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Vermont League of Cities and Towns backs three-year extension of telecom-siting sunset, warns of disruption if it lapses
Summary
At a Jan. 16 House Energy and Digital Infrastructure hearing, VLCT urged lawmakers to pass H.527 to extend the sunset on 30 V.S.A. §248a to 2029, arguing municipalities need time to adapt during statewide land-use changes and warning that letting the law lapse could hamper siting of cell towers.
House Energy and Digital Infrastructure — The Vermont League of Cities and Towns told the House committee on Jan. 16 that it supports H.527, a bill to extend the statutory sunset on telecommunications siting under 30 V.S.A. §248a by three years to 2029, saying municipalities need continued access to the Certificate of Public Good (CPG) process while statewide land‑use implementation is in flux.
"VLCT supports H.527 to extend the sunset of 30 V.S.A. §248a for siting applications by three years to 2029," Samantha Sheehan, municipal policy and advocacy specialist for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, told the committee. "We would not oppose eliminating the sunset, but we value the opportunity for legislative review."
Sheehan told lawmakers that VLCT represents all 251 Vermont municipalities and emphasized that local plans and zoning do not directly regulate telecommunications siting; rather, those plans…
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