Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 792
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 792
- Altered: means a major physical change in the highway such as a change in width from a single lane to two lanes. See
- Discontinued: means a previously designated town highway which through the process of discontinuance all public rights are reconveyed to the adjoining landowners. See
- highway: includes rights-of-way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guardrails, areas to accommodate utilities authorized by law to locate within highway limits, areas used to mitigate the environmental impacts of highway construction, vegetation, scenic enhancements, and structures. See
- inhabitants: shall mean the population of the political division referred to, as ascertained by the national census last completed before the time when such population is a material fact. See
- Lay out: means the legal procedure establishing the alignment or right-of-way of a highway. See
- Reclassify: means to change the classification of a highway using the legal process described in this chapter. See
- Selectboard: includes village trustees and city councils. See
- Town: includes incorporated villages and cities. See
§ 792. Petition to selectboard
When the public good or convenience of the inhabitants requires a highway to be laid out, altered, reclassified, or discontinued on, or intersecting the line between two towns, or a bridge across a stream between two towns to be built, persons who are either voters or landowners, and whose number is at least five percent of the voters, of the towns may petition, in writing, the selectboard of either town to lay out, alter, reclassify, or discontinue the highway, or build the bridge. The selectboard presented with the petition shall notify the selectboard of the other town. The two boards shall establish a time for hearing, and shall give notice of it. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)