Within a reasonable time after filing of the preliminary plan with the Director of Planning and City Development, the Planning Commission shall conduct at least one public hearing, thirty days notice of which shall be given as to the time, date and place of such hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and by first-class mail to the developer. The report of the Planning Commission shall include a finding either that the preliminary plan complies with the applicable regulations, standards and criteria prescribed by this chapter and any other ordinances and regulations of the City, or a finding of any failure of such compliance and a recommendation that the preliminary plan be approved, disapproved or modified.
If, in a report approving a preliminary plan, with or without recommended modification, and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Planning Commission finds that any regulations, standards or criteria prescribed by this chapter or any other ordinances or regulations of the City are inappropriate or inapplicable because of unusual conditions, including topography of the development area or the imaginative character of the design proposed in the preliminary plan, and that an adjustment in such regulations, standards or criteria will promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the City, the Planning Commission may recommend to Council that such adjustment be made.
The preliminary plan together with a certified copy of the report of the Planning Commission, shall be filed with the Clerk of Council for submission to Council. Council should act upon such report and plan in accordance with their existing rules.
(Ord. 7607/73. Passed 4-2-73.)