{"data":{"id":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1441","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"10 V.S.A. § 1441","heading":"Purpose","body":"The purposes of this chapter shall be to:\n(1) provide clear and adaptable standards for the creation of impervious surface or cleared area in lands adjacent to lakes;\n(2) prevent degradation of water quality in lakes and preserve natural stability of shoreline;\n(3) protect aquatic biota and protect habitat for wildlife and aquatic life;\n(4) mitigate, minimize, and manage any impact of new impervious surface and new cleared area on the lakes of the State;\n(5) mitigate the damage that floods and erosion cause to development, structures, and other resources in the lands adjacent to lakes;\n(6) accommodate creation of cleared areas and impervious surfaces in protected shoreland areas in a manner that allows for reasonable development of existing parcels;\n(7) protect shoreland owners’ access to, views of, and use of the State’s lakes; and\n(8) preserve and further the economic benefits and values of lakes and their adjacent shorelands.","path":["Title 10: Conservation and Development","Chapter 049A: Lake Shoreland Protection Standards"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/049A/01441","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:22:51Z","sha256":"c04476f0edcc41ba3c6abaf8c5e855e05fa2e00ca9b552dcc165e7f33c0db45a","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1428","next":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1442"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}