<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 2-1. - Use of electronic means to provide public notice.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               Legal notice of public hearings for the County of Cabarrus may be published through
               electronic means in lieu of publication in a newspaper; and
               
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               (b)
               
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               The types of hearings for which notices may be electronically published include, but
               are not limited to, those hearings required by law, such as those on the budget ordinance,
               bond ordinance, economic development purposes, or a zoning ordinance or amendments
               thereto; those hearings required in conjunction with the award of state and/or federal
               grants; or those hearings held on the board's own initiative to give interested citizens
               an opportunity to present their views on specific issues; and
               
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               (c)
               
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               The electronic publication of the public hearing notices may be on the county's Internet
               site or any other means, including but not limited to, the local government cable
               television channel; and
               
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               (d)
               
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               The notices published by electronic means shall state the subject, date, time and
               location of the public hearing and shall be posted a minimum of ten days prior to
               the public hearing, or other such publication schedule required by state law, and
               shall remain posted until the day after the close of the public hearing; and
               
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               (e)
               
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               A printed copy of any notice published by electronic means, along with the method
               of publication and certification of the dates of publication, shall be included with
               the official record of the public hearing; and
               
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               (f)
               
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               The use of electronic means to publish legal notices of public hearings shall not
               supersede any state law that requires notice by mail to certain classes of persons
               or the posting of signs on certain property.
               
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               (Ord. No. 2004-17, 8-16-04)
               
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Authorizing the County of Cabarrus to use electronic means to provide public notice
               in lieu of publication, Pt. I, Art. XV.
               
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