§ 1908. Conflicts of interest.

(a)

Disclosure. Any member of the planning commission who has a property interest in any real property affected by a rezoning action to be considered by the board of commissioners, or has a financial interest in any business entity which has a property interest in any real property affected by a rezoning action to be considered by the board of commissioners, or who has a family member with such a real property interest or financial interest in a business entity, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 36-67A-2, shall immediately disclose the nature and extent of such interest, in writing, to the board of commissioners.

(b)

Disqualification. The planning commissioner who has an interest as defined in this section shall disqualify himself from voting on the rezoning action. The disqualified planning commissioner shall not take any other action on behalf of himself or any other person to influence action on the application. The disclosures required by this section shall be a public record and available for public inspection at any time during normal working hours. A member of the planning commission may raise the question of conflict of interest of another member regarding a specific issue that is before the planning commission. A majority vote of those planning commissioners without such conflict shall determine if such conflict does exist.

(Ord. No. 17-003 , § 1, 10-2-2017)