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prevents appeal of the decision on that issue to a higher city hearings body or to the land Use Board of Appeals. ~3} The notice shat 1 be mailed at least 20 days before the hear- ing. ~.39~ Quasi -Judicial Heari n,qs -Conduct. ~ 1 } ^ Na person may ~~ybe disorderly, abusive, ar disruptive of the conduct of the hearing. ~2} No person may present evidence, argument or comment without first being recogn i ted by the presiding officer. ~3} Al 1 witnesses shall identify themselves and their place of residence, ~4} Any employe:, agent, ar officer of the city shall disclose his or her relationship to the city when commencing to testify. ~ 5} Formal rules of evidence as used i n courts of 1 aw shall not apply. Evidence that i s not rel i ab1 e, probative and useful may be excluded at the discretion of the presiding officer. ~6} All documents or other written materials relied on by the applicant shal 1 be submitted to the city and, along with the applications, be made avai 1 abl a to the public at the time that notice of the hearing i s provided and i n the manner described under section 2.391 of this code . Any staff notes or reports to be made part of the record shall be available to the public at least seven days prior to the hearing. ~1} Audience demonstrations such as applause, cheering, display of signs, and other conduct disruptive of the hearing shat 1 not be permitted, Any such conduct may be cause for immediate suspension of the hearing. 2.393 uasi -Judicial Heari n s - Chal l en es to Im arti al i t . ~ 1 } Any proponent or opponent of, or person interested i n, a matter to be heard, and any member of the hearings body may challenge the qualification of any other member of that body to participate i n the hearing and decision regarding the matter. The chal 1 enge shall state by off idavi t the facts relied upon by the challenger as the basis for the chat 1 enge. ~a} Except, for good cause shown, the challenge shal 1 be del ~ vexed by, personal serve ce to the city recorder and the person whose , qual ~ f ~ cats on ~ s challenged, not 1 ess than 48 hours preceding the time set for the hearing. fib} The challenge shall be made a part of the record of the hearing. ~2} No member of the hearings body may discuss or vote on a matter when ~a} Any of the following has a direct or substantial pecuniary interest in the matter: the member or his or her spouse, brother, sister, child, parent, father-in-law, or mother-in-law; any organization or bus i Hess i n which the member i s then serving as an officer or director or employee or has so served within the previous two years; ar any business with which the member is nego- t i at i ng far or has an arrangement or understanding concerning a prospective partnership, employment or other business affiliation, fib} The member owns al 1 or a porn on of the property that i s the subject of the matter before the hearings body or owns abutting Ordinance - 3