A. Purpose: The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by regulating the subdivision of land; prevent the overcrowding of land; lessen congestion in the streets and highways; provide adequate light, air, water supply, sewage disposal, parks and recreation areas, ingress and egress, and other public improvements; to require development in harmony with the natural environment; to protect the rights of property owners; and to require uniform monumentation of land subdivisions and transferring interests in real property by reference to a plat or certificate of survey 1 .
B. Intent: Further, to support the purposes of Montana Code Annotated section 76-3-102, these regulations are intended to promote and to provide for the:
1. Orderly development of the city.
2. Coordination of roads within subdivided land with other roads, both existing and planned.
3. Dedication of land for roadways and for public utility easements.
4. Improvement of roads.
5. Adequate open spaces for travel, light, air and recreation.
6. Adequate transportation, water, drainage, and sanitary facilities.
7. Avoidance or minimization of congestion.
8. Avoidance of unnecessary environmental degradation.
9. Encouragement of subdivision development in harmony with the natural environment.
10. Avoidance of danger or injury by reason of natural hazard or the lack of water, drainage, access, transportation or other public services.
11. Avoidance of excessive expenditure of public funds for the supply of public services.
12. Manner and form of making and filing of plats for subdivided lands.
13. Administration of these regulations, by defining the powers and duties of approving authorities, including procedures for the review and approval of all subdivision plats. (Ord. 2004-1, 4-5-2004)
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