Council Bill (CB) 121009 proposes to amend Subtitle II of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Title 23 to delegate decision-making authority on final plats from the City Council to City Departments. Specifically, the bill aims to transfer the authority for approving final subdivision plans to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). This change is intended to streamline the subdivision process, as final approval of a subdivision is considered a ministerial act with little discretion, given that conditions from the preliminary approval must be met. The Council has considered and made determinations on 23 final subdivisions in the past 10 years. The proposed amendments also update references to subdivision plan standards and remove references to filing the plan. Additionally, Subchapter IV of Chapter 23.22, related to “reserved land,” which has never been utilized, would be repealed.