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forth on the application form. Required supporting documentation may include, but is not limited to, a Development Agreement as described in Section 1102.05 of this Chapter. The City Council shall act upon an application for final approval of a Major Plat within 60 days of the submission of a completed application. b. Required Changes Incorporated: The final plat shall have incorporated all changes or modifications required by the City Council in the preliminary approval of the Major Plat and shall otherwise be substantially the same as said plat. 6. Validation and Expiration of Final Approval: Adhering to Ramsey County's Manual of Guidelines for Subdivision Plats, final approval of a Major Plat shall be validated by the owner through the filing of the approved plat at the office of the Ramsey County Recorder within one year of the date of said final approval.Notwithstanding this time limitation, the City Council may approve extensions of the time allowed for validation of the final approval if requested in writing; extension requests shall be submitted to the Community Development Department and shall identify the reason(s) why the extension is necessary along with an anticipated timeline for validation of the final approval. Final approval of a Major Plat shall automatically expire if the approval is not validated as described herein. E. Refusal to Approve The refusal to approve a plat or platting alternative shall be set forth in the proceedings of the City Council and reported to the owner. If approval of a proposal is so denied, an application for approval of substantially the same plat or platting alternative on the same property shall not be accepted within one year of the date of said denial. 1102:02: Variances A. Purpose: Regulations pertaining to the process of subdividing or consolidating land and to the characteristics of the resulting lots are established in Title 11 (Subdivisions) and Title 10 (Zoning) of this Code. There are occasions,however, where it may be appropriate to vary the regulations as they apply to specific properties where an unusual hardship on the land exists, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 462.358 Subd. 6. B. Applications: The owner of property on which a variance is proposed shall file an application for approval of the variance by paying the fee set forth in Chapter 314 of this Code and submitting a completed application form and supporting documents as set forth on the application form. Complete applications shall be reviewed in a public hearing according to the process set forth in Chapter 108 of this Code. If a proposed variance is denied, an application for substantially the same variance on the same property shall not be accepted within one year of the date of the denial. C. Approval: The City may impose conditions in the granting of variances. A condition must be directly related to, and must bear a rough proportionality to, the impact created by the variance. In order to approve a requested variance,the Planning Commission may recommend, and the City Council shall adopt, findings pertaining to the following specific grounds: 1. The proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. 2. The proposal is in harmony with the purposes and intent of the zoning and subdivision ordinances.