(A) The subdivision of land should be the first step in the process of urban development. The arrangement of land parcels in the community for residential, commercial and industrial uses and for streets, alleys, schools, parks and other public purposes, will determine to a large degree the conditions of health, safety, economy and amenity that prevail in the urban area.
(B) (1) The quality of these conditions is of public interest.
(2) These regulations and standards for the subdivision and improvement of land for urban use are to make provision for adequate light, air, open spaces, drainage, transportation, public utilities and other needs, to ensure the development and maintenance of a healthy, attractive and efficient community that provides for the conservation and protection of its human and natural resources.
(C) These regulations are adopted for the following purposes:
(1) To guide the future growth and development of the city in accordance with the comprehensive plan;
(2) To provide for adequate light, air and privacy and to secure safety from fire, flood and other danger and to prevent overcrowding of the land;
(3) To limit development to an amount equal to the availability and capacity of public facilities and services;
(4) To provide the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the city, having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets and highways and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various per location and width of streets and building lines;
(5) To harmoniously relate the development of the various tracts of land to the existing community and facilitate the future development of adjoining tracts;
(6) To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdividing and resubdividing;
(7) To insure proper legal descriptions and adequate and accurate records of land subdivision; and
(8) To provide that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the tract of land being developed be borne by the owners or developers of the tract.
(Prior Code, § 13-504) (Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-16-19)