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 El Paso County
 Land Development Code
 Chapter 8. SUBDIVISION DESIGN, IMPROVEMENTS AND DEDICATIONS

§ 8.1. GENERAL  

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  • 8.1.1.   Purpose

    This Chapter is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the general public and to establish standards of design which will encourage the development of sound, economical, stable neighborhoods and create a healthy environment for present and future inhabitants of El Paso County, Colorado, by:

    • Assisting in the orderly, efficient and integrated development of the County;

    • Making provisions for adequate open spaces for traffic, drainage, recreation and parks, sites for schools and educational facilities, light and air;

    • Making provisions for the proper location, width, and design of roads in order to minimize traffic hazards, and to provide for safe and convenient vehicular circulation;

    • Specifying the extent to which, or manner in which, roadways shall be graded and improved and to what extent water, sewer and other utilities shall be required and installed;

    • Ensuring that structures will harmonize with the physical characteristics of the site;

    • Ensuring that land is divided into lots that are of adequate size and configuration for the purpose for which they are intended to be used;

    • Protecting the natural resources, considering the natural vegetation and promoting the natural beauty of the County;

    • Implementing the Master Plan;

    • Ensuring that definite provision will be made for a water supply that will be sufficient in terms of quantity, dependability and quality to provide an appropriate supply of water for the type of development proposed; and

    • Providing for an adequate and accurate system to record land divisions and ensuring proper legal descriptions and survey monumentation in order to inform the public, and especially future residents, of the facts about the division, thereby safeguarding the interests of the public, the homeowner, the applicant, and the County.

    8.1.2.   Applicability

    This Chapter shall apply to divisions of land including subdivisions, replats, subdivision exemptions, and other actions resulting in the creation of new lots, parcels, or tracts or the reconfiguration of existing lots, parcels, or tracts, unless specifically exempted.

    The dedication requirements, fees in lieu of dedication, or fees imposed by this Code shall be those requirements and fees in effect at the time a complete development application is submitted to the PCD unless specifically modified by a resolution of the BoCC.