[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rockville Centre 5-1-2014 by L.L. No. 5-2014.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Ordinances, When to take effect — See
Ch. 38.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This local law also superseded former
Ch. 30, Adoption of Local Laws, adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971
as Ch. 79 of the 1971 Code and passed at referendum.
A.
Pursuant to authority granted in the New York Municipal Home Rule
Law, the provisions of New York Village Law § 7-706(1) are
hereby superseded and amended in their application to the Village
of Rockville Centre.
B.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, notice of public hearings
for the adoption of local laws (other than zoning laws) shall be given
by publication and posting at least three days prior to the date of
commencement of such public hearing. Notice of public hearings for
the adoption of zoning laws shall be given by publication and posting
at least five days prior to the date of commencement of such public
hearing.
C.
Such notice by publication shall be given by the Village Clerk by
causing the same to be published once in the official newspaper designated
for such purpose, and in any other manner required by law. The Board
of Trustees may designate one or more newspapers in place of or in
addition to the official newspaper for publication of any such notice
or notices. Notice by posting shall be given by posting at the Village
Hall and in such other locations as may be customary, and at such
locations otherwise required by law, and in any other manner designated
by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees also may require other
notice as it may deem appropriate in any particular case.
D.
Notice of each such hearing, other than by publication or posting,
also shall be given as required by any other applicable law.
E.
Each such notice shall contain the title of the proposed local law.
Such notice may also include any explanatory statement which the Village
Clerk determines to be appropriate and which is in a form approved
by the Village Attorney.
F.
Proof of publication and posting of such notice of public hearing
shall be filed in the office of the Village Clerk.
G.
Village Law § 7-706(5) is hereby amended and superseded
in its application to the Village of Rockville Centre, and the following
is enacted in its place and stead: "5. Filing. Every zoning law and
every amendment thereto (excluding any map incorporated therein) shall
be entered or incorporated by reference in the minutes of the Village
Board of Trustees. The Village shall not be required to publish a
copy, summary or abstract thereof, or any map incorporated therein,
in the official newspaper, nor shall the Village be required to post
a copy of such local law or amendment together with a summary or abstract
of any map incorporated therein. Such minutes shall identify the adopted
local law and any map adopted in connection with such local law or
amendment."
