(1) Whenever, by Home Rule Charter, or Town of Telluride code public notice is required to be given by publication, it shall be published to the Town of Telluride Web Site unless otherwise required by State of Colorado Revised Statutes or by the Town of Telluride Home Rule Charter. If the Town of Telluride Web Site is not available to the public on the publish date, publication shall be in the Town designated newspaper described below.

(2) Whenever, by Home Rule Charter, or State of Colorado Revised Statute, public notice is required to be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, it shall be published in a newspaper which has been of general circulation within the Town (and published within the County) continuously for a minimum of six (6) months. General circulation shall not be determined solely by the number of subscribers but also by the diversity of readers and general nature of subject matter. The Town shall designate the newspaper in which State of Colorado and Home Rule Charter mandated legal notices shall be published and may contract, after competitive bidding, with the newspaper to establish publication rates and any other terms and conditions as the Town deems appropriate.

(3) Proof of the publication of any such published notice to the Town of Telluride Web Site shall be by affidavit of the Town Clerk, which affidavit shall state the number of times and the dates on which the public notice was published, with a printed copy of such public notice attached.

(4) Proof of the publication of any such published notice in a newspaper of general circulation shall be made by affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the publication is made or by any other competent person who has personal knowledge of the essential facts, which affidavit shall state the number of times and the dates on which the legal notice was published, with a printed copy of such legal notice attached. (Prior code 1.04.230; Ord. 1329, 2010)