A. To assist orderly, efficient and integrated development of the county;

B. To promote the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the county;

C. To ensure conformance of land subdivision plans with the public improvement plans of the county and its various municipalities;

D. To ensure coordination of intermunicipal public improvement plans and programs;

E. To encourage well planned subdivisions by establishing adequate standards for design and improvement;

F To improve land survey monuments and records by establishing standards for surveys and plats;

G. To safeguard the interests of the public, the homeowner, and the subdivider;

H. To secure equitable handling of all subdivision plans by providing uniform procedures and standards;

I. To prevent loss and injury from fire in mountainous wooded terrain;

J. To preserve natural vegetation and cover and promote the natural beauty of the country;

K. To prevent and control erosion, sedimentation and other pollution of surface and subsurface water;

L. To prevent flood damage to persons and properties and minimize expenditure for flood relief and flood control projects;

M. To restrict building on flood lands, shorelands, areas covered by poor soils, or in areas poorly suited for building or construction;

N. To prevent loss and injury from landslides, mudflows and other geologic hazards;

O. To provide adequate space for future development of schools and parks to serve the population;

P. To assure the planning for and provision of an adequate and safe source of water and means of sewage disposal.