I <br />) <br />13.00513.005 Lane Code <br />LAND DIVISIONS <br />GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS, ENFORCEMENT <br />13.005 The general purpose of this Chapter is toGeneral Purpose. <br />It <br />) <br />(5)To ensure that proper consideration be given for adequate <br />\ <br />attractive subdivisions and partitions consistent with the natural <br />resources of the County; and to provide penalties for violations. <br />define a subdivision and partition and related terms; to <br />prescribe the form and content of subdivision plats and partition maps <br />and the procedures to be followed in their development and approval and <br />to designate those authorized to give such approval; to establish the <br />minimum requirements and standards necessary for efficient, safe, and <br />is intended that this Chapter be consistent with ORS, Chapter 92 and <br />215, and the Lane County Charter. <br />It is further the purpose of this Chapter: <br />(1) To ensure that land be subdivided or partitioned in a <br />manner which will promote the public health, safety, convenience, and <br />general welfare. <br />(2) To aid in the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan <br />for Lane County and any element thereof. <br />(3) To protect, emphasize and preserve the natural assets of <br />the County by providing the means for encouraging orderly development <br />of the wide variety of natural environments in the County by relating <br />the number, design, and distribution of lots or parcels to existing <br />topographical, ecological, hydrological, and other natural conditions. <br />(4) To minimize, through proper design and layout, the danger <br />to life and property by the hazards of fire, flood, water pollution, <br />soil erosion, and land slippage. <br />light and air, prevention of the overcrowding of land and provisions for <br />education and recreational opportunities. <br />(6) To provide lots, parcels, and development sites of <br />sufficient size and appropriate shape and character for the purpose for <br />which they are to be used. <br />(7) To provide for adequate water supply, sewage disposal, <br />storm drainage, and other utilities needed for the public health, safety, <br />and convenience. <br />(8) To provide adequate provisions for transportation, <br />including the provisions for roads, bicycle ways, and pedestrian ways, <br />each being designed to handle the anticipated usage and to ensure that <br />they minimize safety hazards and adverse impact on the neighboring area <br />arid the environment.