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107.040 Public hearing -- Record -- Owners of affected property to be heard -- Written statements -- Vote -- Results to be included in report.

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107.040 Public hearing -- Record -- Owners of affected property to be heard -- Written statements -- Vote -- Results to be included in report. A public hearing shall be held at the time and place designated in the first ordinance. Any <br>person qualifying under the provisions of KRS 107.030 may preside and conduct such <br>hearing. Such presiding person, or any person whom he or she may designate, shall make <br>reasonable notes or minutes of the proceedings, and the same shall be submitted in <br>writing to a subsequent regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body. Any owner of <br>property intended to be benefited by the proposed improvement project may be heard at <br>such public hearing, in person or by a representative. Any such owner may submit to the <br>person presiding, or to the designated clerk, if one (1) be designated, a written instrument <br>in which such owner is identified by name, address, and designation of the property <br>owned, and containing a statement of any reason for advocating, or objecting to, any of <br>the aspects of the proposed improvement project as set forth in subsection (1), (2), (3), or <br>(4) of KRS 107.030, and such written instruments shall be attached to, or included in, the <br>written report of the hearing. Whether or not any such written instruments are submitted, <br>the person presiding at such hearing may require those in attendance to identify <br>themselves as owners of property to be benefited, or otherwise, and may call for a vote of <br>such identified owners, by secret ballot or show-of-hands, on any pertinent controversial <br>matter, and the results thereof shall be included in the subsequent written report to the <br>governing body. The presiding officer may impose reasonable rules upon the conduct of <br>the public hearing. Reports of local health agencies, summaries, engineering and health <br>reports and other informative data may be made a part of the public hearing. The hearing <br>may be adjourned to convene again, and from time to time, either at a time and place <br>announced at the hearing, or any adjourned session, or upon public notice of such time <br>and place, to be given in such manner as the person presiding may announce prior to the <br>adjournment. If no owners of property to be benefited by the proposed project appear at <br>such hearing, or if no substantial controversy develops at such hearing, regarding any of <br>the matters enumerated in subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) of KRS 107.030, the hearing may <br>be adjourned sine die by the person presiding, and such facts shall be set forth in the <br>written report to the governing body. History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 12. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 22. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 4.