{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-9-5.3","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. App. ch. 9, § 5.3","heading":"Violation of ordinances","body":"(a) The Board of Aldermen may provide penalties for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw. In no case shall the penalty exceed the maximum penalty allowed under 24 V.S.A. § 1974.\n(b) In any prosecution for a nuisance arising under this charter or under any ordinance that results in a conviction, the court may order the nuisance complained of to be removed or abated. The expense of removing or abating the nuisance shall be imposed on the offender.\n(c) A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the City shall be liable in damages to the City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of said violation. Damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, or bylaw.","path":["Title 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters","Chapter 009: City of Rutland","Subchapter 005: ORDINANCES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/24APPENDIX/009","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:06Z","sha256":"bf3971cf19c3c2d441a68f656aeedc0c4eb634ea433d736b0b7f13d80420816b","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-9-5.2","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-9-6.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}