(a) These subdivision regulations are adopted to secure and provide for:
(1) The promotion of the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, or general welfare;
(2) The proper arrangement of streets or highways in relation to existing or proposed streets and highways and the land use and thoroughfare plan;
(3) Safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian movement;
(4) Adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, the access of firefighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, and the avoidance of congestion of the population;
(5) The orderly, efficient, and appropriate development of land;
(6) The orderly and efficient provision of community facilities at minimum cost and maximum convenience;
(7) The accurate surveying of land and preparing and recording of plats; and
(8) The equitable handling of all subdivisions and plats by providing uniform procedures and standards for observance by both the approving authority and the subdivider.
(b) The provisions of these subdivision regulations shall be construed to be minimum requirements.
(Ord. 2007-222. Passed 1-10-08.)