(A) The purpose of this section is to reflect the character and quality of development envisioned by the city to be in the best interests of the citizens of this city, both present and future, and to ensure that the long-term effects of development which take place in current times will not become a burden upon the general public in the future. The standards expressed in this section are established to provide streets of adequate right-of-way width, alignment, and traffic capacity to prevent or at least minimize traffic hazards and congestion, to provide adequate space for the disposal of storm waters and to establish adequately sized lots, tracts, or parcels of land where residential and other types of building structures may be constructed without creating hazards to the health, safety, and well-being of the occupants of the structures.
(B) Obviously, each parcel of land within the city may have unique physical or topographical features which may make an absolute application of the design standards contained herein unfeasible and if those conditions exist and can be substantiated, the City Council has provided, under § 154.50
, procedures necessary to secure a variance from these standards.
(Ord. 96-0220, passed 2-20-1996; Ord. 19-1022A, passed 10-22-2019)