[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Brant 4-10-1974
as L.L. No. 1-1974. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as "Standards for the Publication of Notice
of Adoption of the Text of Ordinances or Ordinance Amendments Adopted by the
Town Board of the Town of Brant."
A.
This chapter is enacted in recognition of the fact that
the legislature of the State of New York has enabled municipalities to eliminate
the necessity for publishing the complete text of ordinances or ordinance
amendments passed by the individual municipal boards. The purpose is to eliminate
the onerous costs of publication of the complete text of adopted ordinances
or ordinance amendments, thus saving the town and the taxpayers of the Town
of Brant large sums of money.
B.
The purpose of this chapter is mindful of the necessity
that the public be notified by public notice of the contents of adopted ordinances
or ordinance amendments, and it is not the intent of this chapter to delete
the text of such adopted ordinances or ordinance amendments entirely, but
rather to present them in outline form, sufficiently delineating the main
topics of the ordinance or ordinance amendment adopted.
The requirement that an ordinance or ordinance amendment once adopted
be published in its complete form as adopted is hereby abolished.
This chapter shall apply to all ordinances and ordinance amendments
adopted after the filing of this chapter with the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of New York.
A.
The Town Board shall hereafter continue to have the authority
to publish the complete text of adopted ordinances or ordinance amendments.
B.
The Town Board may, hereafter, in the notice of adoption
of ordinances or ordinance amendments published in the official town newspaper,
publish only a summary of the main topics or highlights of said ordinance,
with the provision that the abridged text as published puts the citizens of
the Town of Brant on sufficient notice of the provisions contained in the
complete text of said law. Said publication shall be in accordance with the
constitutional requirements of notice as required by the applicable provisions
of the Town Law, General Municipal Law, Municipal Home Rule Law and decisions
of the Appellate Courts of the State of New York interpreting the same.
C.
The Town Board shall direct the Town Clerk
to file the full text of any such adopted ordinance or ordinance amendment
in the office of the Town Clerk, which copy shall be made available for inspection
by the public during the regular business hours of the Town Clerk of the Town
of Brant.
