§ 4-4. Public Hearing.

4-4.1.

No amendment of the Appendix may be adopted until after a public hearing has been held on the application. A notice of the hearing will be placed in a local Carteret County newspaper once a week for two successive calendar weeks. The notice will appear for the first time no less than 15 days prior to the hearing date.

4-4.2.

The total amount of time allowed for the supporters or the opponents of a application to provide verbal comments shall be determined at public hearing. At the hearing, the presiding officer of the hearing will decide whether to grant all or part of any request for additional time.

4-4.3.

In cases involving a controversial matter and a large number of persons wishing to speak at the public hearing in favor of or against a request, the planning department reserves the right to require those persons to sign up in advance of the public hearing in order to facilitate and organize the speakers. Persons who do not register to speak in advance shall be allowed that right at the public hearing. If such a requirement for pre-registration is necessary, the advertised public hearing notice shall clearly indicate this requirement.