Sec. 30-1. Purpose

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the orderly growth and harmonious development of the city; to insure adequate traffic circulation through coordinated street, transit, bicycle and pedestrian systems with relation to major thoroughfares, adjoining subdivisions, and public facilities; to achieve individual property lots of reasonable utility and livability; to secure adequate provisions for water supply, drainage, sanitary sewerage, and other health requirements; to insure consideration for adequate sites for schools, recreation areas, and other public facilities; to promote the conveyance of land by accurate legal description and plat; and to provide logical procedures for the achievement of this purpose.