Barrie : Règlement no 2011-138, art. 11.2(a) — An in-person proceeding shall be conducted in the following order of presentation, unless the Chair directs otherwise

An in-person proceeding shall be conducted in the following order of presentation, unless the Chair directs otherwise:

• The Chair shall call the meeting to order after confirming a quorum of the Committee is present;
• (b) The Chair shall explain to those in attendance at the hearing the format of the proceedings and the specific purpose of the hearing. The Chair should advise those present that the Committee will only be considering the compliance and non-compliance of a property or building with respect to the standards of the By-law, and the time granted for compliance. All evidence should therefore be restricted to these matters. The hearing is not for determining the resolution of any landlord and tenant disputes;
• (c) The Chair shall solicit from those Committee members in attendance at the hearing any conflicts of pecuniary interest or other interest in any matter on the agenda for consideration;
• (d) The Property Standards Officer may make an opening address and, subject to clause (e), shall then adduce evidence;
• (e) An appellant may make an opening address immediately after the opening address of Property Standards Officer and before the Property Standards Officer adduces any evidence;
• (f) When the evidence being called on behalf of the Property Standards Officer is concluded, the appellant may make an opening address, unless he or she has already done so pursuant to clause (e), and may then adduce his or her evidence;
• (g) When the presentation of the evidence of the appellant is concluded, the Property Standards Officer may adduce any proper reply evidence;
• (h) After all of the evidence has been adduced by all parties to the proceeding, the Property Standards Officer may make a closing address, followed by the closing address of the appellant, if he or she decides to do so; and
• (i) Where there are two or more appellants, the order of presentation shall be as directed by the Chair. By-law 2011-138 Office Consolidation The Corporation of the City of Barrie Property Standards By-law