The Planning Board of the Town of Pendleton,
by virtue of the authority vested in it by law, does hereby exercise
the power and authority to approve plats showing lots, to approve
the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats already
filed in the office of the Clerk of the County and to approve preliminary
and final plats within the Town.
This chapter shall hereafter be known, cited and referred to
as the "Town of Pendleton Land Subdivision Regulations."
This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
A. To protect and provide for the public health, safety and general
welfare of the municipality.
B. To guide the future growth and development of the municipality, in
accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.
C. To provide for adequate light, air and privacy, secure from fire,
flood and other damage, and to prevent overcrowding of the land and
undue congestion of the population.
D. To provide the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land
and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the municipality,
having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the streets
and highways, and the pedestrian traffic improvements appropriate
to the various uses of land and buildings and to provide for the proper
location and width of streets and building lines.
E. To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision
and resubdivision in order to further the orderly layout and use of
land, and to ensure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided
land.
F. To ensure that public facilities are available and will have sufficient
capacity to the proposed subdivision.
G. To prevent the pollution of air, streams and ponds; to assure the
adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table; and
to encourage the wise use and management of natural resources throughout
the municipality in order to preserve the integrity, stability and
beauty of the community and the value of the land.
H. To preserve the natural beauty of the municipality and to ensure
appropriate development with regard to these natural features.
I. To provide for open spaces through the most efficient design and layout of the land, including the use of average density in providing for minimum width and area of lots, while preserving the density of land as established in Chapter
247, Zoning.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held the minimum requirements for the promotion of
the public health, safety, and general welfare.