§ 10.06.03. Public Hearing Before the BOCC

A.

Staff Reports

A report shall be prepared by staff evaluating the application. Said report shall be prepared in sufficient time to be made available to the public in accordance with the PRS schedule adopted by the administrator.

B.

Participants

The participants before the BOCC shall be the applicant, County agencies, proponents, and opponents, inclusive of the public and witnesses with relevant testimony. The proponent shall be defined as a participant in favor of the application, exclusive of the applicant; whereas, the opponent shall be defined as a participant against the application. Both definitions are inclusive of the public and any other parties of record.

C.

Order of Presentation

The order of appearance and total time allotments shall be as follows:

1.

Administrator; summary of the application, County staff and department findings: five minutes;

2.

Applicant and witnesses; proposal: 15 minutes;

3.

Proponents; argument for the application: 15 minutes;

4.

Opponents; argument against the application: 15 minutes;

5.

Staff; amended recommendations, if any: five minutes;

6.

Applicant; rebuttal and summation: five minutes.

For good cause shown, the BOCC may grant additional time.

D.

Nature of Hearings

To the maximum extent practicable, the hearings shall be informal. Questioning shall be confined as closely as possible to the scope of direct testimony. Members of the BOCC may call and question witnesses as deemed necessary and appropriate.

E.

Evidence

Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. Any part of the evidence may be received in written form, and all testimony shall be under oath. Hearsay evidence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explaining other evidence, but it shall not be sufficient, in itself, to support a finding by the BOCC unless it would be admissible over objections in a civil action.

(Ord. No. 07-18, § 2, 7-19-07, eff. 10-1-07)