Duluth UDC § 103.01

a. To lessen congestion in the streets; b. To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; c. To provide adequate light and air; d. To prevent suburban sprawl; e. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, parks and other public requirements; f. To protect property against blight and depreciation; g. To encourage the most appropriate use of land, buildings, and other structures throughout the City of Duluth; h. To provide a system for the subdividing of lands and the accurate recording of land titles; i. To provide assurance that lots shown on recorded subdivision plats are usable by the purchasers for their intended and permitted functions; j. To encourage economically sound and orderly land development in accordance with the policies and objectives of the City of Duluth Comprehensive Plan; k. To assure the provision of required streets, utilities, and other facilities and services to new land developments in conformance with the public improvement policies of the City; l. To assure adequate provision of safe and convenient traffic access and circulation, both vehicular and pedestrian, in new land developments; m. To assure the provision of needed open spaces and public facility sites in new land developments through the dedication or reservation for purchase of land for public purposes; n. To assure equitable review and approval of all subdivisions and site plans by providing uniform procedures and standards for the developer.