Any protest filed may be abandoned and withdrawn by written notice of such abandonment or withdrawal signed by the person who signed the protest and filed with the clerk of the legislative body at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing.
The legislature occasionally skips outline levels.
For example:
(3) A person may apply [...]
(4)(a) A person petitioning for relief [...]
In this example, (3), (4),
and (4)(a) are all outline levels, but
(4) was
omitted by its authors. It's only implied. This presents an
interesting challenge when laying out the text. We've
decided to display a blank section with this note, in order
to aide readability.