11.01.02 Purpose
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The official Fruit Heights code is at https://www.fruitheights.gov/201/Municipal-Code.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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Promote the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City in the matter of Subdivisions or matters affected by Subdivisions through provisions designed to:
1. To promote the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare of the residents of the City;
2. To ensure the efficient and orderly subdivision and development of land within the City:
3. To prevent the uncontrolled division and development of real property, which may be done without considering the rights and best interests of adjoining property owners and the City as a whole:
4. To avoid subdivisions and developments that:
a. Do not comply with the City general plan or ordinances,
b. Cannot be adequately served by existing utilities or public services,
c. May prove to be dangerous or unsafe due to design, natural or man-made hazards existing prior to or created by the subdivision and development,
d. May cause an undue burden on existing traffic or transportation services, or
e. May require the future expenditure of public funds to correct problems caused by the subdivision and development;
5. To provide design standards for public improvements, facilities, and utilities to provide for reasonable access to public rights-of-way, parks, trails, or open spaces, to provide for the dedication of land and streets deemed necessary for the proper development of the subdivision, and to provide for easements or rights-of-way that are necessary to service the properties created by the subdivision.