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Rutland Town planning commission to ask Select Board for guidance on outdated subdivision ordinance
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Planning commissioners said at their June 19 meeting that the town’s 50-year-old subdivision ordinance is outdated and may not be legally enforceable; attorney Kevin Brown will present the findings to the Select Board on July 1.
The Rutland Town Planning Commission will ask the Select Board for guidance after a June 19 discussion that found the town’s subdivision ordinance is outdated and likely does not meet current legal requirements, members said. Attorney Kevin Brown is scheduled to present an analysis to the Select Board at 5:30 p.m. on July 1.
Commissioners said the existing subdivision ordinance has provisions that predate modern enabling statutes and that portions ‘‘do not pass legal muster.’’ Barbara (Planning Commissioner) said the commission would prefer ‘‘to have a working ordinance’’ rather than continue using an obsolete document. The commission has spent about two years revising the…
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