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GUIDELINES FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ("BOARD") General Guidelines These guidelines are for information purposes only, and shall not impose upon the Board any legal requirements greater than those imposed by applicable law. The Board is authorized to deviate from these guidelines, provided the resulting procedure complies with applicable law. No deviation from these guidelines shall be considered a failure of the Board to follow its own rules, policies or procedures. These guidelines are intended for contested quasi-judicial proceedings. County staff is specifically authorized to place uncontested quasi-judicial matters on the consent agenda, in which case the agenda package shall be deemed to be admitted into evidence in support of the Board's decision. Parties The parties to a quasi-judicial proceeding shall be the county, the applicant or person whose property or interests are directly involved in the matter ("applicant"), and, if applicable, any person or entity which has formally intervened in the proceeding ("intervener"). A person or entity seeking intervener status shall (i) request such status as early in the proceedings as possible and, in any event, no later than at the commencement of the hearing, and (ii) demonstrate a substantial interest which may be adversely effected by the Board's decision in a manner different in kind or greater in degree than the public at large. Any person or entity required to be notified of the application under applicable land development regulations (e.g., adjacent property owners or owners of property within a certain distance — usually 300 feet - of the subject property) shall be deemed to have a substantial interest sufficient for intervener status. Pre-Hearing Matters 1. Notice to Commissioners. As soon as county staff becomes aware of a quasi-judicial matter which will probably come before the Board for decision, staff shall notify the commissioners of this fact, by email or other acceptable means. The notice shall set forth the matter and the nature of the issues involved, and shall generally remind commissioners of the requirements of these guidelines. 2. Ex Parte Communications. Unless otherwise prohibited by statute or ordinance, and subject to disclosure guidelines set forth below, each commissioner shall make his or her own decision whether to engage in ex parte communications with county staff, parties or other interested 1