A. Except as provided in an agreement that meets the requirements of BMC 17.04.067 or as provided in an ordinance amending this title, an amendment to the standards or requirements of this title, including standards and requirements established by the city engineer, shall be applied by the planning commission to the subdivision of land that has not received unconditional preliminary plat approval by the planning commission and may be applied to the subdivision of land that has received unconditional preliminary plat approval but has not received unconditional final plat approval.

B. If the planning commission believes the current provisions of this title are inadequate to properly deal with an actual or possible circumstance for which it becomes aware, the commission shall recommend such standards and requirements as it believes to be appropriate. The platting officer shall prepare an ordinance for city council action that would amend this title to incorporate the commission recommendations. Unless the commission requests that the ordinance first (1st) be reviewed by the commission, the ordinance shall be forwarded to the manager for introduction and action by the city council.

C. Except as provided in an agreement that meets the requirements of BMC 17.04.067, new or more restrictive standards and requirements recommended by the planning commission pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be applied by the planning commission to the subdivision of land that has not received unconditional preliminary plat approval by the planning commission and may be applied to the subdivision of land that has received unconditional preliminary plat approval but has not received unconditional final plat approval.

D. As used in this section, unconditional plat approval means approval of a plat without a condition that it be returned to the commission or the platting officer for further review or for approval of a change required by the commission or platting officer. Approval of a preliminary plat for phased development under BMC 17.12.100 shall be treated as a conditional preliminary plat approval. When the platting officer is authorized under this title to approve a preliminary or final plat, the term “planning commission” as used in this section includes the platting officer for purposes of applying standards recommended by the planning commission under subsection B of this section. [Ord. 01-05 § 7.]