{
 "answer": "The Town of Fairfax, Vermont has 3 adopted ordinances on file: A Bylaw Establishing Screening Standards for Ground-Mounted Solar Electricity Generation Plants (Solar Siting Bylaw); Building Inspection, Code Enforcement, and Fire Safety Ordinance; Fairfax Development Regulations, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028527",
 "municipality": "Fairfax",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "zoning_land_use",
 "label": "Zoning & land use",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "A Bylaw Establishing Screening Standards for Ground-Mounted Solar Electricity Generation Plants (Solar Siting Bylaw)",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fairfax-vt.gov/Documents/Ordinances%20%26%20Regulations/Ordinances/Solar%20Screening%20Ord.pdf?t=202312061506110",
   "summary": "Requires screening (topography, vegetation, plantings) for ground-mounted solar arrays over 15kW, applicable town-wide regardless of zoning district; Planning Commission public hearing required. Dated September 2016; exact adoption day illegible via OCR.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Building Inspection, Code Enforcement, and Fire Safety Ordinance",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "unknown",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fairfax-vt.gov/Documents/Ordinances%20%26%20Regulations/Ordinances/BuildingInspOrdinance.pdf?t=202312061506100",
   "summary": "Adopts State fire/building codes by reference, sets building-permit, code-enforcement, and fire-safety-inspection procedures. Posted copy's signature/adoption date blank/unfilled -- adoption status could not be confirmed from the document itself.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fairfax Development Regulations",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-20",
   "document_url": "https://www.fairfax-vt.gov/Documents/Ordinances%20%26%20Regulations/Ordinances/Fairfax%20Development%20Regs_2024.pdf?t=202406101426360",
   "summary": "Consolidated zoning and subdivision regulations: zoning districts (Village, Residential, Rural, Conservation, Flood Hazard, Source Water), dimensional/use standards, site plan and conditional use review, permits.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/fairfax/zoning/"
}