Sec. 50.202. - Definitions.

As used herein: (a) Board, agency, authority or commission means all of those boards and commissions included within this Title IV, Ordinance Code, as well as the Planning Commission, the Civil Service Board, Value Adjustment Board and the City Council; (b) Ex parte communication means any form of communication, either oral or written, including any other form of non-verbal communication, with public officials which occurs outside of a public hearing. Such communications include, but are not limited to: conversations, meetings, site visits, mailings, or presentations during which substantial factual information about an item is gathered by or submitted to a local public official; (c) Local public official or public official means any elected or appointed public official of a City of Jacksonville board, agency, authority or commission, including the City Council, which recommends or takes quasi-judicial action; (d) Quasi-judicial is a term which applies to the action of public officials or bodies who are required to investigate facts, or ascertain the existence of facts, hold hearings, weigh evidence and draw conclusions from them, as a basis for their official action, and to exercise discretion of a judicial nature. (Ord. 95-863-762, § 2)