(a) The city council shall review the proposed subdivision and the recommendations and findings of the city of Selah planning commission or the hearing examiner. If city council determines the standards of this section are satisfied, then it shall approve the preliminary plat. If city council determines that the standards of this section have not been satisfied, then it shall adopt its own recommendations and disapprove the preliminary plat.

(b) The city council shall, in making its determination pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, consider the physical characteristics of a proposed subdivision site and may disapprove a proposed plat because of flood, inundation, or swamp conditions. The city council may, as the alternative to disapproval, require construction of protective improvements for flood, inundation or swamp conditions as a condition of approval of the preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision. No preliminary plat shall be approved by the city council covering any land situated in a flood control zone as provided in Chapter 86.16 RCW without the prior written approval of the Washington State Department of Ecology.

(c) The city council may require dedication of land to any public body as a condition of approval of the preliminary plat of a proposed subdivision. If the proposed subdivision includes a dedication, city council may require a waiver of the right of direct access to any street from any property.

(d) The city council shall not require a release from damages to be procured from other property owners as a condition of approval of a proposed subdivision. (Ord. 2173, § 2 (Exh. A), 2022.)