(A) Authority. Pursuant to the authority granted by SDCL Chapters 11-4 and 11-6, as amended, the following regulations are hereby adopted by the City Council.
(B) Purpose. These regulations are adopted to provide for the harmonious development of the city and its environs; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets or with other features of the comprehensive plan; for adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air; and for a distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety and convenience through the provision for an adequate scale of streets, or roads, sanitary, water, utility and other improvements as land is subdivided.
(C) Jurisdiction. These regulations shall govern all subdivisions of land within the jurisdiction of the city. Subdivisions governed are hereinafter defined under § 154.02.
(Prior Code, § 28-01)