Sec. 14. (a) Before a designating body can designate an area as an urban agricultural zone, the designating body must set a date and time for a public hearing on the application of a qualifying farmer to have an area designated as an urban agricultural zone.
(b) At least thirty (30) days before a hearing held under this section, the designating body shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality containing the land that a qualifying farmer proposes be designated as an urban agricultural zone. The notice shall state the time, location, date, and purpose of the hearing.
(c) A designating body may continue a hearing under this section to another date.