(a)

Commission hearings as provided in this title shall be conducted before the commission. The commission may establish its own rules for the conduct of public hearings and the members of the commission presiding at the hearing are empowered to administer oaths to any person testifying before it.

(b)

Summary of all pertinent testimony offered at public hearings and the names of persons testifying shall be recorded and made a part of the permanent minutes of the commission.

(c)

If, for any reason, testimony on any item set for a public hearing cannot be completed on the day set for the hearing, the commissioner presiding at the public hearing may, before the adjournment or recess thereof, publicly announce the time and place at which the hearing will be continued and the announcement shall serve as sufficient notice of the continuance and without further recourse to the form of public notice as provided for in this title.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.42.010, 7-20-2015)

A written report of the decision of the planning commission for any order, requirement, decision, determination, interpretation, ruling or application shall be mailed to the applicant not later than five days after commission decision. The decisions of the commission under this chapter shall become effective five working days after the date of the decision. In the case of tentative parcel maps, the decision of the commission under this chapter shall become effective ten calendar days after the date of the decision.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.42.020, 7-20-2015)

Any variance, site approval, conditional use permit, land use district classification change, General Plan amendment, home occupation permit, or other decision made by the commission or council on any application for the same property for the same general purpose which has been denied by the commission or council shall not be received or processed by the commission until 12 months after denial except by a simple majority of the members of the commission or council present at a regular meeting.

(Ord. No. 934-2015, § 19.42.030, 7-20-2015)