§ 58-37. Organization; rules; staff; officers; finances.

The community zoning board shall meet at least once each zoning cycle, at the call of the chair, or at such other times as the community zoning board may determine necessary, following, at a minimum, all standards set forth in the Georgia Open Meetings Act.

In addition to the powers set forth in section 58-38, the community zoning board shall review rezoning and use permit applications for property located within unincorporated Fulton County and, in this regard, shall perform the functions of planning commissions as may be required by state law. Corrected or amended documents, including plans and drawings, to be presented to the community zoning board for consideration during a public hearing must be provided to county staff no later than the close of business ten business days prior to the regularly scheduled meeting of the community zoning board. Presentation of new documents not processed by staff in the manner described herein shall not be considered by the community zoning board.

Community zoning board meetings shall include a public hearing on each item, during which both the applicant and any persons opposed to the application may make presentations. Said presentations shall be ten minutes in length for each side, unless otherwise extended by the chair. Rebuttal by either party will be allowed, as will a final statement by the applicant, if the applicants ten minute time allotment permits. In addition, members of the community zoning board may ask questions of any interested person present at the hearing.

At the close of the public hearing for each item, the chair of the community zoning board shall call the members to order for consideration and voting on the issue currently before them. The vote of the community zoning board shall be for one of the following recommendations to the board of commissioners only: 1) approval as presented by the applicant; 2) approval as recommended by staff; 3) deferral, if such deferral is the recommendation of staff; 4) denial; or 5) conditional approval subject to staff's review of a private agreement between the applicant and adjacent or nearby property owners. The community zoning board shall present a written report to the board of commissioners within 14 business days after its meeting to report its findings and recommendations from said meeting.

The community zoning board shall adhere to these rules for the transaction of business and keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations, which shall be a public record.

(Code 1983, § 28-1-12; Res. No. 01-0597, § 3, 6-20-01)