Construction and Maintenance of Village Infrastructure

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 203, subch. 8

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 801 Authority to construct and maintain infrastructure

801. Authority to construct and maintain infrastructure The Village of Alburgh is authorized and empowered to construct, extend, renew, and maintain a common sewer or sewers in the Village; to build and maintain sidewalks and curbings along the streets and public highways in the Village; to oil and sprinkle the streets in the Village; and to acquire by purchase or construction a lighting system for the use of the Village or its inhabitants. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 267, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 802 Eminent domain authority

802. Eminent domain authority For any of the foregoing purposes, said Village may take, use, or occupy the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the taking, and the trustees in the taking of land and in the awarding of damages shall proceed in the manner prescribed by law for selectboards in the taking of land for public highways and in the awarding of damages. The trustees shall cause to be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk a certificate of their doings, which shall be signed by a majority. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 268, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 803 Procedures for eminent domain authority

803. Procedures for eminent domain authority In all proceedings under this charter for taking land, rights, or property, the trustees shall pass upon the convenience and necessity for the taking at hearings held by them after giving notice to each owner or interested person of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing. The notice shall give a description of the land, property, or rights to be taken and used. At the hearing, the trustees shall determine the question of convenience and necessity and decide the question of damages and shall pay or tender the amount of the damages to the person or persons entitled to the same, in the same manner as is provided by law for selectboards in taking lands for highways and in awarding damages. A person aggrieved by any act of the trustees in the taking of lands, rights, or property for the foregoing purposes and in the awarding of damages may have the same right of appeal, and in the case of an appeal, proceedings shall be had in the same manner as is provided for appeals from acts of selectboards in taking land and awarding damages for highway purposes. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 269, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 804 Assessments for sidewalks and curbs

804. Assessments for sidewalks and curbs The Board of Trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks and curbs shall have power, subject to the ordinances and bylaws of the Village, on giving 12 days’ notice to the parties interested, of the time and place of hearing, to assess the owners of the benefited lands or buildings, so much of the expense of making, altering, or repairing the sidewalks and curbs as they shall judge the lands or buildings abutting the sidewalks and curbs to be benefited by the sidewalks and curbs; the assessment not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of making, altering, or repairing the sidewalks and curbs. And when they shall make any assessment, they shall make a report thereof, in writing, setting forth their doings in that respect, and cause the report to be recorded in the Village Clerk’s office; and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the land so assessed until the same shall be paid. From the assessment there shall be the right of appeal to the county court as is provided in case of laying out, constructing, or repairing sewers and drains in the charter of the Village, and the final decision of the county court in the matter of the appeal, where the record of the report is recorded pursuant to this section, shall be a lien upon the lands so assessed, but the appeal shall not delay the making, altering, or repairing of the sidewalks and curbs. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 270, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 805 Recordation and collection of sidewalk and curbing assessments

805. Recordation and collection of sidewalk and curbing assessments (a) The Board of Trustees shall, as soon as may be after they have caused the report and assessments to be recorded in the Village Clerk’s office of the Village of Alburgh, place a list of the assessments in the hands of the Village Treasurer for collection. The Village Treasurer shall forthwith notify, in writing, the owner or owners of land or buildings so assessed, their agents, or attorneys, stating the amount of the assessment. All such assessments shall be paid to the Village Treasurer within 60 days after the same have been filed for record in the office of the Clerk of the Village of Alburgh, and the assessments and any interest shall be and remain a lien upon the lands and buildings assessed until the same are fully paid. (b) If an owner or owners of any land or buildings assessed under the provisions of this charter shall neglect or refuse to pay any such assessment, with interest, as provided in this charter, to the Village Treasurer within the time prescribed for the payment, the Village Treasurer shall issue the Village Treasurer’s warrant to the Village Collector of Taxes for the collection of the assessment, which warrant shall be in the form now prescribed by law for collection of town or other taxes, and the Collector shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the lands as will satisfy the assessments and the legal fees and shall proceed in the same manner and have the same fees as a collector of taxes in a town in selling land for the payment of taxes. (c) Whenever a description of lands or buildings is required for the purposes of making assessments under the provisions of this charter, reference to the conveyance to the owner, giving date thereof, the name of the person from whom acquired, and the volume and page of the land records in the Town Clerk’s office in which the same is recorded, shall be sufficient. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 271, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 806 Taxation for infrastructure improvements

806. Taxation for infrastructure improvements The legal voters of the Village of Alburgh, at any annual or special meeting warned for that purpose, may vote a tax upon the grand list of the Village for any of the purposes mentioned in this charter. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 272, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 807 Construction of individual sewer and drain connections

807. Construction of individual sewer and drain connections The owner of property abutting or adjacent to any street or alley in the Village through which a public sewer has been constructed shall construct under the direction of the trustees a suitable sewer or drain from the owner’s property and properly connect the same with said public sewer. If, after 20 days’ notice in writing by the trustees to the owner of the property, of the requirement the owner fails or neglects to construct or connect the sewer the trustees shall enter upon the property and make the connection, assessing for the connection the actual cost of so doing against the property and the owner of the property. The trustees shall file in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Alburgh an itemized statement of the costs of constructing and connecting the sewer, and the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien upon the property and shall be enforced and collected in the same manner as is provided in this charter for the enforcement and collection of assessments. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 273, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 808 Assessment of sewer service fee

808. Assessment of sewer service fee The trustees of the Village of Alburgh may, on due notice and after hearing, assess against the property connected with the system in such Village a service fee to be used by said Village for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the sewage system, which shall not exceed such limit for each owner or tenant occupying the property or any portion thereof as the Village shall from time to time determine by a majority vote at any annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 203, § 809 Funds for sidewalk and curbing repairs

809. Funds for sidewalk and curbing repairs The selectboard of the Town of Alburgh shall, on or before the first day of November in each and every year, draw its order on the Treasurer of the Town of Alburgh for a sum of money equal to 10 percent of the Village grand list, which shall be used by the Village of Alburgh in building, repairing, and maintaining sidewalks and curbs within the Village. After the passage of this charter, the Town of Alburgh shall be relieved from any liability or expense for building, repairing, and maintaining sidewalks and curbs within the Village of Alburgh; and thereafter the Village of Alburgh shall assume all such liabilities. But the Town of Alburgh shall not be relieved from such liability except upon the payment of the 10 percent. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 274, eff. July 1, 2023.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/203Fetched: 10/21/2026