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11/19/2012 ATTACHMENT A 3. Action items (other than appeals and public hearings). The amount of time allotted to this portion of the agenda is thirty (30) minutes. Regardless of the number of speakers, time shall not exceed 3 minutes per speaker but might be less than 3 minutes when there are more than 10 speakers. 4. Appeals and public hearings. The time allotted for public comment is sixty (60) minutes. If there are more than twenty(20) persons wishing to comment in addition to the staff and the parties, the Presiding Officer may limit the public comment for all speakers to less than three(3) minutes per speaker. IV. PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LAND USE AND ZONING MATTERS AND ON APPEALS A. Presentation bv the Party Participants. The Presiding Officer may limit the amount of time to be devoted to public presentations. 1. For public hearings for land use and zoning matters and for appeals, staff shall present its report first. 2. If there is no appeal,then public comment is next. (See III Public Comment above). 3. If there is an appeal, then time shall be provided for one representative on both sides of the appeal to make a presentation. Each side will be allocated ten minutes to make a presentation on the appeal. The appellant shall go first, then the applicant, and then individuals may make public comment. 4. Where the appellant is the applicant, the appellant-applicant may make a ten (10) minute presentation after the staff report, and public comment on the matter shall follow. 5. In case there are two or more appellants,the time allowed for presentation shall be a total of twenty (20) minutes divided among all appellants. In no event will an individual appellant be given less than five(5) minutes for presentation. 6. In some cases, a designated spokesperson(s) appears on behalf of an individual or a group to present the case of the applicant or appellant. Because the applicant and/or appellant is given more time than others, applicants and appellants may not additionally speak during public comment, regardless of whether the applicant or appellant spoke or whether represented by a spokesperson, on the item so as to avoid the inequity of some parties obtaining more time than others. B. Public Comment. See Section III Public Comment above. C. Rules of Evidence Do Not Applv.The City Council and its subordinate agencies as well as staff are not partisans on any side of any land use dispute but are charged with making decisions in the best interests of the entire City after weighing all input, and this process is a means of addressing divergent community interests. Accordingly, the rules of evidence and other such legal procedures do not apply. ATTY/DOCS-POLOCIES/10-23-12 PT REV CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE CLEAN.DOC REV:10-24-12 PT Page 7 of 11 RESO.#15231 MUFF#205