§ 13.01.030. Purpose.

This Title is enacted to preserve and promote the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town and of the public generally and to encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and expansion of the Town. This Title combines the provisions more commonly found in separate zoning and subdivision ordinances into a single land development ordinance that will cover all phases of development. The intent of the unified approach is to:

(1)

Address the way land development now occurs, that is, in a manner which combines traditional distinctions between zoning and subdivision and in a manner which typically contains a variety of residential and nonresidential uses in a single development.

(2)

Provide for a more efficient regulatory control system by including the review processes for all types and stages of development in one ordinance. This results in an integrated set of regulations and standards that participants in the development process need to become familiar.

(3)

Avoid the overlapping, conflicting or inconsistent ordinance provisions that frequently occur as a result of numerous individual ordinances.

(PLDO Art. I §3)