(a) Examination; Submittal; Hearing. Upon compliance with Sections 1224.01 through 1224.05, the City Manager shall examine the application and the preliminary plat, if any, and shall examine or cause to be examined by the City Attorney the written opinion of the applicant's attorney concerning the ownership of the tract proposed to be subdivided. Thereafter,the application and the plat, if any, together with the recommendation of the Manager, shall be submitted to the Planning Commission. Subsequent to a hearing thereon by the Commission, as provided by law, the application, the plat, if any, the recommendation of the Planning Director and the recommendation of the Commission shall be submitted to Council.
(b) Approval or Disapproval. After receiving the report of the City Manager, Council shall approve, with or without modifications, or disapprove the preliminary plat. However, the approval by Council of a preliminary plat shall not constitute final approval of a plat. Approval by Council of a preliminary plat shall elapse and be of no further effect unless a final plat and such other plans as Council may require are submitted and approved by Council as hereinafter set forth. Upon approval, with or without modifications, or disapproval of the preliminary plat by Council, one copy of the plat, bearing or accompanied by notations by the City Manager concerning the action taken by Council, shall be returned to the person who submitted the plat.
(Ord. 1049. Passed 2-26-85.)