The policy of the County is to:
(1) establish standards for logical, sound, and economical development;
(2) provide for adequate light, air and privacy; secure safety from fire, flood, and other danger; prevent population congestion and overcrowding of the land; provide orderly expansion and extension of community services and facilities at minimum cost and maximum convenience;
(3) provide for the proper and safe arrangement and connectivity of multi-modal transportation infrastructure in relation to those existing or planned and to provide for the most beneficial relationship between the use of land, buildings, traffic, and multi-modal transportation;
(4) improve the quality of life through protection of the environment, including the prevention of air, water, light, and noise pollution, the prevention of soil erosion, and the preservation of natural features;
(5) minimize adverse impacts on water quality; conserve plant, fish, and wildlife habitat; and foster appropriate development activity for shoreline areas;
(6) conserve and protect forests, woodlands, and trees;
(7) ensure appropriate surveying of land, preparing and recording of plats, and the equitable handling of all subdivision plats by providing uniform procedures and standards for observance by developers;
(8) ensure that land is subdivided so that it may be used safely for building purposes;
(9) ensure that land is not subdivided or developed until adequate facilities and improvements, such as drainage, water, sewerage, and open space, are provided or security acceptable to the County is given to ensure that the required improvements will be made;
(10) ensure that existing and proposed public improvements conform with and are related to the proposals shown and recommendations contained in the current General Development Plan, Capital Improvement Program, and other transportation or master development plans or programs adopted by the County; and
(11) supplement and facilitate the enforcement of the provisions and standards contained in Article 15 of this Code, Article 18 of this Code, the recommendations contained in the current General Development Plan, and the Capital Improvement Program, and other transportation or development plans or programs adopted by Anne Arundel County.
(Bill No. 3-05; Bill No. 78-18)