Ex parte contact is discouraged because of the severe consequences it can have for all persons involved. However, no decision or action of the planning commission or the county court shall be invalid due to ex parte contact or bias resulting from ex parte contact with a member of the decision making body, if the member of that body receiving the contact:
A. Places on the record the substance of any written or oral ex parte communications concerning the decision or action; and
B. Has a public announcement of the content of the communication and of the party's right to rebut the substance of the communication made at the first hearing following the communication where action will be considered or taken on the subject to which the communication related. (Ord. 86, 12-7-1993)