If, after approval of the plat, circumstances render it impractical, unfeasible, or detrimental to the public interest to accomplish a particular feature or element of work required as a condition of preliminary plat approval or voluntarily proposed by developer and accepted in good faith without having been imposed by the city as a special condition of plat approval, the applicant may file a request for modification of the original approval with the department of public works.

The request for modification must be accompanied by letters and data which the director deems necessary, and a modification fee to be set by resolution of the City Council. The city clerk shall set a date for hearing on the modification before the City Council and a notice shall be given as provided in Pullman City Code 13.80.100(2) and (3).

At the public hearing prior to taking action on the proposed modification, the City Council shall make findings of fact which represent the official determination of the City Council and shall include the following: