The Planning Board declares that these regulations
for the subdivision of land for various purposes have been promulgated
to provide for the orderly growth and coordinated development of the
municipality and to assure the comfort, convenience, safety, health
and welfare of its people and, further, that the approval of such
subdivisions shall be based on the following considerations:
A. Conformance with the various parts of the Master Plan and Chapter
240, Zoning.
B. Recognition of a desirable relationship to the general
land form, its topographic and geologic character, to natural drainage
and surface water runoff and to the groundwater table.
C. Recognition of desirable standards of subdivision
design, including adequate provision for pedestrian and vehicular
traffic, for surface water runoff and for suitable building sites
for the land use contemplated.
D. Provision for such facilities as are desirable adjuncts
to the contemplated use, such as parks, recreation areas, school sites,
firehouses and off-street parking.
E. Preservation of such natural assets as ponds, streams,
shrubs and trees and of the general scenic beauty of the municipality.
F. Provision of adequate utility services.