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ARTICLE XXIII PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE
Section 1 Circumstances requiring a public hearing and hearing notice.
No town department, board, committee, commission, or officer, including the Municipal Light Plant, shall take any action which:
a. infringes, limits, detracts, alters, or otherwise affects the rights of the citizens of the Town of West Boylston to utilize and enjoy town facilities, buildings or property;
b. increases, decreases, alters, or modifies any fee schedule for municipal services, use of town facilities and buildings, or municipal licenses and permits in instances where the authority for establishing such fee schedule is vested in a local authority;
c. increases, decreases, or alters the hours of operation and accessibility to the public of a municipal department, program or service;
d. increases, decreases, or alters the level of a municipal service or program provided to the citizens of West Boylston; and
e. promulgates, eliminates, alters, or modifies any local rule or regulation in instances which affects the rights of the citizens of West Boylston to lawfully use and enjoy their private property, and to operate lawful businesses within the Town of West Boylston, and where the authority to promulgate such rules or regulations is vested in a local authority, without first holding a public hearing, notice of such hearing is to be published in a local newspaper on two (2) occasions, the first of which is to be at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the public hearing and the second publication to be at least seven (7) days prior to the public hearing.
Section 2 Notice to the public of a change in town rules, regulations, fee, schedules, and hours of operation
Prior to the effective date of any change in:
a. policies, rules and regulations that govern the use of town buildings, facilities, and property;
b. policies, rules and regulations that increases, decreases, alters or modifies any fee schedule for municipal services, use of town facilities and buildings, or municipal licenses and permits in instances where the authority for establishing such fee schedule is vested in a local authority;
c. policies, rules and regulations that increases, decreases, alters the hours of operation and accessibility to the public of a municipal department, program or service.
d. Policies, rules and regulations that increases, decreases, or alters the level of a municipal service or program provided to the citizens of West Boylston.
e. Policies, rules and regulations that promulgates, eliminates, alters, or modifies any local rule or regulation in instances which affects the rights the citizens of West Boylston to lawfully use and enjoy their private property, and to operate lawful businesses within the Town of West Boylston, and where the authority to promulgate such rules or regulations is vested in a local authority, the town department, board, committee, commission, or officer, including the Municipal Light Plant, responsible for promulgating such change in policies, rules and regulations shall notify the public of such changes by causing to be published in a local newspaper a notice of such changes in public policies, rules, regulations, fee schedules, hours of operation, or levels of service on at least one (1)
occasion at least seven (7) calendar days prior to said effective date.
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