(a)
By City. The applicant for a grading permit or his tract or site engineer may request the city to approve minor deviations in the design standards of this title where special conditions prevail. Such requests shall be in writing. The city is authorized to approve such minor deviations in said design standards of this title where, in its judgment, such minor deviations are within the spirit and intent of this title and will not create a hazard to any public or private property.
(b)
Application for Relief. When the applicant for a grading permit deems the regulations, requirements, provisions or design standards of this title to be impractical due to exceptional and extraordinary circumstances applicable to the grading site, such as size or shape, topographic conditions, or geological problems, the applicant may apply in writing to the city council to be relieved from those regulations, provisions, or requirements which he specifies in his application as being impractical together with the reasons therefor.
Any such application for relief shall first be reviewed and considered by the design review board or planning commission, depending upon which body is responsible for the review of concept plans pursuant to Section 22.12.010, and shall be forwarded with a report and recommendation to the city council. The city council may, at its discretion, take such action as it deems necessary.
(Ord. 1237 § 1, 1992; Ord. 1442 § 2, 2004)