Under authority of 24 V.S.A, Sections 1971 and 1972 the Hyde Park Selectboard voted at their December 15, 2004 meeting to adopt changes and/or amendments to the Town of Hyde Park Village Motor Vehicle Ordinance. The purpose of the amendments is to update Section IV, Subsections 1.- Speed Limits and 3. - A summary of Ordinance contents is as follows:
Section 1: Authority
Section 2: Purpose
Section 3: Definitions
Section 4: Motor Vehicle Limitations
Section 5: Exemptions – Acts of Statute
Section 6: Enforcement
Section 7: Fines for Ordinance Violation
Section 8: Severability
Section 9: Repeal of Prior Ordinances

The full text of the Ordinance may be examined at the Hyde Park Town Clerk’s Office, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00 PM. If a petition, signed by five percent of the voters is submitted to the Clerk or Selectboard within forty-four days of adoption, the Selectboard shall call a special town meeting within sixty days of receipt of the petition to determine whether the voters will disapprove the new Ordinance. Unless a petition is received, the Ordinance will become effective sixty days after its adoption by the Selectboard. If a petition is filed, the Ordinance will become effective once it is approved by a vote of the town.

Please publish in the next issue of the News & Citizen. Thank you.

ADOPTION HISTORY:

1. Agenda item at regular Selectboard meeting held on 12/15/04.
2. Read and approved at regular Selectboard meeting on 12/15/04.
3. Posted in public places on 12/16/04.
4. Notice of adoption published in the News & Citizen newspaper on December 22, 2004 with a notice of the right to petition.
5. Other actions.