TOWN OF MENDON, VERMONT
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS
On 05/14/25, the Selectboard of the Town of Mendon, Vermont, adopted the TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS to regulate the keeping of dogs and wolf hybrids and to provide for their leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment, and destruction, to protect the public health and safety of the Town and preserve the quiet enjoyment or its residents’ homes and properties. The sections include: Authority, Purpose, Definitions, Licensing, Humane Care of Domestic Pets and Domestic Animals, Nuisances, Collar and License, Enforcement, Penalties and Costs, Impoundment, Investigation of Vicious Dogs, Potentially Vicious Dogs, Other Laws, Severability and Effective Date. This notice is published pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1972 to inform the public of this adoption and of the citizens’ right to petition for a vote to disapprove this adoption. The full text of the Ordinance may be examined at the Mendon Town office at 2282 US Route 4, Mendon, VT 05701 and may be examined during regular office hours and at www.mendonvt.gov
CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO PETITION FOR VOTE
Title 24 V.S.A. § 1973 grants citizens the right to petition for a vote at a special or annual Town Meeting to disapprove ordinance amendments adopted by the Selectboard. To exercise this right, citizens must present to the Selectboard or the Town Clerk a petition for a vote on the question of disapproving the amendments signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the Town’s qualified voters. The petition must be presented within forty-four (44) days following the date of the adoption of the amendments which is on or before June 27, 2025. Unless a petition requesting a vote is filed pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1973, the amended “TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS” shall become effective sixty (60) days from the date of said adoption which is July 13, 2025.
PERSON TO CONTACT
Additional information pertaining to this Ordinance may be obtained by contacting Sara Tully, Mendon Town Administrator at 2282 US Route 4, Mendon, VT 05701 or by calling 802-558-3935 during regular office hours.
Mendon Dogs and Wolf Hybrids Ordinance v.FINAL 5.14.25 adopted