2011 Vermont Code
Title 10 Conservation and Development
Chapter 49 PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND SHORELANDS
§ 1427 River corridors and buffers

§ 1427. River corridors and buffers

(a) The secretary of natural resources shall establish a river corridor management program to aid and support the municipal adoption of river corridor and buffer bylaws. Under the river corridor management program, the secretary shall:

(1) upon request, provide municipalities with maps of designated river corridors within the municipality. A river corridor map provided to a municipality shall delineate a recommended buffer that is based on site-specific conditions. The secretary shall provide maps under this subdivision based on a priority schedule established by the secretary in procedure; and

(2) develop recommended best management practices for the management of river corridors and buffers.

(b) No later than February 1, 2011, the secretary of administration, after consultation with the state agencies of relevant jurisdiction, shall offer financial incentives to municipalities through existing grants and pass-through funding programs which encourage municipal adoption and implementation of zoning bylaws that protect river corridors and buffers.

(c) No later than February 1, 2011, the agency of natural resources shall define minimum standards for municipal eligibility for any financial incentives established under subsection (b) of this section. (Added 2009, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), { 5.)