This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare;
(B) To conserve, protect and enhance property and property values;
(C) To secure the most appropriate use of land, and to facilitate the adequate but economical provision of public improvements;
(D) To provide for orderly growth and development, to afford adequate facilities for the safe, convenient and efficient means for the traffic circulation of its population, and to safeguard the public against flood damage;
(E) To prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the subdivision and platting of land; the preparation of plats; the location, width and course of streets and highways; the installation of utilities, street pavements and other essential improvements; and the necessary public grounds for schools, parks, playgrounds and other public open spaces; and
(F) To establish procedures for the submission, approval and recording of plats; and to provide the means for enforcement and to provide penalties for violations.
(2000 Code, § 155.002) (Ord. 876, passed 8-4-1975)