The purpose of these regulations is to provide for the orderly development of the city and its environs; to proscribe standards for the laying out of subdivisions in harmony with the comprehensive plan; for the coordination of streets and utilities within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets and utilities; for coordination of subdivisions with other features of the comprehensive plan to provide for adequate open space for traffic, recreation, light and air; and for the distribution of population and traffic in a manner so as to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience or prosperity, all in accordance with applicable state statutes.
(Prior Code, § 1)