§ 16.04.020 PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES.
   This title shall have as its purpose the establishment and enforcement of the following principles and minimum standards adopted to protect the health, safety and public welfare of the people of the city:
   (A)   Effectuating the objectives established for the orderly development of the city in the general plan and the precise plans based thereon;
   (B)   Establishing standards for lot area and dimensions so as to create reasonable building sites;
   (C)   Providing standards for the construction and installation of streets, roads, alleys, highways, public utilities and other public facilities;
   (D)   Providing for uniformity in street widths, proper street alignment, and adequate means of ingress and egress to property;
   (E)   Preventing the subdivision of land which is subject to inundation or flash flooding, or which is otherwise unsuitable for subdivision;
   (F)   Establishing standards for land development and provision of access to land so developed, which will facilitate police, fire and other protection, and which will make feasible the provision of other essential municipal services;
   (G)   Providing for a permanently wholesome community environment, adequate municipal services, and safe streets.
(`83 Code, § 16.04.020) (Ord. 82-19 § 1 (part), 1982)