[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wilton 10-3-1991
by L.L. No. 3-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No local law or ordinance shall be adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Wilton until a public hearing has been held thereon in its final form
before such Town Board in accordance with the laws and statutes of the State
of New York. Such notice shall be given by the Town Clerk by causing the same
to be published as required in the official newspaper of the Town. Such notice
shall contain the title of the proposed local law or ordinance and a brief
explanatory statement thereof.
The Town Clerk shall cause to be printed or otherwise reproduced copies
of such proposed local law or ordinance and shall, not later than the day
such notice is published, post one such copy, together with the notice of
hearing, on the signboard at his/her office and shall also make copies of
such proposed local law or ordinance available at his/her office for inspection
by and distribution to any interested person during business hours.
The Town Clerk shall forthwith upon the adoption of a local law or ordinance
by the Town Board post a copy thereof on the signboard at his/her office and
shall, within 10 days after such adoption, cause the local law or ordinance,
or an abstract thereof describing the same in general terms, to be published
in the official newspaper of the Town.
Each local law shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the number
one for each calendar year. When a local law is finally adopted and certified
copies thereof, as required by § 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law,
are filed in the office of the Town Clerk and the Secretary of State, the
Town Clerk shall accordingly assign to such local law its appropriate number.
