It is intended that this chapter establish regulations, requirements, standards, procedure, specifications and controls specifically needed:
(A) To provide for the orderly division of land by requiring the proper description, monumentation and recording of subdivided land;
(B) To establish what land areas are and are not eligible for division into lots and to regulate uses of land to prevent land from being used for purposes which the land is not suited;
(C) To provide for reasonable protection and conservation of those natural resources, (land, air, vegetation and water) upon which the contained prosperity, safety, health and welfare of the community and surrounding region may depend;
(D) To secure adequate safeguards as part of the subdivision processes to protect the general public from hazards of flooding, fire, overcrowding and other problems which could endanger public health or safety;
(E) To secure adequate public convenience and safety through regulations governing the installation, design and location of public streets;
(F) To ensure adequate provisions are made for adequate open space, utilities and other public facilities deemed necessary for general public health and convenience;
(G) To ensure proper development of the community by requiring subdivision to be developed according to the requirement of all officially adopted village plans and ordinances and, in this respect, to require dedication or reservation of land necessary to comply with these documents;
(H) To protect the community’s taxable resources by requiring that subdivision be designed and developed so as not to impose excessive maintenance burdens on the community, but still allowing for reasonable low development costs for the developer and general home owners;
(I) To prevent scattered development beyond the reasonable service area of community facilities and utilities; and
(J) To provide reasonable and equitable procedures and regulations for handling all subdivision plats by providing uniform procedures and standards for observance by both the approving authority and subdivider and to do this without causing unnecessary and unreasonable cost to the developer, village or home owner.
(2007 Code, § 34-1-5)