[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Huntington 6-30-1964 by L.L. No. 1-1964 (Ch. 26 of the 1969 Code of the Town of Huntington). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-19-2018 by L.L. No. 20-2018]
No local law shall be adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Huntington unless a public hearing has been held. Public notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing shall be published by the Town Clerk once in the official newspaper of the town at least three (3) days but not more than thirty (30) days before the date of the hearing, unless otherwise set forth in the town code. Such notice shall contain the title of the proposed local law and a brief explanatory statement thereof.
(A) 
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 (1) such copy, together with the notice of hearing, on the signboard at his office and 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.
(B) 
The Town Clerk shall calculate and collect the costs from the applicant for publication of any public hearing initiated by application. Said publication costs shall be in addition to any and all other costs associated with scheduling a public hearing pursuant to this Code.
[Amended 3-7-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
(C) 
If an applicant requests that a public hearing which has been scheduled and published according to the requirements of 41-2A and 41-2B of this chapter, be rescheduled, postponed or adjourned for further hearing, all costs associated with the rescheduling and republication of the public hearing shall be borne by the applicant.
[Added 3-7-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
(D) 
The Town Clerk shall calculate and collect from the applicant the cost(s) of publication and/or republication of the public hearing. Any enactment or other determination related to that Public Hearing shall not take effect until all publication costs have been paid by applicant.
[Added 3-7-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
(E) 
The Town Clerk shall forthwith, upon the adoption of a local law by the Town Board post a copy thereof on the Official Signboard in the office of the Town Clerk and shall, within ten (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.
[Added 3-7-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
Proof of publication of the notice of public hearing required by §§ 41-1 hereof and proof of the posting and publication required by §§ 41-2B hereof shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk.
Each local law shall be numbered consecutively beginning with No. 1 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 office 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.