerk. The Council shall call a special City meeting (or include the ordinance as
annual meeting business) to be held within 60 days after the date of the filing, unless
prior to the meeting the ordinance shall be enacted by the Council. The warning for
the meeting shall state the proposed ordinance in full or in concise summary and shall
provide for an Australian ballot vote as to its enactment. The ordinance shall take
effect on the 10th day after the conclusion of the meeting, provided that voters,
constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the affirmative.
(b) The proposed ordinance shall be examined by the City Attorney before being submitted
to the special City meeting. The City Attorney is authorized, subject to the approval
of the Council, to correct the ordinance so as to avoid repetitions, illegalities,
and unconstitutional provisions and to ensure accuracy in its text and references
and clarity and precision in its phraseology, but the City Attorney shall not materially
change its meaning and effect.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any appointments of officers, members
of commissions, or boards made by the Council or to the appointment or designation
of Council, or to rules governing the procedure of the Council. (Added 2021, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.)