{
 "answer": "The Town of Pawlet, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Ordinance Regulating the Use of Public Sanitary Sewerage Systems, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028619",
 "municipality": "Pawlet",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "water_sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://pawlet.vt.gov",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance Regulating the Use of Public Sanitary Sewerage Systems",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://pawlet.vt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Sewer-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Mandates connection to the public sewer within 90 days of notice for properties within 150 ft of a public sewer line, at owner's expense; bans private privies/septic systems where public sewer is available and discharge of untreated sewage; sets connection procedures, use restrictions, inspection powers, penalties and sewer rents.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/pawlet/water-sewer/"
}