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VPA chair briefs PAC on bills affecting sewer, housing and municipal authority including S.328

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Planning Advisory Committee · April 1, 2026
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Matt Boulanger, chair of the Vermont Planners Association legislative committee, summarized bills advancing toward crossover that would affect municipal jurisdiction over distressed properties, wastewater permitting, cannabis retail opt-in votes, farming exemptions, and changes to the statutory definition of areas served by water and sewer (S.328).

Matt Boulanger, who chairs the Vermont Planners Association Legislative Committee, briefed the Planning Advisory Committee on several bills moving toward crossover and other deadlines in the legislative calendar.

Boulanger listed a set of bills of interest to planners: S.192 (clarifying municipal authority for cleanup of distressed properties), S.212 (delegation of wastewater permitting to municipalities), S.278 (compels an opt-in vote on cannabis retail in municipalities that have not taken action), S.323…

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