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Bel Air discusses formal municipal legislative drafting procedure; staff to adopt policy
Summary
Commissioners discussed and agreed with a proposed municipal legislative drafting procedure that would require code amendments to be drafted as topic-focused ordinances to improve clarity and reduce vulnerability to referendum or legal challenge; the policy will be adopted administratively by the Town Administrator.
Commissioners discussed a proposed administrative policy to standardize how town staff draft municipal legislation, emphasizing that each ordinance should address a single topic or related issues to improve clarity and reduce the risk that unrelated provisions are delayed by referendum or legal challenge.
Mr. Krantz presented the proposal, described as policy 1A.15, the municipal legislative drafting procedure. The policy…
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