§ 103. Particular powers of the Town
In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the Town is, for the purpose
of promoting the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, authorized to adopt
and enforce ordinances, rules, and regulations concerning any matter or activity permitted
by general law, including:
(1) making and installing local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains
in a manner specified by the Town as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building
permit;
(2) regulating the parking, operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon Town and Vermont
State aid streets and highways;
(3) regulating or providing for the storage, accumulation, collection, removal, and disposal
of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and other waste materials, including contracting
with third parties for any or all of those services and establishing service rates
for those services;
(4) establishing and maintaining a Police Department and adopting policies pertaining
to that Department;
(5) establishing and maintaining a Fire Department and adopting policies pertaining to
that Department;
(6) establishing and maintaining an ambulance service and adopting policies pertaining
to that service;
(7) establishing and maintaining a Water Department financed by an enterprise fund and
adopting policies pertaining to that Department;
(8) establishing and maintaining a Wastewater Department financed by an enterprise fund
and adopting policies pertaining to that Department;
(9) establishing and maintaining a Highway Department and adopting policies pertaining
to that Department;
(10) regulating the moving of buildings in the streets or public highways of the Town;
(11) regulating the holding of public meetings in the streets, highways, or on public property
of the Town;
(12) regulating riots, noises, disturbances, and disorderly assembly and adopting pertinent
policies;
(13) establishing and maintaining control of domestic animals within the Town and adopting
pertinent policies;
(14) establishing and maintaining a Financial Services Department;
(15) establishing and maintaining a Planning and Development Department;
(16) establishing and maintaining a Park and Recreation Department;
(17) establishing and maintaining any other proper and lawful Town departments or services
as deemed necessary, including the establishment of enterprise funds. (Added 2009, No. M-5, § 2, eff. April 29, 2009; amended 2011, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 7, 2012; 2017, No. M-4, § 2, eff. May 17, 2017; 2023, No. M-26 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 29, 2024.)