(A) The general principles of design and minimum requirements for the laying out of subdivisions, set forth in §§ 154.060 et seq., may be varied by the City Council in the case of a subdivision large enough to constitute a more or less self-contained neighborhood which is to be developed in accordance with a comprehensive plan safeguarded by appropriate restrictions and which, in the judgment of the Council, makes adequate provision for all essential community requirements. However, no modification shall be granted by the Council which would conflict with the proposals of the transportation plan or with other features of the adopted transportation plan, the community facilities plan or with other features of the adopted community plan or with the intent and purposes of the general principles of design and minimum requirements.
(B) In any particular case where the subdivider can show that, by reason of exceptional topographic or other physical conditions, strict compliance with any requirements of this chapter could cause practical difficulty or exceptional and undue hardship, the City Council may relax such requirement to the extent deemed just and proper so as to relieve such difficulty or hardship; provided such relief may be granted without detriment to the public good and without impairing the intent and purposes of the regulations or the desirable general development of the community. Any modification thus granted shall be entered in the minutes of the City Council setting forth the reasons which, in the opinion of the Council, justified the modification.
(C) In the case of a subdivision of less than five lots and where all lots can be adequately served by existing streets situated in a locality where conditions are well-defined, the City Council may exempt the subdivider from complying with some of the requirements stipulated in §§ 154.035 et seq. pertaining to the preparation of the preliminary plat.
(‘82 Code, § 16.20.010) (Ord. 649, passed - -72)