NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE REGULATING ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (ATVs)
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE REGULATING ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES (ATVs)
On February 3, 2026, the Selectboard of the Town of Washington, Vermont, adopted a civil ordinanceregulating all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). This notice is published pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §1972 to inform the public of this ordinance and of the citizens’ right to petition for a vote to disapprove/strike down this new ordinance.
This ordinance is a compilation of various existing Vermont Statutes with the following revisions:
Identification of Town highways open to ATV traffic (Section 4)
Recommendations for a periodic review (Section 9)
The full text of the Ordinance may be examined during regular office hours Monday -Friday at the Town Hall at 2895 VT Route 110 Washington, VT and is available upon request by contacting the Washington
Town Clerk at 802-883-2218 or washingtontownclerk@gmail.com, and on the Washington VT Town website at www.washingtonvt.org. It is also posted in the following locations in the Town of
Washington:
1. Washington Town Hall
2. Calef Memorial Library
3. Washington Village Store
4. Washington Post Office
5. Echo Valley Elementary School
CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO PETITION
Title 24 V.S.A. §1973 grants citizens the right to petition for a vote at a special or annual Town Meeting to disapprove the ordinance adopted by the Selectboard. To exercise this right, citizens must present to the Selectboard, or to the Town Clerk, a petition for a vote on the question of disapproving the ordinance signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the Town’s qualified voters. The petition must bepresented within forty-four (44) days following the date of the adoption of the ordinance. Unless a petition requesting a vote is filed pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §1973, the Ordinance Regulating All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) shall become effective sixty (60) days from the date of said adoption.
PERSON TO CONTACT
Additional information pertaining to this ordinance may be obtained by contacting selectboard member
Tammy Johnson at tamnstoy54@yahoo.com, or 802-279-0857, or USPS at 205 Woodchuck Hollow Rd, Washington, VT 05675.