[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-16-1979 by L.L. No. 1-1979 (Ch. 26 of the 1966 Codification)]
No local law shall be adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster until a public hearing has been held thereon in its final form before such Town Board, not less than three nor more than 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 of the Town. Such notice shall contain the title and the proposed local law or, in lieu thereof, 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 such copy, together with the notice of hearing, on the signboard at the Clerk's office and shall also make copies of such proposed local law available at said office for inspection by and distribution to any interested person during business hours.
The Town Clerk shall forthwith, upon the adoption of a local law by the Town Board, post a copy thereof on the signboard at the Clerk's office and shall, within 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 of the Town.
Proof of publication of the notice of public hearing required by § 23-1 hereof and proof of the posting and publication required by § 23-3 hereof shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
Each local law shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with the number one, for each calendar year. When a local law is finally adopted and certified copies thereof, as required by § 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, are filed in the offices of the Town Clerk, the State Comptroller and the Secretary of State, the Town Clerk shall accordingly assign to such local law its appropriate number.
[Adopted 3-15-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982 (Ch. 27 of the 1966 Codification)]
This article is enacted to provide for the publication of newly enacted Town ordinances by summary to effectuate cost savings in the publication of said ordinances.
Every ordinance and every amendment or supplement to an ordinance hereafter adopted or approved by the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster which is or may be required to be published in one or more newspapers in order to make such ordinance, amendment or supplement effective shall not be so published in full, but it shall be sufficient to publish in such newspaper or newspapers a notice setting forth the title thereof, a brief description of the provisions thereof and a statement that the full text thereof is on file and may be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk.
This article shall supersede, in their application to the Town of Lancaster, the provisions of §§ 133, 264 and 265 of the Town Law relating to publication only of an ordinance, an amendment or a supplement to an ordinance adopted or approved by the Town Board.
This article shall be subject to referendum on petition pursuant to § 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law and shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State in accordance with § 27 of such law.