Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, § 6301 (2026)

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(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 6301)

§ 6301. Purpose

It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage and assist the maintenance of the present uses of Vermont’s agricultural, forest, and other undeveloped land and to prevent the accelerated residential and commercial development thereof; to preserve and to enhance Vermont’s scenic natural resources; to strengthen the base of the recreation industry and to increase employment, income, business, and investment; to enable the citizens of Vermont to plan its orderly growth in the face of increasing development pressures in the interests of the public health, safety, and welfare; and to encourage the use of conservation and preservation tools to support farm, forest, and related enterprises, thereby strengthening Vermont’s economy to improve the quality of life for Vermonters and to maintain the historic settlement pattern of compact village and urban centers separated by rural countryside. (Added 1969, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2006–2020 · leading case: Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Ass'n of Vermont, Inc. v. Winooski Valley Park Dist., 913 A.2d 391 (Vt. 2006).

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Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Ass'n of Vermont, Inc. v. Winooski Valley Park Dist., 913 A.2d 391 (Vt. 2006). · cites it 3× “10 V.S.A. § 6301. All of the objectives listed in § 6301 are interests that a municipality may pursue by enforcing its property rights under § 6307.”

In re Snyder Grp., Inc. PUD Final Plat, 2020 VT 15 (Vt. 2020). “10 V.S.A. § 6301. 5 chapter 155, limiting land uses in the sending area solely to specified purposes, but including, at a minimum, agriculture and forestry.”

Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Assoc. of VT v. Winooski Valley Park Dist., 181 Vt. 12 (Vt. 2006). · cites it 3× “10 V.S.A. § 6301. All of the objectives listed in § 6301 are interests that a municipality may pursue by enforcing its property rights under § 6307.”

Snyder Grp. Inc. PUD Final Plat - Decision on Motions (Vt. Super. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “§ 4423(a) states that: (a) In order to accomplish the purposes of 10 V.S.A. § 6301, bylaws may contain provisions for the transfer of development rights.”

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