Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Village of Jacksonville, Vermont

Village of Jacksonville’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside the incorporated Village of Jacksonville, which lies in the Town of Whitingham, Windham County; zoning is adopted and administered by the Town of Whitingham, not by the village itself

  • The cited file is the version prepared for the Selectboard adoption hearing of 10.20.21; a search result indicated adoption on November 10, 2021, which was not confirmed on an opened page
  • Zoning permit required through the town zoning administrator
  • The Village of Jacksonville was not found to adopt its own zoning

  “this class includes all lands within the villages of jacksonville (incorporated boundaries) and whitingham where a concentration of residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental uses are served by roads, sewer, and power.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts covering Jacksonville village: the Villages district, which includes all lands within the incorporated boundaries of Jacksonville

  • Four districts: conservation, rural lands, rural residential, villages
  • Boundaries are shown on the town zoning map
  • Dimensional table for the Villages district not extracted

  districts: conservation; rural lands; rural residential; villages

  “this class includes all lands within the villages of jacksonville (incorporated boundaries) and whitingham where a concentration of residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental uses are served by roads, sewer, and power.”

• Accessory dwellingsLimited

  Accessory dwelling units inside Jacksonville village under the Whitingham zoning regulations

  • Accessory unit up to 50% of habitable floor area of the single-family dwelling
  • Per-district permitted or conditional status in the use table (section 5.1) not extracted
  • See section 6.1.1.a.5 for further limits

  maximum accessory unit size: <= 50 percent of habitable floor area of the single-family dwelling

  “accessory dwelling unit: as defined in 24 v.s.a. § 4412(1)(e) except that whitingham allows the accessory unit to be up to 50% of the total habitable floor area of the single-family dwelling.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Jacksonville or Windham County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Jacksonville village
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Jacksonville village
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Jacksonville village
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Jacksonville village
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy inside Jacksonville village

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.