(a) Within sixty days after the filing of an application for tentative approval of a planned residential development pursuant to this Planned Residential Development Ordinance, a public hearing pursuant to public notice on such application shall be held by Council in the manner prescribed in Act 247 for the enactment of a zoning amendment. The president, or, in his absence, the acting president, of Council or its designated agency may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All testimony by witnesses at any hearing shall be given under oath and every party of record at a hearing shall have the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses.
(b) A verbatim record of the hearing shall be caused to be made by Council whenever such records are requested by any party to the proceeding; but the cost of making and transcribing such a record shall be borne by those who wish to obtain such copies. All exhibits accepted in evidence, shall be identified and duly preserved or, if not accepted in evidence, shall be properly identified and the reason for the exclusion clearly noted in the record. (Ord. 13-1982 Sec. 4.20. Passed 11-3-82.)