(1) Upon receipt of the recommendations on any preliminary plat, the town council shall, at its next public meeting, set the date for the public meeting where it shall consider the recommendations of the planning commission and may adopt, modify or reject the commission’s recommendations based upon the record at the public hearing. If, after considering the matter at a public meeting, the town council deems a change in the commission’s recommendations approving or disapproving any preliminary plat is necessary, the town council shall adopt its own recommendations and approve or disapprove the preliminary plat.

(2) The town council shall inquire into the public use and interest proposed to be served by the establishment of the subdivision and dedication. The town council shall determine if appropriate provisions are made for, but not limited to, the public health, safety and general welfare, for open spaces, drainage ways, streets, alleys, other public ways, water supplies, sanitary wastes, parks, playgrounds, sites for schools and school grounds, and shall consider all other relevant facts and determine whether the public interest will be served by the subdivision and dedication. If the town council finds the proposed plat makes appropriate provisions for the public health, safety and general welfare and for such open spaces, drainage ways, streets, alleys, other public ways, water supplies, sanitary wastes, parks, playgrounds, sites for schools and school grounds and that the public use and interest will be served by the platting of such subdivision, then it shall be approved.

(3) If the town council finds that the proposed plat does not make such appropriate provisions or that the public use and interest will not be served, then the town council shall disapprove the proposed plat. In making a decision on the preliminary plat, the town council shall also consider CMC 17.32.470(1) and (2). Dedication of land to any public body may be required as a condition of subdivision approval and the dedication shall be clearly shown on the final plat. (Ord. 484, 2006)