MHHS · Municipal Government Act
Part 7 — Meetings with the Public
216.4 Public Hearings When to hold public hearing
a public hearing on a proposed bylaw or resolution, the public
hearing must be held, unless another enactment specifies otherwise,
(a) before second reading of the bylaw, or
(b) before council votes on the resolution.
(2) When this or another enactment requires a public hearing to be
held on a proposed bylaw or resolution, council must
(a) give notice of the public h earing in accordance with section
606, and
(b) conduct the public hearing during a regular or special
council meeting.
(3) A council may, by bylaw, establish procedures for public
hearings.
(4) In the public hearing, council
(a) must hear any person, group of persons or person
representing them who claims to be affected by the
proposed bylaw or resolution and who has complied with
the procedures outlined by the council, and
(b) may hear any other person who wishes to make
representations and who the council agrees to hear.
(5) After considering the representations made to it about a
proposed bylaw or resolution at the public hearing and after
considering any other matter it considers appropriate, the council
may
(a) pass the bylaw or resolution,
RSA 2000
(b) make any amendment to the bylaw or resolution it considers
necessary and proceed to pass it without further
advertisement or hearing, or
(c) defeat the bylaw or resolution.
(5.1) Unless this Act or another enactment specifies otherwise, a
council may hold only one public hearing on each proposed bylaw
or resolution, or any part thereof, that considers residential
developments or developments with residential and non-residential
developments under Part 17.
(6) The minutes of the council meeting during which the public
hearing is held must record the public hearing to the extent directed
by the council.
2022 c16 s9(47);2024 c11 s2(13)
What information must a municipality provide
217(1), (2) Repealed 1994 cM-26.1 s738.
(3) Despite Division 2 of Part 1 of the Access to Information Act,
the chief administrative officer must provide information on the
salaries of councillors, the chief administrative officer and
designated officers of the municipality.
(4), (5) Repealed 1994 cM-26.1 s738.
RSA 2000 cM-26 s217;AR 141/2025
218 Repealed 1994 cM-26.1 s738.