(A) The public hearing shall be held at the time and place for which set and noticed.
(B) Any hearing may be continued by the majority of members present at any hearing, who may fix a time and place to which the hearing may be continued, even in the absence of a quorum, in which case the presiding officer at the hearing shall publicly announce, prior to the conclusion of the hearing, the time and place to which the hearing is to be continued, and no further notice shall be required.
(C) A majority in number of the total voting membership of the Planning Commission shall constitute a legal quorum for the purpose of conducting the hearing.
(D) The recommendation of any amendment to this title shall be by resolution of the Planning Commission, carried by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of its total voting membership.
(E) The Planning Commission shall have authority to establish any reasonable rules of procedure for the conduct of the hearings. The Planning Commission may require any person who is to testify before it to be placed under oath, in which case the member presiding at the hearing shall be empowered to administer the oath.
(F) The Planning Commission may cause the investigations to be made as it deems necessary and in the public interest in any matter to be heard by it. The investigation may be made by one or more members of the Planning Commission or by members of its staff or its agents or employees. The facts established by the investigation may be submitted to the Planning Commission, in writing, to be filed with the records of the matter, or may be presented in testimony before the Planning Commission, and may be considered by the Planning Commission in making its decision.
(G) The Planning Commission shall cause a written summary of all pertinent testimony heard at the public hearing, together with a record of the names and addresses of all persons testifying, to be prepared and filed with the papers relating to the matter.
(Prior Code, § 17.02.090) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973)