{
 "answer": "The Town of Bennington, Vermont has 3 adopted ordinances on file: Article 21: Construction Ordinance; Article 29: Screening of Solar Facilities; Town of Bennington Land Use & Development Regulations (LUDR), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028469",
 "municipality": "Bennington",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "zoning_land_use",
 "label": "Zoning & land use",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://benningtonvt.org",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Article 21: Construction Ordinance",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1988-03-16",
   "document_url": "https://benningtonvt.org/Document%20Center/Government/Ordinances/Ordinance-21-Construction.pdf",
   "summary": "Comprehensive design/construction standards for public sewer, water, and street/highway infrastructure; permit procedures, fees, bonding and inspection requirements for construction in the Town.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Article 29: Screening of Solar Facilities",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://benningtonvt.org/Document%20Center/Government/Ordinances/ARTICLE-29-SCREENING-OF-SOLAR-FACILITIES.pdf",
   "summary": "Sets screening requirements for ground-mounted solar facilities over 15kW(AC) to preserve Bennington's scenic quality (hillsides, ridgelines, historic areas); ordinance text indicates a 2015 adoption year.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Bennington Land Use & Development Regulations (LUDR)",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2004-02-23",
   "document_url": "https://benningtonvt.org/Document%20Center/Government/Planning%20Documents/BennLUDR_FINAL-optimized.pdf",
   "summary": "Bennington's zoning/subdivision bylaw: districts, permitted/conditional uses, dimensional standards, sight-triangle/screening rules, junk yard definition, site plan/subdivision review. Adopted 2004-02-23, last amended 2024-06-24.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/bennington/zoning/"
}