An ordinance establishing procedures and standards for the development and subdivision of real estate and regulating the subdivision of land and for the surveying and platting thereof as adopted and prescribed in this chapter, as hereby found by the Town Council to be necessary and appropriate in order to aid in promoting the following:
(A) The orderly development of the town and safeguard conditions essential to public health, safety and welfare;
(B) To provide space for safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within the town;
(C) To promote the eventual elimination of unsafe and unsanitary conditions arising from the overcrowding and concentration of population, improper planning, lack of proper light, air and space, unsafe or unsanitary design and arrangements, lack of sanitary facilities and existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire or other causes;
(D) To provide for suitable neighborhoods with adequate streets and utilities and appropriate building sites;
(E) To save unnecessary expenditures of public funds by reserving space for public lands and buildings and by initial proper construction of streets and utilities;
(F) To provide for economical and sufficient streets with adequate width and proper alignment and grade for the coordination of utilities, streets and highways within proposed subdivisions with existing or planned streets and highways and other public facilities; and
(G) To provide proper land records for the convenience of the public and for better identification and permanent location of real property boundaries.
(1979 Code, § S-1-4) (Ord. passed 6- -1987)