§ 1-01 General Rules.
RCNY § 1-01
(a)The regular public hearings of the City Planning Commission shall be held twice monthly on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in City Hall, unless otherwise ordered by the Chair. Other regular public meetings of the City Planning Commission, also known as Review Sessions, shall be held twice monthly on Monday at 22 Reade Street, Spector Hall unless otherwise ordered by the Chair. The time and location of any meeting may be confirmed by contacting the Office of the Calendar Officer at the Department of City Planning.
(b)Special meetings of the City Planning Commission may be called by the Chair or by seven members.
(c)A quorum shall consist of seven members.
(d)Final action by the Commission shall be by the affirmative vote of not less than seven members at a meeting open to the public.
(e)Except by unanimous consent, matters upon which public hearings are required by law shall lie over until the next meeting following the public hearing.
(f)The order of business at regular public hearings shall be as follows unless otherwise ordered by the Chair.
(1)Roll call.
(2)Approval of minutes of previous meetings.
(3)Scheduling dates for future hearings.
(4)Public Hearings.
(5)Reports on previously heard items.
(g)Matters not on the calendar shall be considered only by unanimous consent.
(h)The Chair shall direct a roll call upon every proposition to be acted upon pursuant to Sections 195, 197-a, 197-c, 200 and 201 of the Charter of the City of New York (the Charter). Votes shall be taken by the ayes and nays.
(i)The vote upon every proposition voted upon shall be recorded in the minutes.
(j)The Chair shall establish the order in which speakers are heard at public hearings. Speakers shall be limited to no more than three minutes to present testimony unless more time is permitted by the Chair.
(k)City employees designated by the Chair shall be the only persons allowed within the guard rail of the dais during public meetings.
(l)All reports of the Commission or its members pertaining to matters acted on by the Commission shall be incorporated in the record.
(m)All proposals scheduled for public hearings shall be duly advertised in accordance with Charter provisions and all applicable laws.
(n)The public may attend all meetings of the Commission, including public hearings, except that the Commission may close such a meeting to the public only as provided in the New York State Open Meetings Law (Public Officers Law, §§ 100-111).
