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abuts a county road or highway or county state-aid highway, and/or the Department of <br />Natural Resources (DNR) if the application is within a Shoreland Overlay District <br />and/or Floodplain Management District, for their review and comment. The Zoning <br />Administrator shall instruct the appropriate staff persons to prepare technical reports <br />where appropriate, and to provide general assistance in prepaiing a recommendation on <br />the action to the Planning Commission and Council. <br />(3) Planning Commission action. After review of the final plat by the staff, the Planning <br />Commission shall review the final plat for substantial compliance with the approved <br />preliminary plat and make recommendation to Council. <br />( 4) City Council Action. The final plat shall be approved or disapproved within 60 days <br />after the filing of the final plat by resolution and conditioned upon the execution of the <br />development agreement for basic improvements, public dedication, security, and other <br />requirements detennined necessary or appropriate by the Council. If disapproved, the <br />grounds for any refusal to approve a plat shall be set forth in the proceedings of the <br />Council and reported to the applicant. <br />(5) The resolution approving the plat shall authorize the Mayor and Administrator to <br />execute an endorsement of approval for the City. The Mayor and Administrator shall <br />not execute the endorsement until any development agreement or security required by <br />the resolution of the approval have been approved in writing by the City Attorney. <br />(Am. Ord. 9705, passed 5-6-1997) (Am. Ord. 08-205, passed 4-3-2018) <br />(3) Special assessments. When any existing special assessments which have been levied <br />against the prope1iy desc1ibed are to be divided and allocated to the respective lots in the <br />proposed plat, the Engineer shall estimate the cost of preparing a revised assessment roll, filing <br />the assessment roll with the County Auditor, and making the division and allocation. Upon <br />approval by the Council of the cost, the cost shall be paid to the City. <br />(4) Recordingfinal plat. If the final plat is approved by the Council, the subdivider shall <br />record it with the County Recorder within 120 days after the approval. If not filed within 120 <br />days, approval of the final plat shall be considered void, unless a request for time extension is <br />submitted in w1iting and approved by the Council. The subdivider shall, immediately upon <br />recording, furnish Administrator with 2 paper prints and 1 reproducible film positive of the plat <br />showing evidence of the recording. No building permits shall be issued for construction of any <br />structure on any lot in the plat until the City has received evidence of the plat being recorded by <br />the County. <br />(1997 Code,§ 400.09) (Am. Ord. 08-205, passed 4-3-2018) Penalty, see§ 10.99 <br />§ 153.11 VARIANCES; ST AND ARDS; PLATTING. <br />(A) Purpose. A variance may be granted from the minimum standards required by this <br />chapter as they apply to specific property where unusual hardship on the land exists, but <br />variances may be granted only upon the specific ground set forth in this section. In granting any <br />22