(A) Any person desiring to address the Town Council shall first secure the permission of the presiding officer to do so; however, under the following headings of business, unless the presiding officer rules otherwise, any qualified person may address the Town Council without securing such prior permission:
(1) Interested parties or their authorized representatives may address the Town Council by written communications in regard to matters then under discussion.
(2) Town taxpayers or residents of the town, or their authorized legal representatives, may address the Town Council by oral communications on any matter concerning the town’s business or any matter over which the Town Council has control and which is on the agenda; provided, that preference shall be given to those persons who have notified the Clerk-Treasurer in advance of their desire to speak in order that the same may appear on the agenda of the Town Council.
(3) Interested persons or their authorized representatives may address the Town Council by reading of protests, petitions, or communications relating to zoning, sewer, and street proceedings, hearings, or protests, appeals, and petitions, or similar matters, in regard to matters then under consideration by the Council.
(4) All communications and comments shall be read or heard at the appropriate time pursuant to § 30.20 hereof.
(‘82 Code, § 2-302(9))
(B) Each person addressing the Town Council shall step up, shall give his name and address in an audible tone of voice for the records, and unless further time is granted by the Town Council, shall limit his address to three minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Town Council as a body and not to any member thereof. No person, other than the Council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the Council, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked a Council member except through the presiding officer.
(‘82 Code, § 2-302(11)) (Am. Ord. 313, passed 6-10-81)