Amendment to Curtis Pond Ordinances 2025

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO CALAIS’S

ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF CURTIS POND ISLAND

AND

ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF CURTIS POND RECREATION AREA

At its June 2, 2025, meeting, the Calais Selectboard adopted amendments to the ordinances regulating the Island and the Recreation Area at Curtis Pond as recommended by the Ordinance Advisory Committee. The following revisions were made to the prior versions:

Prohibition of fireworks at Recreation Area
Added regulations regarding watercraft at the Recreation Area
Increased outdated penalty fees
Decreased regulations around campsite options on the Island

Multiple edits for clarity and conciseness

Title 24 V.S.A. § 1973 grants citizens the right to petition for a vote at a Town Meeting to disapprove ordinance amendments adopted by the selectboard. To exercise this right, citizens must present to the Selectboard or Town Clerk, within 44 days following the date of the adoption of the amendment (July 16, 2025), a petition for a vote signed by five percent of the town’s voters. Unless a petition requesting a vote is filed, the amended ordinance will become effective 60 days from the date of said adoption, which is August 1, 2025.

Text of newly approved ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF CURTIS POND ISLAND

(Text of Previous ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF CURTIS POND ISLAND)

Text of newly approved ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF CURTIS POND RECREATION AREA

(Text of previous ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF CURTIS POND RECREATION AREA)

Curtis_Pond_Island_Ordinance_6-2-25.pdf

Curtis_Pond_Rec_Area_Ordinance_6-2-25.pdf