Pursuant to the authority in M.S. §§ 429, 462.358, 471, and 505, as they may be amended from time to time, this chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the municipality;
(B) To protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the municipality and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of all parts of the municipality;
(C) To protect and conserve the value of land throughout the municipality and the value of buildings and improvements upon land, and to minimize the conflicts among the uses of land and buildings;
(D) To assure those public improvements such as streets, utilities, and drainage are constructed to satisfactory standards;
(E) To prevent the pollution of air, streams, lakes, ponds, and wetlands, to assure the adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table; and to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources throughout the municipality in order to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community and the value of land;
(F) Place the cost of improvements against those benefitting therefrom;
(G) Provide common grounds of understanding between prospective subdividers and municipal officials; and
(H) Each lot created through subdivision, including planned unit developments, must be suitable in its natural state for the proposed use with minimal alteration. Suitability analysis by the local unit of government shall consider susceptibility to flooding, existence of wetlands, soil and rock formations with severe limitations for development, severe erosion potential, steep topography, inadequate water supply or sewage treatment capabilities, near shore aquatic conditions unsuitable for water based recreation, important fish and wildlife habitat, presence of significant historic sites, or any other feature of the natural land, likely to be harmful to the health, safety, or welfare of future residents of the proposed subdivision.
(Ord. 217, passed 11-5-2001; Am. Ord. passed 2- -2004; Am. Ord. passed 4-5-2004; Am. Ord. passed 9-7-2004)