A. Promote the public health, safety and general welfare in accordance with standards established by the state and the City;

B. To implement the comprehensive plan;

C. Promote effective use of land by preventing the overcrowding or scattered development which would injure health, safety or the general welfare due to the lack of water supplies, sanitary sewer, drainage, transportation, parks and recreation areas, or other public services, or excessive expenditure of public funds for such services;

D. Avoid congestion and promote safe and convenient travel by the public on streets and highways through the coordination of streets within a subdivision with existing and planned streets;

E. Provide for adequate light and air;

F. Provide for proper ingress and egress;

G. Provide for the housing and commercial needs of the community;

H. Provide uniform monumenting of land divisions and conveyance of accurate legal descriptions;

I. Protect environmentally sensitive areas;

J. Encourage the conservation of nonrenewable energy resources; and

K. Provide for adequate roadway and utility infrastructure with provisions for on-going maintenance and operations costs. [Ord. 591 § 3, 2015; Ord. 60 § 1, 1996.]