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A. When the assessment roll for an LID has been prepared, it shall be filed with the clerk. The assembly then shall fix a date for a hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the borough, at least 15 days prior to the date on which the hearing will be held. Notice of the hearing shall also be mailed by certified mail at least 15 days prior to the hearing date to owners of the lots, tracts, or parcels of land listed in the assessment roll at their last known address.

B. The published notice of the hearing shall specify the number of the LID and a short statement of the nature of the improvements completed therein and shall contain any other information deemed relevant by the assembly or the clerk and shall notify all persons who may desire to object to such assessment roll or any of the separate assessments appearing thereon:

1. To make their objections in writing and to file them with the clerk at or prior to the time fixed for the hearing;

2. That at the time and place fixed for the hearing and at times to which the hearing may be adjourned, the assembly or its designees will sit as a board of equalization for the purpose of considering the roll and the separate assessments appearing thereon; and

3. That at the hearing or the times to which it may be adjourned, the board will consider the objections made and may approve, correct, revise, raise, lower, change or modify the roll or any part thereof, or set aside the roll and order the assessment to be made over again, and at the conclusion of the hearing or hearings will confirm the roll.

C. The mailed notice of the hearing shall contain all of the statements and information required for the published notice and, in addition, shall also contain a description of each lot, tract, or parcel of land being assessed owned by the owner to which it is addressed, and the amount of the proposed assessment against each property.

D. Proof of mailing of the notice shall be made by the clerk’s filing an affidavit with the assembly setting forth the mailing. The affidavit is conclusive as to facts stated in it.