Building and access permits allow neighbors to be respectful of both their neighbors and the environment around them.  Excess weight permits provide insurance for the roads protecting the hard work the road crew does all year for us.

Ordinances are important to the functioning of life in any town.  Vershire currently has ordinances that direct the placement of and the dimensions of buildings and signs, the size of lots depending on where they are located, what defines major and minor subdivisions.  Ordinances also lay the rules that apply to all dogs and other domestic pets, vehicular speeds within and along the roads in town, as well as rules regarding ATV use and how they are allowed to travel in town.

In the course of planning within a town and dealing with things like energy conservation, pollution and erosion control along rivers and streams, there is specific information that needs to be gathered to develop a picture of where our needs are at any given point of time.  Here are some of the plans and research studies, inventories and other things that have helped to guide some of our decision making.