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Council orders review of public‑hearing procedure after resident requests surrebuttal right
Summary
A McCall resident asked the council to add a formal surrebuttal step to local land‑use hearings. City staff and the city attorney told the council the code has not been updated since 2006 and recommended bringing options; council directed staff to return with proposed approaches.
Marsha Woody told the McCall City Council she wants the city to add an explicit surrebuttal step to land‑use public hearings so members of the public can respond to new evidence presented by staff or applicants after they have given testimony.
Woody read language from the meeting packet that she said quoted state law and referenced a land‑use handbook and a court matter. She asked the council to add a sentence to McCall City Code section 3.15.04.k that would say, in effect, “affected persons of the public shall also be given an opportunity to address final comments to the commission or council.”
Why it matters: land‑use hearings determine whether projects meet local rules and can affect neighbors’ property rights. Ensuring participants can respond to new evidence is a…
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