§ 19-3704 — Submission to secretary of health and environment; notice; hearing; resolution; publication

Whenever the county commissioners of such a county as set forth in this act deems it necessary to adopt a sanitary code, they shall prepare such sanitary code and submit it to the secretary of health and environment for review and approval. After such approval, the county commissioners shall hold at least one public hearing thereon and shall afford interested parties an opportunity to be heard either in favor or in protest of the proposed code. Such public hearing may be continued at the discretion of the county commissioners. Notice of the public hearing, including the date, time, place of the meeting, the purpose of the sanitary code, and in reasonable detail, the boundaries of the areas to be subjected to the code, shall be published in the official county newspaper once a week for three consecutive weeks. The notice also shall state that copies of the proposed sanitary code are available for public inspection at the local health department or at a place designated by the board of county commissioners. The date of the public hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of the last notice published. After the final adjournment of such hearing or hearings, the county commissioners, to adopt the sanitary code, shall by resolution declare such code as necessary for the protection of the health and welfare of the public, and shall publish once in the official county newspaper the resolution, the purpose of the sanitary code, and in reasonable detail the boundaries of the areas to be subjected to the sanitary code. The resolution also shall state that copies of the sanitary code are available for public inspection at the local health department or at a place designated by the board of county commissioners.

Legislative History

L. 1955, ch. 292, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 27; L. 1984, ch. 110, § 2; July 1.