§ 18.04.020 PURPOSE OF DIVISION I PROVISIONS.
   This Division I shall have as its purposes the establishment and enforcement of the following principles in the interest of protecting the health, safety and public welfare of the people of the city:
   A.   Effectuating the objectives established for the development of the city in the General Plan and the precise plans based thereon;
   B.   To provide for proper grading and erosion control including the prevention of sedimentation or damage to off-site properties;
   C.   Providing standards for the construction and installation of streets. roads, alleys, highways, public utilities and other public facilities;
   D.   Providing uniformity in street width, proper street alignment and adequate means of ingress and egress to property;
   E.   Preventing the subdivision of land which is subject to inundation or flash flooding or is otherwise unsuitable for subdivision.