(a) Notice of Hearing. The Township Board of Trustees, before adoption of an ordinance or approval of a project plan authorized by Act 338 of the Public Acts of 1974, as amended, and the local public agency, before approval of a project plan authorized by the above stated Act, shall hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication twice in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the Township, the first of which shall be not less than twenty days before the date set for the hearing.
(b) Method of Giving Notice. Notice of the hearing shall be posted in at least ten conspicuous and public places in the project district area not less than twenty days before the hearing and shall be mailed not less than ten days before the hearing to the last known owner of each parcel of real property in the project district area at the last known address of the owner as shown by the tax assessment records of the Township.
(c) Contents of Notice. Notice of the time and place of the hearing on a project plan shall contain a description of the location of the project area in relation to highways, streets, streams, or otherwise. The notice shall contain a statement that maps, plats and a description of the project plan, including the method of relocating families and individuals who will be displaced from the area, are available for public inspection at a place designated in the notice, and that all aspects of the project plan will be open for discussion at the public hearing. The notice shall contain other information the governing body deems appropriate. At the time set for hearing, the Township Board of Trustees shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to be heard and shall receive and consider communications in writing with reference thereto. The hearing shall provide the fullest opportunity for expression of opinion, for argument on the merits, and for introduction of documentary evidence pertinent to the project plan. The Township Board of Trustees shall make and preserve a record of the public hearing, including all data presented thereat.
(Ord. 254. Passed 3-27-78.)