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IN GENERAL Sec. 110-1. Intent and purpose of chapter. (1) Furthering the orderly layout and use of land. (2) Ensuring proper legal description and proper monumenting of land. (3) Preventing overcrowding of land and avoiding undue concentration of population. (4) Lessening congestion in the streets and highways. (5) Securing safety and protecting publicly and privately owned structures from fire, panic, flooding and other dangers. (6) Providing adequate light and air. (7) Facilitating adequate provision for transportation (including motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian transportation), water, sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds, open space, stormwater drainage, the conservation of land, natural resources, scenic and historic sites, energy and other public requirements. (8) Facilitating further resubdivision of larger parcels into appropriate smaller parcels of land. (9) Ensuring enforcement of the development concepts and standards delineated in the city's comprehensive plan, official map and chapters 18 and 130, including the prevention of locating incompatible land uses adjacent to each other. (10) Minimizing the public costs of providing necessary services to the people who will live or work in the new development.