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Planning and Zoning Commission discusses bringing council-style decorum and communication rules to its procedures
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a staff comparison of Planning & Zoning and City Council rules of procedure, discussing decorum, ex parte communications, attendance expectations and withdrawal/postponement practice; no rule changes were adopted at the work session.
At the May 5 work session, commissioners reviewed a staff-prepared side‑by‑side comparison of Planning & Zoning rules of procedure and recent council amendments, and discussed whether to adopt similar decorum and communication provisions.
Staff explained council had adopted more prescriptive decorum language in September 2024 after experience with large, contested public hearings; items discussed for possible P&Z adoption included limits on signage in chambers, limits on speaker time when many speakers appear, and a…
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