City of Rensselaer, NY Chapter 23 Hearings, Public

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

Article I Local Laws, Adoption of

[Adopted 1-29-1926 by L.L. No. 1-1926]

§ 23-1 Date of hearing; notification; adjournment.

A. Whenever a local law, after its passage by the Common Council, shall be presented to the Mayor for approval, he shall forthwith fix a date for a public hearing concerning such local law and give public notice of the time and place of such hearing to be given. Such notice shall be given by publication once in the official newspaper of the City. Such notice shall contain the title of the local law and an explanatory statement concerning the same.

B. The Mayor shall attend at the time and place appointed for such hearing and afford an opportunity for a public hearing concerning such local law.

C. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time, but an adjournment shall not operate to extend the time of the Mayor to approve such local law or return it to the Common Council with his objections, pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.