Delaware Code Title 9. Counties § 4910. Adoption by county government of zoning plan and regulations;  public hearing and notice;  consultative hearings;  resubmission to Commission

(a) After receiving the certification of a zoning plan from the Zoning Commission and before the adoption of any zoning regulations, the county government shall hold a public hearing thereon, the time and place of which at least 30 days notice shall be given by 1 publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County.  Such notice shall state the place at which the text and maps as certified by the Zoning Commission may be examined.

(b) The county government may conduct consultative hearings to aid it in determining the desirability of contemplated or recommended regulations.

(c) No change in or departure from text or maps, as certified by the Zoning Commission, shall be made unless such change or departure shall first be submitted to the Zoning Commission for its approval or disapproval or suggestions.  The Zoning Commission shall have 45 days from and after such submission within which to send its report to the county government, but the county government shall not be bound by the report.