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Rural Vermont urges lawmakers to enshrine farm exemptions in Title 24, not by reopening RAPs
Summary
A Rural Vermont policy director told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee that longstanding legislative intent exempting farms from municipal zoning should be clarified in Title 24 statutes rather than by reopening Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs), citing risk of broader rulemaking fights and distinguishing hemp from adult‑use cannabis.
Eunice Rupertoff, policy director at Rural Vermont, told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee that the legislature should clarify longstanding intent that farming and food production are exempt from municipal zoning through statutory change to Title 24 rather than by reopening the Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs).
Rupertoff said precedent runs ‘‘back decades’’ and that a recent Supreme Court decision appeared not to follow that legislative intent. She said Rural Vermont and…
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