Chapter 18
HOUSING1

Article I. In General

18-1    Short title.

18-2    Definitions.

18-3, 18-4.    Reserved.

18-5—18-14.    Reserved.

Article II. Administration and Enforcement

Division 1. Generally

18-15    Registration required.

18-16    Inspection required.

18-17    Administration of housing inspection program.

18-18    Certification of compliance or interim rental permit required.

18-19    Issuance of certificates and permits; terms of inspection.

18-20    Suspension and revocation of certificate.

18-20.1.    Reserved.

18-21    Availability of certificate.

18-22    Authority to enter dwellings for inspections.

18-23    Authority to obtain search warrants.

18-24    Investigation of complaints.

18-25    Orders.

18-25A    Procedures for adoption of equivalency protocols for the Minimum Housing Code.

18-26    Service.

18-27    Reinspection.

18-28    Relocation services.

18-29    Retaliatory eviction.

18-29a    Termination of rental housing tenancy; rental housing rent increase.

18-30    Fees.

18-31    Enforcement and penalties.

18-32    Effective date.

18-33, 18-34.    Reserved.

Division 2. Housing Board of Review

18-35    Created.

18-36    Composition; appointment.

18-37    Terms.

18-38    Terms limited.

18-39    Officers of board.

18-40    Clerk of board; duties of clerk.

18-41    Reserved.

18-42    Powers of board.

18-43—18-47.    Reserved.

Division 3. Hearings

18-48    Open hearings to be held upon request.

18-49    When requests to be filed and when hearings to be held.

18-50    Copy of request for hearing to be forwarded to inspector.

18-51    Time for hearing to be set by board.

18-52    Notice of time and date of hearing to be given.

18-53    Request for hearing to stay actions upon which request made; exception.

18-54    Majority of board to be present at hearings; exception.

18-55    Rights of parties.

18-56    Authority to compel attendance of witnesses.

18-57    Decision of board.

18-58    Written findings of fact and conclusions may be requested.

18-59    Court review of hearings.

18-60—18-69.    Reserved.

Article III. Minimum Standards

Division 1. Generally

18-70    Compliance with article required.

18-71    Foundation, exterior walls and roofs.

18-72    Floors, interior walls and ceilings.

18-73    Windows and exterior doors.

18-74    Stairways and porches.

18-75—18-77.    Reserved.

Division 2. Plumbing Facilities and Fixture Requirements

18-78    Toilet and plumbing facilities generally.

18-79    Plumbing connections.

18-80    Plumbing standards for roominghouses.

18-81    Water heating facilities.

18-82—18-83.    Reserved.

Division 3. Light, Ventilation, Space and Mechanical Requirements

18-84    Windows for light and ventilation.

18-85    Electrical facilities.

18-86    Heating.

18-87    Allocation of heating costs.

18-88, 18-89.    Reserved.

Division 4. Space and Occupancy

18-90    Space.

18-91    Floor area for bedrooms.

18-92    Cellars and other prohibited occupancies.

18-93    Calculation of floor area.

Division 5. Fire Safety Requirements

18-94    Fire safety generally.

18-95    Means of egress.

18-96    Accumulations and storage.

18-97    Fire resistance ratings.

18-98    Fire protection systems.

18-99    Smoke detectors.

18-100    Interpretation and relationship to other fire protection and life safety code requirements.

18-101    Carbon monoxide (CO) detectors.

18-102—18-103.    Reserved.

Division 6. Responsibilities of Owners and Occupants

18-104    General working conditions.

18-105    Sanitation.

18-106    Premises to be kept clean and sanitary.

18-107    Extermination of vermin.

18-108    Adequate heat to be furnished.

18-109    Removal of required facilities prohibited.

18-110    Transfer of responsibility.

18-111    Accumulation of garbage, trash, abandoned vehicles, appliances and furniture on any property within the city prohibited.

18-112    Paint.

18-113—18-119.    Reserved.

18-120    Deposits.

18-121—18-129.    Reserved.

Division 7. Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

18-130    Applicability of minimum energy efficiency standards.

18-131    Work related to meeting minimum energy efficiency standards.

18-132    Minimum energy efficiency standards.

18-133—18-199.    Reserved.

Article IV. Housing Discrimination

18-200    Purpose.

18-201    Definitions.

18-202    Adverse housing action.

18-203    Penalty; civil remedies.

18-204—18-299.    Reserved.

Article V. Regulation of Conversion of Rental Housing to Condominiums or Cooperatives

18-300    Statement of purpose.

18-301    Authority and applicability.

18-302    Exemptions.

18-303    Definitions.

18-304    Notice to tenants.

18-305    Right of tenant organizations, public entities, nonprofit corporations, and individual tenants to purchase.

18-306    Application fee.

18-307    Condominium conversion fee.

18-308    Circumventing of this article.

18-309    Penalty; civil remedies.

18-310    Severability.

18-311    Additional regulations to administer this article.

18-312    Relocation costs.

18-313—18-399.    Reserved.

Article VI. Housing Trust Fund

18-400    Statement of purpose.

18-401    Definitions.

18-402    Establishment of the housing trust fund.

18-403    Management of the trust fund.

18-404    Distribution and use of the housing trust fund’s assets.

18-405—18-499.    Reserved.

Article VII. Reserved

18-500—18-512.    Reserved.


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Cross reference—Buildings and building construction, Ch. 8; electricity, Ch. 12; fire protection and prevention, Ch. 13; garbage and refuse, Ch. 14; gas, Ch. 15; health, Ch. 17; plumbing, Ch. 25; sewers and water pollution control, Ch. 26; water, Ch. 31; zoning, App. A.

State law reference—Municipal housing codes, 24 V.S.A. § 5001 et seq.