(A) These regulations are formulated to promote safety, public health, and the general welfare of the citizens of the city and its planning area.
(B) The purpose of these regulations is to provide for the harmonious development of the city and the coordination of streets and other public utility improvements within subdivisions with existing or planned improvements or other features of the all adopted plans of the city, including the Master Street Plan and the Land Use Plan.
(C) These regulations and standards for the subdivision and improvement of land for urban use are designed to make provision for adequate air, open space, drainage, transportation, public utilities, and other needs, and to ensure the development and maintenance of a healthy, attractive, and efficient community that provides for the conservation and protection of its human and natural resources.
(D) These regulations are intended to set forth the procedures, requirements, and minimum standards governing the subdivision of land within the planning area of the city, and should be administered in a manner:
(1) To assist the orderly, efficient, and coordinated development of land within the planning area of the city in accord with its adopted Land Use Plan, Master Street Plan, and zoning ordinance.
(2) To promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the city.
(3) To ensure conformance of subdivision plans with public improvement plans for the city and its environs.
(4) To protect and conserve the value of land, buildings and improvements and to minimize adverse impact on adjoining or nearby properties.
(5) To establish a beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the municipal street system to require proper location and design of streets and building lines, to minimize traffic congestion, and to make adequate provision for pedestrian traffic circulation.
(6) To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision and re-subdivision to further the orderly development and use of land and to ensure proper standards and requirements for legal descriptions and monumentation of subdivided lands as prescribed by §§ 152.125 through 152.128.
(7) To encourage the wise use and management of natural resources and to provide adequate and safe recreational areas of natural beauty and topography within the community.
(8) To provide for adequate provisions for transportation, water, fire protection, sanitary sewer, drainage, and other public requirements.
(9) To provide for proper ingress egress, and street connectivity to properties and neighborhoods.
(10) To guide the future growth and development of the city in accordance with the Land Use Plan and the Master Street Plan.
(11) To assist orderly, efficient and integrated development within the city’s planning area.
(12) To promote sound development through utilization of good design principles.
(13) To facilitate the further re-subdivision of large tracts into smaller parcels, or replatting existing subdivisions.
(14) To secure equitable handling of all subdivision plans by providing uniform procedures and standards for observance both by developers and the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 2013-04-417, passed 4-2-13; Am. Ord. 2013-09-440, § 152.100.03, passed 9-3-13)