(A) Public health, safety, economy, good order, appearances, convenience and the general welfare require the harmonious, orderly and progressive development of land within the city and its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction. In furtherance of this intent, regulation of land subdivision by the city has the following purposes, among others:
(1) To encourage economically sound and stable development in the city and its environs;
(2) To ensure the timely provision of required streets, utilities and other facilities and services to new land developments;
(3) To ensure adequate provision of safe, convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic access and circulation in and through new land developments;
(4) To ensure provision of needed public open spaces and building sites in new land developments through the dedication or reservation of land for recreational, educational and other public purposes or the provision of funds in lieu of dedication;
(5) To ensure, in general, the wise and timely development of new areas in harmony with comprehensive plans as prepared and adopted by the city;
(6) To ensure accurate public records of land ownership, title transfer, the effective conduct of public and private business and the protection of private property rights; and
(7) To provide for and protect the option of the consumer to use alternative energy sources by such means as protecting solar access to promote site planning and design which demonstrates a concern for increased energy conservation in residential structures and increased use alternative energy systems to encourage the development of efficient street systems which are compatible with the aforementioned emphases on conservation and resource development and which facilitate development of alternative transportation systems; while not excluding other methods which can be demonstrated to facilitate energy efficient land use.
(B) These regulations are intended to provide for the harmonious development of the city and its environs, and in particular:
(1) For coordinating streets within new subdivisions with other existing planned streets or official adopted Highway Map of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan street;
(2) For appropriate shapes and sizes of blocks and lots;
(3) For providing land for streets, school sites and recreational areas and providing easements for utilities other public facilities and services;
(4) For distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience, prosperity or general welfare; and
(5) For appropriate development of energy standards that lead to energy conservation and use of broad alternative energy resources.
(Ord. No. 1941, § 1, passed 1-12-1989; Ord. No. 23-040, § 1, passed 5-11-2023)