5-1-2: PURPOSE:
The purposes of this Title are to safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare by establishing certain minimum standards of design, improvement, survey and construction of land developments hereafter platted in all unincorporated areas of Elko County in order to provide and insure the orderly and proper growth thereof and to aid in the prevention of pollution of land or water resources.
Further, it is the purpose of this Title to encourage new concepts and innovations in the arrangement of building sites. Deviations from traditional mechanical approaches to the division of land are encouraged in order to facilitate improvements of the land and its physical amenities in a manner that will be commensurate with contemporary living patterns and technological progress and to protect, enhance and preserve Elko County's vast and valuable mutual amenity.