5574

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

party or parties requesting relief, under penalty of
perjury. All blanks on all forms will be filled in or
marked "Not Applicable". In the event any pertinent
questions are not answered or blanks are not filled in,
the application or appeal will be deemed to be incomplete
and will be returned to the person filing the same.

III.  Statement of the Case.

On Form A., the section entitled "Purpose of
Appeal", and on Form B., the section entitled "Statement
of the Case", shall contain a simple narrative statement
in full detail of the facts pertaining to the relief
requested or the denial of relief appealed from.

IV.   Notice of Hearing.

The Board of Appeals shall cause to be published a
notice of each hearing, giving the time and place of the
same and a summary statement of the relief requested.
The notice shall be published, with respect to zoning
matters, in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning
Code and with respect to all other matters, with two
insertions in consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a
general circulation in Talbot County, not less than ten
days prior to the time set for the hearing. All notices
shall be published over the signature of the Chairman of
the Board, in the form attached hereto as Form C.

Hearings may be adjourned from time to time and, if
the time and place of the continued hearing be publicly
announced at the time of the adjournment, no further
notice of such continued hearing shall be required;
otherwise, notice thereof shall be given, as in the case
of the original hearing.

V.    Conduct of Hearings.

A.    All hearings will be open to the public
and all proceedings will be recorded. The Board will not
undertake to transcribe any testimony taken at a hearing
except at the request and expense of any party to the
proceedings. A request for a transcript must be in
writing addressed to the Board and accompanied by a
deposit of such reasonable sum as will be fixed by the
County Council as fair compensation to the stenographer
transcribing the same.

B.    All parties are entitled to appear in
proper person or to be represented by counsel. All
parties are entitled to have witnesses summoned to appear
and the Board of Appeals shall issue such summons to
those persons listed on the original application or
appeal notice in the section designed for listing of such