[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cato during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
Every ordinance and every amendment or supplement to an ordinance hereafter adopted or approved by the Town Board of the Town of Cato which is or may be required to be published in one or more newspapers in order to make such ordinance, amendment or supplement effectual 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 its application to the Town of Cato the provisions of §§ 133, 264 and 265 of the Town Law relating to publication only of an ordinance, 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.
No local law shall be adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cato 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 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 such copy, together with the notice of hearing, in a conspicuous place in his office. He 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.
The Town Clerk shall forthwith, upon the adoption of a local law by the Town Board, post a copy thereof in a conspicuous place in his 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 § 25-4 hereof and proof of posting and publication required by § 25-6 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 are required by § 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law to be 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.