Town of Islip, NY Chapter 1A Ordinances: Notice and Publication

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 6-5-79 as Local Law No. 4, 1979. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 1A-1 Notice of public hearing.

At least ten (10) days prior to the date for a public hearing on a proposed Town ordinance, zoning ordinance or amendment thereto, the Town Clerk shall give notice of such hearing as follows:

A. Publish once in at least one (1) newspaper circulating in the Town of Islip the time when and the place where the hearing will be held, together with the title, a general description of the proposed ordinance or amendment, a statement that a copy of the proposed ordinance or amendment is available for inspection in the office of the Town Clerk and that at the time of the hearing all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

B. Post a copy of the proposed ordinance or amendment, together with the notice of the public hearing, on the bulletin board outside the office of the Town Clerk.

§ 1A-2 Notice of adoption.

Upon the adoption of a Town ordinance, zoning ordinance or amendment thereto, the Town Clerk shall:

A. Enter the ordinance or amendment into the Town Board minutes, except that it shall not be necessary to enter maps adopted in connection with the Zoning Ordinance or amendments in the minutes.

B. Publish once in the official newspaper of the Town or in a newspaper designated by the Town Board having general circulation in the Town an abstract of the ordinance or amendment, together with a statement that a copy of the ordinance or amendment, as adopted, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk and available for inspection.

§ 1A-3 Severability.

A. Each section and every part of each section of this local law is hereby declared independent of every other section or part hereof, and the finding or holding of any section or part hereof to be void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part thereof.

B. No ordinance or amendment previously adopted or approved by the Town Board shall be void for failure to comply with the provisions of this local law. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to in any way affect, limit or contravene any of the notice provisions required under Article XXXVI of this Code for amendments to the Zoning Ordinance.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Article XXXVI, Amendments, of Ch. 68, Zoning.

§ 1A-4 When effective.

This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.