1172.01 INTENT.

   Minimum standards and land planning criteria are herein established as the fundamental principles to be used in the design of subdivisions and to set forth the details of construction for all related improvements. Said standards and criteria are to be applied with professional skill in order to achieve the following purposes.

   (a)   To provide for the planning of attractive neighborhoods which recognize the natural topography and other physical features of the development area;

   (b)   To protect and maintain all existing wetland areas in the Municipality;

   (c)   To relate the planning of residential neighborhoods to a convenient and safe pedestrian and vehicular circulation system;

   (d)   To provide protected neighborhoods and a common open space network where appropriate;

   (e)   To provide functional building sites;

   (f)   To provide for the implementation of the Official Map by reserving and acquiring sites for public uses;

   (g)   To provide for planned industrial subdivisions by the application of the same basic planning criteria; and

   (h)   To provide for the coordination of planning and division of land in connection with planned development areas to carry out the objectives of the municipal development program.
(Ord. 2016-07-24. Passed 8-3-16.)