[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Fort Edward at
time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No local law shall be adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Fort
Edward until a public hearing has been held thereon in its final form before
such Town Board not less than three (3) nor more than thirty (30) 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 or other newspaper having
general circulation within 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 (1) such copy, together with the notice of hearing, on
the bulletin board maintained for that purpose in the Town Hall 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.
In addition to the filing and publication of local laws required under
§ 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the Town Clerk shall immediately,
upon the adoption of a local law by the Town Board, post a copy thereof on
the bulletin board maintained for that purpose in the Town Hall and shall,
within ten (10) days after such adoption, cause the local law or an abstract
thereof describing the same in general terms to be published in the official
newspaper or other newspaper having general circulation within the town.
