Sec. 36. (a) A member of the commission is not disqualified from hearing and voting upon a matter coming before the commission because the member:
(1) owns or occupies a Meridian Street or bordering property; or
(2) belongs to a neighborhood association.
(b) A member of the commission may abstain from voting on a matter if the member states the reasons in the record.
(c) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting if:
(1) the member is an owner or occupant of:
(A) the subject property; or
(B) Meridian Street or bordering property of which a part lies within one hundred (100) feet of the subject property; or
(2) the member is a person described by section 56(a)(2)(D) of this chapter.
(d) If by virtue of the abstention of a member of the commission there is not present at a hearing upon a matter at least six (6) members of the commission able to vote on the matter, the chair shall redocket the matter for a hearing or rehearing at:
(1) the next regular meeting of the commission; or
(2) a special meeting set for a date not more than thirty (30) days following the date of the meeting at which the matter was or was to be heard.
[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-9(a) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.83. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.188.