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 El Paso County
 Land Development Code
 Chapter 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

  § 1.4. PURPOSE  

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  • This Code is adopted for the purpose of preserving and improving the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens and businesses of El Paso County. More specifically, it is the purpose of this Code to:

    • Implement the Master Plan and related elements.

    • Promote predictability, consistency and efficiency in the land development process for residents, neighborhoods, businesses, agricultural and development interests.

    • Ensure appropriate opportunities for participation and involvement in the development process by all affected parties.

    • Be fair to all by ensuring due consideration is given to protecting private property rights, the rights of individuals and the rights of the community as a whole.

    • Guide the future growth and development of the County in accordance with the Master Plan.

    • Guide public and private policy and action in order to provide adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements and facilities.

    • Establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivision and resubdivision in order to further the orderly layout and use of land and to ensure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided land.

    • Ensure that public facilities and services are available concurrent with development and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed subdivision, and, in so doing, ensure that current residents will be required to bear no more than their fair share of the cost of providing the facilities and services by requiring the developer to pay fees, furnish land, or establish mitigation measures to cover the development's fair share of the capital facilities needs generated by the development.

    • Prevent the pollution of air, streams, and ponds; assure the adequacy of drainage facilities; and encourage the wise use and management of natural and biological resources throughout the County in order to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community and the value of the land.