H8037

Rhode Island H8037 reduces the newspaper advertising notice requirements for zoning ordinance amendments and planning board meetings from three weeks.

Rhode Island H8037 reduces the newspaper advertising notice requirements for zoning ordinance amendments and planning board meetings from three weeks to two weeks. The bill mandates that notice of a public hearing must be published in a local newspaper at least once each week for two successive weeks prior to the hearing. It also requires municipalities to establish a public notice registry for electronic notice of zoning changes. The bill emphasizes that notice requirements are minimum standards and does not affect the validity of ordinances unless defects are intentional or misleading.