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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-6 Council action – Public notice and hearing.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-6" heading="Council action – Public notice and hearing.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Hearing required.">The City Council may not place the bill on its second reading calendar until the Council committee to which the bill is assigned has conducted a public hearing at which parties in interest and the general public are afforded an opportunity to be heard on the bill.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice required.">Notice of the hearing must be given as follows:<para num="(1)">by posting in a conspicuous place on the subject property; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">by first-class mail to each person who appears on the tax records of the City as an owner of the subject property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents of notice.">The notice must include:<para num="(1)">the identifying number of the bill to be heard;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name and address of the person requesting the bill;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the date, time, place, and purpose of the public hearing; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the address of the subject property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Timing of notice.">The notice must be posted and mailed at least 15 days before the public hearing.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Number and manner of posted notices.">The number of posted notices and the manner of their posting are as follows:<para num="(1)">at least 1 sign must be visible from each of the property’s street frontages;</para>
      <para num="(2)">each sign must be posted at a prominent location, near the sidewalk or public right-of-way, so that it is visible to passing pedestrians and motorists;</para>
      <para num="(3)">a window-mounted sign must be mounted inside the window glass and placed so that it is clearly visible to passing pedestrians and motorists; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">each sign must be at least 3 feet by 4 feet in size.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Responsibility for notice.">The notices required by this section are the responsibility of the following:<para num="(1)">for a bill requested by the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, the notices must be given by and at the expense of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore;</para>
      <para num="(2)">for a bill requested by or on behalf of an owner of the subject property, the notices must be given by and at the expense of the requester; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">in all other cases, the notices must be given by and at the expense of the City Council.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §40(l)(2)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, Art. 6, §3-2(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 67-939</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-022</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-547</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-550</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-408</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
