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

2. 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, or other public services, or excessive expenditure of public funds for such services;

3. Minimize 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;

4. Provide for adequate light and air;

5. Provide for water, sewage, drainage, parks, and recreational areas, sites for schools and school grounds, and other public requirements;

6. Provide for proper ingress and egress;

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

8. Require uniform monumenting of land divisions and conveyance of accurate legal descriptions;

9. Protect environmentally sensitive areas; and

10. Protect and preserve the community urban forest for its aesthetic, environmental and health benefits. (Ord. 005/2019 § 10 (Exh. B))