§ 25-1. Purposes of chapter.

This chapter may be cited as the subdivision code of Sonoma County. This chapter is adopted for the purpose of regulating the division of land in the unincorporated area of the county pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution and the Subdivision Map Act and to eliminate:

(a)

The creation of parcels of inadequate size and poor design;

(b)

The creation of building sites in areas where topography, flooding or other factors will prevent orderly and beneficial land development;

(c)

The creation of roads of improper width, alignment, grade and improvements;

(d)

Hazards to life or property from sewage effluent or inadequate drainage;

(e)

The lowering of property values and the loss of opportunity for satisfactory overall development of neighborhoods caused by successive, uncontrolled and haphazard land divisions;

(f)

Potential environmental damage whenever feasible and appropriate.

(Ord. No. 1875 § 1.)