§ 5-103. Notice and hearing for regulations.

   (a) Public hearing requirement. -- Before adoption of a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the subdivision regulation.

(b) Notice of public hearing. -- The legislative body shall publish a notice of the public hearing at least once in a weekly or daily newspaper that circulates in the local jurisdiction.

(c) Contents of notice. -- The notice shall contain:

   (1) the text of the subdivision regulation or, at the discretion of the legislative body, a brief and accurate summary of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation sufficient to inform an individual of ordinary intelligence of the nature and contents of the subdivision regulation; and

   (2) the time and place of the public hearing.

(d) Certified copy of regulation required. -- When the legislative body adopts a subdivision regulation, the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the subdivision regulation with the clerk of the circuit court in which the local jurisdiction is located for recording.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66B, § 5.03(c); 2012, ch. 426, § 2.