§ 21.14-1401. Declaration of Principles.

 The citizens of the Township are hereby guaranteed the right to be informed of Township actions, the right to be heard by Township officials and the right to participate in Township affairs as provided by this Charter.

   Commentary: : This Article attempts to bring together in one place all of those provisions of the Charter which are intended to afford various rights to the public. To a considerable extent, then, this Article repeats other provisions. However, in some instances matters referred to elsewhere in passing are fleshed out here (e.g., the Annual Report). In other instances, this Article contains provisions, e.g., Initiative, Referendum and Recall, not found elsewhere. It was felt that principles of such fundamental importance could bear some repetition. It should be noted that the present Board of Commissioners, although frequently not required to do so, now provides a fair number of these rights to the public.