2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 257 VILLAGE OF NORTHFIELD
§ 502 Procedure

§ 257-502. Procedure

(a) An ordinance, by-law, rules or regulation shall be adopted by the Board of Trustees subject to the petition set forth in section 503 of this subchapter.

(b) After adoption of an ordinance, by-law, rule, or regulation, the Board of Trustees shall cause it to be entered in the minutes of the Village and posted in at least five conspicuous places within the municipality, and shall also cause it to be published in a newspaper circulating in the Village on a day not more than fourteen days following the date when the proposed provision is so adopted.

(c) Unless a petition is filed in accordance with section 503 of this subchapter, the ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation shall become effective upon its adoption, or at such time following the date of its adoption as is determined by the Board of Trustees. If a petition is filed in accordance with section 503 of this subchapter, the taking effect of the ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation, shall be governed by section 503(e) of this subchapter.

(d) All ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations adopted shall be recorded in the records of this Village.

(e) The procedure herein provided shall apply to the adoption of any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation unless another procedure is required by a particular statute of this state.