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Planning commission adopts updated rules requiring chair to attend in person
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to adopt modest edits to its rules of procedure, including a requirement that the chair be physically present (not virtual) and alignment of quasi‑judicial time limits with city council practice.
The Venice Planning Commission unanimously adopted revised rules of procedure that require the chair to be physically present for meetings and align quasi‑judicial timing with city council practices.
Roger Clark, the city's planning and zoning director, told commissioners the changes are modest and aimed at operational clarity: "we were hoping to make it a requirement that the chair of the meeting be physically here and not, virtual," Clark said, explaining the proposal grew from difficulties when the former chair could not see the crowd while remote. Clark also described aligning time frames used in quasi‑judicial hearings with city council to standardize speaker limits and streamline lengthy hearings.
Commissioners asked whether the body could still vote to adjust time limits for large crowds; Clark and the city attorney confirmed the commission may set different limits by vote when needed. A motion to adopt the edits was seconded and passed unanimously.
