165.4.5. Within 30 days after either the date of receipt of the copy of the certificate or the written confirmation or the date on which the competent municipal officer informed the applicant of the admissibility of the application, whichever is later, a public meeting must be held on the permit or certificate application in order to hear the citizens of the municipality and any other interested municipality, to receive their written comments and answer their questions; the municipality also receives written comments until the fifteenth day after the meeting is held.
The meeting is held by a committee chaired by the mayor of the municipality and consisting of at least two other council members designated by the mayor.
The applicant or a representative designated by the applicant must also be present.
If the applicant is the mayor, the mayor is replaced as chair by the acting mayor. A council member who is also the applicant may not form part of the committee.
2004, c. 20, s. 10; 2005, c. 28, s. 6.