24 V.S.A. § 4413 — Limited Review of Institutional and Public Uses (VT)

Tracked preemption from the Vermont overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1968-07-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:VT

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

project.use_type {school, state_facility, municipal_facility, public_utility, church, religious_use, correctional_facility}

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typeoverridelimited_to_enumerated_dimensional_itemsMunicipalities may regulate only the specifically enumerated dimensional items (setbacks, height, lot coverage, parking, screening) for these uses
base_districts[*].allowed_usesaddreligious_useReligious uses cannot be excluded (federal RLUIPA-aligned)

Citation

Authority source
24 V.S.A. § 4413 (Municipal and Regional Planning and Development Act — Chapter 117)
§ § 4413 — Limitations on municipal bylaws
https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24/117

Research notes

24 V.S.A. § 4413 limits municipal review of schools, state/municipal facilities, public utilities, churches, and correctional facilities to specifically enumerated dimensional items. Federal conflict check enabled because the religious-use clause overlaps RLUIPA and the public-utility clause may interact with FCC / FERC preemption.