The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare for walking, bicycling, and public transportation and to encourage increased use of these modes of transportation, enable convenient travel as part of daily activities, improve the public welfare by addressing a wide array of health and environmental problems, and meet the needs of all inhabitants of the city of the streets, including children, older adults, and people with disabilities; to provide for the orderly growth and harmonious development of the city consistent with the comprehensive development plan and the zoning ordinance; to secure adequate traffic circulation to the streets and highways; to insure adequate provisions for water, drainage, sanitary sewer facilities, and other health requirements; to achieve the maximum utility and livability on individual lots; and to provide logical procedures for the achievement of these purposes.
(Ord. 607, passed 9-10-2012)