[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Westbury 1-18-1951
(Ch. 52 of the 1964 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Before voting upon the proposed enactment of a local law, the Board
of Trustees shall fix a day, within 60 days after the presentation of a local
law to it, for a public hearing thereon, and within 20 days after such local
law shall have been presented to it, shall cause a notice of the time and
place of such hearing to be given by the Village Clerk by causing the same
to be published once in the official newspaper at least three days prior to
the day fixed for such hearing. In case there is, at any time, no official
newspaper, the Board of Trustees shall designate the manner of giving such
public notice. Such notice shall also contain the title of the proposed local
law and a brief explanatory statement thereof prepared by the Clerk and approved
by the Village Attorney.
The Board of Trustees shall attend at the time and place appointed for
such hearing, which shall be within the village and reasonable of access and
at a reasonable hour, and shall afford an opportunity for a public hearing
concerning such proposed local law.
