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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 89.050

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89.050 Powers and limitations of legislative body in city — hearings, notice.

Official statutory text

89.050. Powers and limitations of legislative body in city — hearings, notice. — The legislative body of such municipality shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established, and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented, or changed. However, no such regulation, restriction, or boundary shall become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official paper or a paper of general circulation in such municipality.

(RSMo 1939 § 7415) Prior revision: 1929 § 7262 (2000) Ordinance directed toward regulation of public health and safety, as opposed to a zoning ordinance, does not require the statutory notice and hearing prior to enactment. City of Green Ridge v. Kreisel, 25 S.W.3d 559 (Mo.App.W.D.).

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