This title is adopted for the following purposes:
A. To ensure sound, harmonious subdivision development and community growth which will become a permanent community asset by establishing minimum standards for subdivision design and construction.
B. To assure the development of land for the highest possible use with all the necessary protection against deterioration and obsolescence which would adversely affect the living environment or tax base.
C. To provide common grounds of understanding and a sound working relationship between the city of Wenona and the developer and to safeguard the interests of the homeowner, the subdivider, the investor, and the city of Wenona.
D. To control the scattered and premature platting of lots beyond the effective operating range of existing public utilities and improvements.
E. To cause the cost of design and installation of improvements in new, platted subdivisions to be borne by the persons purchasing the lots rather than by any direct or indirect burden upon existing property owners beyond the limits of the subdivision who have already paid for the improvements servicing their property.
F. To bring about compact development of both homes and public improvements without delay often experienced through future use of special assessment methods.
G. To coordinate new subdivision design with the design of the city of Wenona as a whole to allow for the proper capacity of all types of improvements on the basis of an orderly sequence of subdivisions as a part of neighborhoods and neighborhoods as a part of the community.
H. To secure the rights of the public with respect to public lands and waters.
I. To improve land records by establishing standards for surveys and plats. (Ord. 070102C, 7-1-2002)