§ 40-616. Conflict of interest.

(a)

Should any member of the Planning Commission have a financial interest in any issue that comes before the commission, the member shall disqualify himself from participating in or considering the issue and shall not sit with the commission during deliberations. A member may raise the question of perceived conflict or actual financial conflict of interest of any other member regarding a specific issue that is before the commission.

(b)

If perceived or actual conflict is alleged, a majority vote of those without such alleged conflict shall determine if such perceived or actual financial conflict exists and whether the member with an alleged conflict should be allowed to participate.

(c)

If the majority vote is a determination that the member has an actual financial conflict of interest, the member with the financial conflict of interest shall disqualify himself from participating in or considering the issue and shall not sit with the commission during deliberations.

(d)

If it is determined by majority vote of members present that a perceived conflict of interest exists, but the conflict is one that does not rise to the level of financial interest, the individual member with perceived conflict shall have discretion as to whether he will vote on the matter in question, though the other members may make a recommendation to the member.

(Code 1997, § 40-913; Ord. of 2-6-2012, § 1(40-913))