Chester

Chester Housing Commission

In July of 2023, the Chester Select Board established a 7-member Chester Housing Commission and at Town Meeting in March of 2025 the voters established a Chester Housing Trust Fund. The Select Board also implemented a short-term rental registration program in 2023, currently capped at 65 short-term rentals town-wide, and budgeted that the net proceeds of the short-term rental fees collected be transferred annually into the Housing Trust Fund. 

Definition

Allows testimony from hearings before a municipality’s planning commission, zoning board, or development review board to be incorporated into appeals heard by a Vermont court. This prevents municipalities and plaintiffs from having to reproduce expert testimony at every stage of an appeal, potentially saving significant time and expense. Municipalities have the option to implement this approach into local law under Vermont statue 24 V.S.A. § 4471(b).

Pleasant Brook Apartments

Chester Elderly Apartments

517 Depot Street

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