Participation in zoning hearing.

§ 255-4120. Participation in zoning hearing.

The general public shall have the right to participate in any zoning hearing or other proceeding before the Board so long as the hearing or other proceeding is properly before the Board as a docketed matter on its agenda. The Board shall have, as a matter of course, a docket heading on its agenda entitled "Public Comment on Docketed Items; and Public Hearings" during which the public may exercises its right to participate, subject to Board rules concerning the conduct of its docket, hearings and public participation as well as guidance set forth on the docket itself. Generally, participation in a zoning hearing or other proceeding by a party or member of the public shall not be a cause for civil action or liability except for: acts of bad faith, intentional misconduct, a knowing violation or misrepresentation of the law, a knowing misrepresentation of facts, transactions and relationships related to a docketed matter where there is an undisclosed personal benefit or self-interest; and other malicious, wanton, or willful acts of misconduct intended to provide misleading testimony.