§ 980-E — Notice and hearing

§ 980-e. Notice and hearing. (a) After the filing of the district plan\nin the office of the municipal clerk, the legislative body may adopt a\nresolution and shall enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings.\nThis resolution shall contain a copy of the district plan, any report of\nthe planning commission or board, the fact that a district plan is on\nfile in the municipal clerk's office for public inspection and the time\nwhen and the place where the legislative body will meet and hold a\npublic hearing to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof.\n (b) The resolution shall also contain a statement that any owner of\nreal property, deemed benefited and therefore within the district,\nobjecting to the plan must file an objection at the office of the\nmunicipal clerk within thirty days of the conclusion of the hearing on\nforms made available by the clerk, and, further, that if (1) owners of\nat least fifty-one percent of the assessed valuation of all the\nbenefited real property situated within the boundaries of the district\nproposed for establishment or extension, as shown upon the latest\ncompleted assessment roll of the municipality, or (2) at least fifty-one\npercent of the owners of benefited real property within the area\nincluded in the district proposed for establishment or extension, so\nfile their objections, the district will not be established or extended.\n (c) The legislative body shall cause a copy of the resolution or a\nsummary thereof to be published at least once in the official paper or a\nnewspaper in general circulation in the municipality, the first\npublication to be not less than ten nor more than thirty days before the\nday set for the hearing required by this section. In addition, not less\nthan ten nor more than thirty days before the date set for the hearing,\nthe legislative body shall cause a copy of the resolution or a summary\nthereof to be mailed to each owner of real property within the proposed\ndistrict at the address shown on the latest municipal assessment roll,\nto such other persons as are registered with the municipality to receive\ntax bills concerning real property within the proposed district and to\nthe tenants of each building within the proposed district. If the\nlegislative body publishes or mails a summary of the resolution, such\nsummary shall include the business address of the municipal clerk, a\nstatement that copies of the resolution shall be made available free of\ncharge to the public, the improvements proposed and the maximum cost\nthereof, the total annual amount proposed to be expended for\nimprovements, maintenance and operation, and a statement indicating the\nrights of owners to object pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section.\n (d) The resolution may further state the place, other than the\nmunicipal clerk's office, where the district plan may be inspected in\nadvance of the hearing, if the legislative body determines that, in the\npublic interest, any additional place of inspection is necessary or\ndesirable.\n