D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 11-3105
On or about the first (1st) day of each three (3) month period during the year, the Director shall cause to be published in the D.C. Register, and shall post in the Office of Zoning, a twelve (12)-month calendar or schedule of dates setting forth the dates upon which meetings and hearings shall occur, as well as the dates by which an appeal or application must be filed with the Board to allow its consideration on a specific hearing date. Such calendar or schedule also shall set forth any additional hearing dates as may be required by the Board to permit consideration of appeals or applications that have been timely and appropriately filed for a specific hearing date and that, but for reasons of excessive number of cases, continuances or otherwise, are not able to be heard or considered on such date.
All meetings and hearings of the Board shall be open to the public, except that the Board may in its discretion close a meeting to consider personnel matters, litigation, or other matters that are privileged or sensitive and are not required to be open by applicable law. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings as prescribed in § 3105.6(d).
All records of the Board shall be filed in the Office of Zoning and shall be open to public inspection.
The Board shall annually, on or before the first (1st) day of September, make a report to the Zoning Commission and the Mayor, summarizing cases considered and actions taken for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
[RESERVED]
Subject to the direction of the Board and its chairperson, the Director shall perform the following duties:
The proposed public agenda for each meeting shall be posted in the Office of Zoning and made available to the public at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting or hearing. The schedule for each public hearing shall be posted in the Office of Zoning and made available to the public at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing.
Copies of the agenda or schedule for each meeting or hearing shall be available to the public at the meeting or hearing.
The Board may amend the agenda or schedule at the meeting or hearing.
In addition to those hearings placed on the calendar pursuant to § 3105.1, the Board shall schedule such hearings as may be needed in order to receive evidence and testimony on specific appeals and applications that have been previously advertised. Such additional hearings shall be held at the time and place as the Board or the presiding officer designates.
Unless all parties to a hearing before the Board agree otherwise, or unless the Board orders otherwise, the Board shall not postpone or continue a hearing for a period in excess of thirty (30) days from the date of such postponement or continuance or until the next available scheduled hearing date, whichever is earlier.
Meetings and hearings shall be held at such time and place as the Board or the presiding officer may designate.
Meetings and hearings may be adjourned from time to time. If the time and place of resumption is publicly announced when the adjournment is ordered, no further notice shall be required.
A member absent at the decision meeting may cast an absentee vote only if the member attended all of the hearings on the appeal or application.
A member attending the decision meeting and having read the transcript and reviewed the complete record may participate and may vote even though that member may not have attended any or all of the prior meetings or hearings on the appeal or application.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 11-3105