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Town of Ramapo, NY
Rockland County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo 5-23-1979 by L.L. No. 3-1979. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No local law shall be adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo until a public hearing has been held thereon in its final form before such Town Board not less than three days after public notice has been given of the time and place of the holding of such public hearing. Such notice shall be given by the Town Clerk by causing the same to be published once in the official newspaper of the Town. Such notice shall contain the title of the proposed local law and a brief explanatory statement thereof.
The Town Clerk shall cause to be printed or otherwise reproduced copies of such proposed local law 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 office and shall also make copies of such proposed local law available at his 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 by the Town Board post a copy thereof on the signboard at his office, and it shall remain so posted for a period of at least 10 days.
The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any local law hereinafter adopted. In the event of any conflict between any provisions of any local law hereinafter adopted and any section of any general law to the extent that the same is permitted by § 10, and the subdivisions thereof, of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local law shall control.
Proof of publication and posting as required by §§ 29-1, 29-2 and 29-3 hereof shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
Each local law shall be numbered consecutively beginning with No. 1 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.