. >> president rick swig will be the presiding officer tonight joined by chang and lopez lazarus, acting chief building inspector with the department of building inspection. except when the presiding officer finds good cause to order the presentations otherwise, the order of presentation of an appeal shall be as follows: (a) the appellant shall speak first and shall be allowed seven minutes to present relevant testimony and evidence. then the permit holder, representatives of the department, board, commission or person from whose order the appeal is taken, and/or other parties, shall be allowed seven minutes for presentation of relevant testimony and evidence. three minutes for rebuttal shall be provided to all parties in this same order; (b) the board may request a departmental response at its own discretion. for rehearing requests and jurisdiction requests, each party shall be allowed three minutes to present testimony and evidence, with no rebuttal. other persons desiring to speak before the board on an appeal may speak once for up to three minutes, unless the presiding officer furthe