(a) Basic standard. All hearings shall be full and fair in a substantial sense so that all necessary parties shall be afforded ample opportunity to make a showing fairly adequate to establish the propriety or impropriety, from a standpoint of justice and law, of the action proposed to be taken, giving the parties an opportunity to present in a deliberate, regular, and orderly manner issues of law and fact.
(b) Disqualification.
(1) Unless a quorum is broken thereby, any member of the Board who has a personal interest or bias in the matter shall disqualify himself.
(2) Mess a quorum is broken thereby, upon a showing of personal interest or bias, the Board shall order the disqualification of a member.
(3) Only members of the Board who have heard the whole matter may participate in the decision.
(c) Records.
(1) The Clerk of the Board shall cause all testimony to be summarized and shall receive and mark all exhibits.
(2) Any party may provide and pay the compensation for a shorthand reporter. A transcript of the testimony taken by a certified shorthand reporter so provided shall constitute the official record of testimony.
(d) Continuances. The Board may order the hearing continued from time to time without notice. (Rule 47, Ord. 555)