ATV Ordinance Revision

NOTICE

 TO:  CITIZENS OF STOCKBRIDGE, VERMONT

Pursuant to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. Section 1972 and 1973, you are hereby notified that the Board of Selectmen for the Town of Stockbridge, Vermont at its regular meeting of August 18, 2022, did amend the Town of Stockbridge Ordinance Regulating All Terrain Vehicles on public highways within the Town of Stockbridge.  Copies of the Ordinance are available for review at the Stockbridge Town Clerk’s office during normal business hours.  Outlined below is a summary of the sections of the Ordinance.

  1. Authority
  2. Purpose
  3. Definitions
  4. Operations of ATVs
    1. Amended to remove months of operation
    2. Amended to remove hours of operation  
  5. Penalties
  6. Enforcement
  7. Severability
  8. Effective Date
  9. Notice

You are hereby notified that the ordinance shall become effective November 17,2022 unless a petition is filed in accordance with section 1973 of Title 24.

Section 1973 provides that the citizens of the Town of Stockbridge, Vermont can require a special town meeting to be convened for the purpose of a vote to disapprove the ordinance if, within forty-five days of August 18, 2022 a petition for a vote on the question of disapproving the ordinance, signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the qualified voters of Stockbridge, Vermont is presented to the Board of Selectmen or the Town Clerk.

Any citizen having questions with regard to the amended ordinance is invited to contact:

            Lee Ann Isaacson, Selectboard Chair

            P.O. Box 39

            Stockbridge, VT 05772

            802-746-8400

            [email protected]