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2.2 Ex Parte Communications <br /> a. No person, nor his or her agent, employee, or <br /> representative, who is interested in a particular petition <br /> or application which is designated for an adjudicatory <br /> hearing shall communicate ex parte, directly or <br /> • <br /> indirectly, with the Hearing Examiner concerning the <br /> merits of that particular hearing or a factually related <br /> petition or application. This rule shall not prohibit ex <br /> parte communication concerning procedural matters. <br /> b. The Hearing Examiner shall not communicate ex parte <br /> directly or indirectly with any person, nor his or her <br /> agent, employee or representative, interested in a <br /> particular petition or application which is designated for <br /> an adjudicatory hearing, with regard to the merits of <br /> that particular hearing, or a factually related petition or <br /> application. This rule shall not prohibit ex parte <br /> communications concerning procedural matters, nor <br /> assistance to the Hearing Examiner in viewing the land <br /> or buildings involved in the Hearings. <br /> c. If a substantial prohibited ex parte communication is <br /> made to or by they Hearing Examiner, such <br /> communication shall be publicly disclosed, and proper <br /> discretion shall be exercised by the Hearing Examiner on <br /> whether to disqualify himself or herself as Hearing <br /> Examiner for that particular Hearing. <br /> IIL NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS <br /> 3.1 Frequency <br /> • <br /> Hearings will normally be scheduled every other week. <br /> Consistent with the requirements of expedition, hearings may <br /> be held on a more frequent basis. <br /> 3.2 Presiding Officials <br /> a. Hearings and administrative proceedings shall be <br /> presided over by a duly qualified Hearing Examiner. <br /> b. Should the Hearing Examiner be disqualified for any • <br /> reason, a Pro Tern Hearing Examiner may be appointed <br /> pursuant to Ordinance Number 692-80, Section 4. <br /> 3.3 Interference <br /> In the performance of his or her adjudicative functions, the <br /> Hearing Examiner shall not be responsible to, or subject to, the <br /> supervision or direction of any elected official, officer, <br /> employee or agent of any municipal department of the City of <br /> • <br /> Everett, other than those that are set forth in Ordinance <br /> Number 692-80 of the City of Everett. <br /> 3.4 Format <br /> The format for a public hearing will be of an informal nature <br /> yet designed in such a way that the evidence and facts <br /> relevant to a particular proceeding will become the most <br /> readily and efficiently available to the Hearing Examiner. <br /> 3.5 Conduct of Hearings <br /> The Hearing Examiner shall have all the authority and duties <br /> as granted to him or her by Ordiance Number 692-80 of the <br /> City of Everett. Included in the authority and duties that the <br /> Hearing Examiner shall have is to conduct fair and impartial <br /> • hearings, make all necessary action to avoid delay in the <br /> disposition of proceedings, and to maintain order. He or she <br /> shall have all powers necessary to that end, including the <br /> following: <br /> -2- 3/81 <br />