Evaluating the Effectiveness of Act 250 in Protecting Vermont Streams

Robert Sanford and Hubert Stroud

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2000, vol. 43, issue 5, 623-641

Abstract: Vermont's progressive land development and land use law (Act 250), now 30 years old, provides district and state control over major developments through the review of environmental and planning criteria. Although it is comprehensive in nature, the law is applied on a case-by-case basis, which can make the results inconsistent. Up to now, there have been no significant studies of the role of Act 250 in conserving water quality through stream buffers. This research uses four case-studies of stream buffer use along Vermont streams as a step toward understanding and improving the role of comprehensive land use regulation in protective buffers. Such a study, while directly applicable to Vermont, could be useful to other states that are interested in improving compliance with existing regulations or in adopting new land use legislation.

Date: 2000
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