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D. Planning Commission Action. The Planning Commission shall'make a recommendation to'the City Council. If the Planning Commission has'not acted'upon the'preliminary plat within sixty (60) days from the first meeting at which the xequest was received, the Council may act on `the preliminary ''plat without the'. Planning' .Commission's recommendation. E. City Council Action. 1. Public Hearing.: Upon receipt of the application, staff reports, and Planning Commission recommendation, the' City Administrator slLali sch~dtt~~ a public hearing for public review of the preliminary plat. The Council shall `hold the hearing and make a written finding of fact.'The notice of such hearing shall contain a property description, description of request and map detailing'property location, and be published in the :official newspaper at least ten. (10) days prior to the hearing. Written notice of the hearing shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing to all owners ofproperty within three hundred fifty (350) feet of the boundary of the subject property. [Addresses-eurrentpractiee~ Exceptions: In cases of simple subdivision (i:e. dividing one parcel into two or combining two parcels into one) the Council may, when deemed appropriate, waive`the requirement for public hearing. 2. " If alCrequirements of this'Ordinance and requirements as additionally imposed by the Planning Commission are complied with, the Council shall act upon ..the preliminary plat and may impose conditions and restrictions which are deemed necessary within sixty (60) days of the date of the close bf the public hearing. 3. If the preliminary plat is not approved by the City Council, the reasons for such action'shall be recorded in the proceedings of the Council and transmitted to the applicant. If the preliminary plat is approved; such approval shall not constitute final acceptance of the "layout. Subsequent;approvaL'will be required of the engineering proposals and other features and requirements as specified by xhis Ordinance to be indicated on the final plat. The City Council may require such revisions in the ppreliminary plat and final plat!as it deems necessary for the health, safety; general ':welfare and convenience of the City:: of Little` Canada.. Non- standard improvements proposed in the subdivision may be considered a.reason for denial of the.: proposah a. The ;City Council may deny or require modifications''to aproposed preliminary plat` when said plat :fails to comply with any of the requirements of this ordinance, or other applicable regulations,"including the zoning ordinance. In addition, the City Council may `deny or require modifications to a proposed preliminary plat when the City Council .finds that despite technical compliance with applicable ordinances,' the plat design results in a likelihood of extraordinary public costs .for future maintenance or the potential for public safety hazards that are not. typical for subdivisions'in Little Canada. Little Canada Subdivision Ordinance Procedures for Filing/Review 1004-2 11