All public hearings shall be conducted in accordance with § 4-203(b)
of the Land Use Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Specifically,
the following procedures shall apply:
A. The Town shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and
restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined,
established, and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented,
modified or repealed. However, a regulation, restriction, or boundary
may not become effective until 10 days after at least one public hearing
in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall
have an opportunity to be heard.
B. Notice of the time and place of the public hearing, together with
a summary of the proposed regulation, restriction, or boundary, shall
be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in Indian
Head once each week for two successive weeks, with the first such
publication of notice appearing at least 14 days prior to the hearing.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
Amendment procedure within the Critical Area District shall be as set forth in Article
IX and in accordance with the provisions of Article
XX.