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Rutland fair seeks narrow exemption from 3-acre rule as committee prepares statutory language
Summary
Members of the House Agriculture Committee discussed drafting language to exempt the Rutland County Agricultural Society Inc. from an impact-fee and project-offset requirement tied to the 3-acre rule, and heard that the Agency of Natural Resources may delay enforcement while it works with local parties.
Members of the House Agriculture Committee discussed drafting statutory language to exempt the Rutland County Agricultural Society Inc. — the organization that runs the Vermont State Fair in Rutland — from a proposed impact fee and project-offset requirement tied to the so-called "3-acre rule." Committee members said they will circulate proposed language and consider advancing it if members agree.
The discussion mattered because the change would apply only to the Rutland fair, not to other fairs, and because the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) told the committee it may push enforcement of the rule out while it negotiates solutions. Committee member 2 summarized the request: "They're not asking for any…
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