The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is the compilation of regulations that govern land use, which includes the Zoning Ordinance, the Environmental Ordinance, and the Subdivision Ordinance/Regulations. The purpose of these regulations is as follows:

• To promote the public health, safety and general welfare by regulating the subdivision, development and use of land;
• To prevent the overcrowding of land;
• To lessen congestion in the streets and highways;
• To provide adequate light, air, water supply, sewage disposal, parks and recreation areas, ingress and egress, and other public improvements;
• To require development in harmony with the natural environment;
• To promote preservation of open space;
• To promote development approaches that minimize costs to local citizens and that promote the effective and efficient provision of public services;
• To protect the rights of property owners;
• To require uniform requirements of land subdivisions and transferring interests in real property by reference to a plat or certificate of survey; secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
• To avoid undue concentration of population;
• To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools and other public requirements;
• To give reasonable consideration in the review of development proposals to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses;
• To conserve the value of buildings; and to encourage the most appropriate use of land.
  
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